July 27th in Los Angeles Dodgers History

Almost 45,000 fans packed Dodger Stadium on Wednesday July 27, 1966 to watch a duel between future Hall of Famers Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles' ace lefty Sandy Koufax.  It is fair to say that on this night, the fans got more than their money's worth.At the end of the day the Dodgers had a thrilling 2-1 win in 12 innings, a victory earned by Sweet Lou Johnson's pinch-hit single off of Darlod Knowles that drove in Nate Oliver with the winning run.  The real story in the game, however, was the performance of the two starting pitchers.Bunning and Koufax each went 11 innings, with Bunning fanning 12 Dodgers and Koufax punchng out 16 Phillies.  Koufax's total was exceeded only two times in his career (he struck out 18 Giants on August 31, 1959 and repeated that feat against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on April 24, 1962).  Both pitchers cruised through most of the game, with Philadelphia getting its...