Oct. 11, 1964 - Ken Boyer’s grand slam home run, the relief pitching of Roger Craig and Ron Taylor, and a double play ball that stuck in Bobby Richardson’s glove one second too long added up to a 4-3 St. Louis victory over the New York Yankees today at Yankee Stadium, squaring the World Series after four games. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s | Real Time 1960s

Oct. 7, 1964 - Young Mike Shannon and broken-jawed Carl Warwick struck key blows in a four-run sixth inning uprising today that gave the underdog Cardinals a 9-5 victory over the Yankees in the opening game of the World Series. A standing room throng of 30,805 at St. Louis’ first Series game since 1946 savored the spectacle of the proud Yankees losing their fifth straight Series game. The Cardinals turned the game into a rout in the eighth with three unearned runs. Shannon, a young man recalled