Sept. 9, 1965

Sandy Koufax had missed a perfect game in 1964 when he walked the Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen on a full-count pitch. Allen was the only baserunner in Koufax's third no-hitter. But on this day, nobody gets on base. The Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander becomes the sixth pitcher this century to throw a perfect game in the regular season and the only one to pitch four no-hitters in the National League when he outduels the Chicago Cubs' Bob Hendley, 1-0.

"I got stronger as I went along, and that's something that had not happened to me before this year," says Koufax, who strikes out the last six Cubs (Harvey Kuenn is the final victim) to give him 14.

The Dodgers manage just one hit off Hendley -- a bloop double by Lou Johnson -- and it doesn't figure in the scoring. They score on a walk to Johnson, a sacrifice, a steal and an error by the catcher on the throw to third.