Sandy Koufax pitched a third straight shutout to set a Dodgers record for consecutive scoreless innings. Strong pitching overall, including two wins by Johnny Podres, fueled Los Angeles to a seven-game win streak.
Tommy Davis scored the winning run and Don Drysdale closed out the 1963 All-Star Game in Cleveland with two scoreless innings. Two other Dodgers Sandy Koufax and Maury Wills made the All-Star team but did not play.
The All-Star break arrived in 1963, and Dodgers pitchers propelled the team into first place atop the National League, with Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and a newly-healthy Johnny Podres leading the way.
This week in the 1963 Dodgers, a classic duel at Dodger Stadium between Don Drysdale and Warren Spahn, clutch performances from Jim Gilliam and Ron Perranoski, and Tommy Davis was voted to start the All-Star Game.
A look back at this week in the 1963 Dodgers, when Sandy Koufax won both starts and extended his scoreless streak to 26 innings, and Jim Gilliam hit a home run to beat the first-place Cardinals.