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The Los Angeles Dodgers faced the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park for Game 1 of a tiebreaker for the National League pennant on October 1, 1962.
The Dodgers and Giants entered the regular season with 101 and 61 record tied for first place in the National League.
The league decided to schedule a best of three tiebreaker series to determine which team would advance to the World Series against the Yankees.
The Dodgers were managed by Walt Alston in his ninth season with the franchise.
He would send Sandy Kofax to the mound to meet the Giants Billy Pierce, who had won 16 games for San Francisco in the regular season, under manager Alvin Dark.
This audio recording is from the NBC Radio broadcast featuring alters George Kell and Al Helfer.
The Dodgers played the game for the San Francisco Giants.
The first pitch of the game was the playoff between the San Francisco Giants and the Visting Los Angeles Dodgers.
The fourth playoff in the history of Major League Baseball was only one in the American League Baseball.
That was back in 1948.
But here, history is being made in San Francisco. Stumping out to the mound now is the little left hander Billy Pierce.
Will set the San Francisco Ball Club for you defensively.
Orlando Cepeda is at first base. At second base, Chuck Hiller.
At shortstop, the very dependable Jose Pagán, who has certainly been the glue on the infield this year for the San Francisco Giants.
At third base, a fine competitor Jim Davenport.
Out on the left field is Harvey King. The center fielder, and need we say more, will say hey kid himself, Willie Mays.
In right field, despite the fact he has an ailing elbow, Billy Alou.
Behind the plate, a man who hit a home run here yesterday to help his ball club to a 2-1 victory over the Colt 45s at Bailey.
Out of Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. On the mound from Detroit, Michigan, left hander Billy Pierce.
And the first man to step up to the plate here for the LA Dodgers will be there, scat back on the infield, so to speak.
Shortstop, Mari Will, who has stolen 100 bases this year.
I think earlier, if you were with us, and you heard Bob Wolfe mention the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers have plenty of speed,
that has been their port this year, particularly with the guys coming up to the plate right now.
Their off field has been a speedy outfield where, on the other side of the fence, the San Francisco Giants have relied a great deal on power hitting
to get the runs across that they have needed this year.
Once again, let us remind you that Billy Pierce, who is getting ready to make his first pitch here,
has won 15 ball games this year in the National League and has lost 6.
One win and one loss with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And he's making his third start against Los Angeles.
He beat them on August 11th in San Francisco here, 5-4.
And he lost to the Dodgers on September 4th, 5-4, ironically enough, in Los Angeles.
He has worked briefly in relief against the Dodgers for a total of 3 innings, and he gave up 3 hits and fan 3.
This first start, since he beat the Cardinals right here in this ball field on September 26th.
And now we're ready for the first pitch.
Bailey signs for it.
Pierce cuts it loose.
Curveball in there for the strike.
So everybody, this ball game is on the fire.
Right ball A-B is coaching in first place for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Down with third, Leo de Rocher.
Murray Wills, the right hand hitter, leans over the plate, chokes up on the handle.
The pitch to him is a fast ball, and that's outside.
One ball and one strike, the count on Murray Wills.
And Bailey, the catcher calls for time and walks out in front of the plate.
He wants to say something to his battery mate, Billy Pierce.
They meet halfway between home plate and pitchers' mouth.
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in the playoff games that will determine who will represent the National League against the New York Yankees
in the World Series, which begins on Thursday and will be broadcast right over the NBC network.
Now the pitch to the plate.
Down it comes a curveball, in there for the strike.
One ball, just right count on Murray Wills.
He'll be followed by second baseman Jim Gilliam, and then we'll have left fielder Tommy Davis.
The outfield for Murray Wills has fanned slightly to left.
The hole in the outfield is in right center.
Pierce is ready, comes down with the next pitch, a change up that's inside over the shoe tops.
Two balls, two strikes.
This is a symmetrical ballpark at Candlestick in San Francisco, 330 down the lines, 375 to the right field sector,
365 to the left field sector, 410 straight away center field to the fences.
Curveball in off the fish to Murray Wills. That jumps his count to three and two.
Murray Wills hitting a 299, has six home runs and 48 runs driven in.
Stands just off the plate when he's feet pretty much together, sort of bends at the knees.
The fidgety with that bat keeps pumping it back and forth.
The three, two pitch to one.
Fastball, swung on the field, foul into the stands.
All the count is three balls and two strikes.
Left-hander, Billy Pierce began his professional baseball career back in 1945 with Buffalo, the International League.
Got into 15 games that year, had an under-run average of 5.42 for his first year.
This year in this league, he is 3.71. The pitch is swung on, there's a looper, a shortstop.
McGahn has the reins and has the ball.
Don Murray Wills pops up with opposing shortstop for the first stop here in the top half of the first inning.
The batter coming up now, also a switch hitter is Jim Gilliam.
He'll be batting right-handed against the bully pairs.
Jim Gilliam this year for the regular season hit 2.76 with four home runs and 43 runs driven in.
He's played at second base and at third base for Los Angeles.
Feet wide spread apart, works up on the handle of the bat.
Billy Pierce taking his side off Mith Bailey, starts his pumping motion, then rides a pitch, soft curveball, is high on outside.
So the count on Gilliam is one ball and no strikes.
Jim Davenport has shadowed up at third base. Gilliam has always a threat to drop the button try to get on.
A deal pangs straight away.
Pierce's fastball is slugged foul off the first base side, there goes Spada over near the stands.
He might have room for this. On the drive he makes the pass.
Two up, two down in the top half of the first inning.
Now this is the first playoff game of 1962.
Here is the big gun for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tommy Davis.
He leads the league with a percentage of 347. He leads the league in hits 227.
He leads in RBIs with 150. He certainly has been the meal ticket for the Dodgers this year.
He's a hand hitter standing just off the plate, feet pretty much together.
Takes a look at the fastball and is in there for the strike.
This guy Pierce can pull the string pretty well.
As many of the pundits who played against him over in the American League can tell you,
Pierce was with the Chicago White Sox for a long, long time.
Fastball is one of them.
Pierce had one right in off the fists.
Tommy Davis was after it. We're in the top half of the first inning here,
Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The bases are empty. There are two outs.
There is no score.
Pierce out on the mound getting a sign from his battery mate Bailey.
Delivers the plate. Fastball outside. That's about shoulder high.
One ball, two strike count on Tommy Davis. Should he get on,
he'll be followed by the great big guy Frank Howard.
Pierce is all set now.
So is Tommy Davis.
Pierce after having asked for a new set of signs, delivers, and his pitch is outside.
That's ball two. Two balls and two strikes.
Now out in center field, Willie Mays has moved a few steps over in the left center.
He's giving Tommy Davis the alley in right center.
375 feet up the alley in right center.
You've heard a lot about the San Francisco wins at Candlestick Park?
Not today.
Thomas can be. The pitch has swung on and bowed back into the screen.
God rides along on Tommy Davis. Two balls and two strikes.
Pierce down to visit the Rosenberg.
Davis taking a gander around at Leo de Rocha coaching at third base.
Greg Malavi is coaching at first.
Walter Austin runs his ball club from LeVenge as does Alvin Duck.
Now the 2-2 pitch with two outs.
Fastball swung on and popped up back to the first base.
Salvedi's going over but Hiller cuts in behind him and calls for a fix.
So that's all for Tommy Davis. The second baseman, Chuck Hiller, for the third out.
Nothing across here in the top half for first inning.
And again, off half an inning, it's the Dodgers nothing and the Giants now coming back.
Now to the NBC Newsroom and Ed Arno.
We interrupt the ball game for this bulletin from NBC News.
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Now back to Candlestick Park.
Now we will belong into the last half of any number one of the squad's ball game
and the San Francisco Giants. Now we'll have their first whack at it.
They'll be facing Sandy Kofax.
Sandy Kofax is taking them out and will set the ball club defensively behind him.
At first base will be Lee Walls. At second base, Jim Gilliam.
The shortstop will be Maury-Wills.
And at third base is Andy Kerry.
Out in left field will be Tommy Davis.
The centerfielder is Willie Davis.
And in right field, big Frank Howard.
Behind the plate, Johnny Rosefield.
And on the mound will be Sandy Kofax, who began with the Brooklyn Dodgers back in 1955.
As a bonus, baby.
And in seven years, in the Major League, Sandy Kofax has won 54 ball games
and has lost 53. That was up until this year.
And Sandy this year is 14-6. He's 2-0 with the Giants and has picked 1-0 hitters.
Arviquin coming up to the plate now to be the first classman to face Sandy Kofax.
Arviquin, batting at 3-0-7, has 10 home runs and 67 runs driven in.
Arviquin is a right-hand hitter, holds a bat way down to the lob and stands deep in the plate.
Sandy Kofax is ready. Rocks back, kicks high and delivers.
The pass ball forward, throw at the waist for a strike.
No ball, one strike count on Arviquin. Chuck Hiller to follow.
And then we'll have Philly Pallou.
The outfield for Arviquin, pushed around to the right side.
He's after the next pitch and on the check swing, taps the ball foul down the right side.
No ball, two strikes count now on Arviquin.
Kofax gets a new ball to work with.
The coach is operating here this afternoon for San Francisco, Whitey Lockman at third base, west-westerm as the coach at first.
Kofax delivers 0-2, a soft curve ball is swung on and popped out into right field coming on as Frank Howard, he should have it.
He does have it and there's the first stop.
No ball, one away here in the last half of the first inning and that brings up Chuck Hiller.
Hiller for the season left hand hitter batting at 275.
He's hit by three home runs, he has produced 46 runs by the end.
Hiller standing just off the plate, bends at the waist and the knees, works up on the handle of the bat.
A soft shadow at third base comes Andy Carey playing on the rim of the infield grass.
It's called a Hiller, can drop for fun.
Big curve ball is up over the peak of the camp at ball one.
The outfield for Hiller playing in just about straight away and the deepest outfielders Frank Howard in right, explains straight away in right field.
The pitch of the plate is soft curve in there for the strike.
One ball, one strike.
Pull back rocks back, serves it up one, one the fast ball is swung on, there's a high pop up back for third base.
Andy Carey looking up in the sun, flips the glasses under it as it drifts into the far ground, he makes the catch.
And that's the second out here in the last half of the first inning.
That brings up Philippe Ballou.
This ain't too much of Philippe Ballou in the past few ball games simply because he's been suffering from what the doctors have diagnosed as a tennis elbow.
One day it'll feel fine and the next day it'll be given in fits.
But he's in the lineup today, a right hand hitter with an overly close stance standing deep at the plate.
He takes the pitch low for ball one.
Philippe Ballou has hit 25 runs this year, has 97 runs driven in for the ball club.
Go back serves up to him and overhand curve ball and slam foul right down the third base side.
One ball and one strike.
Here at Candlestick Park the bullpen's are on the opposite sides of the dugouts.
The Dodgers bullpen is down back a right field and the Giants bullpen down back a left field.
Go back delivers a curve ball and that's in there at the waist first strike.
One ball, two strikes.
The Giants occupy the dugout on the first base side and the listing ball club in this case the Los Angeles Dodgers on the third base side.
Go backs works one through the fastball ramp.
Down the walk left wing line, it's in there for new bases anyway.
Here comes the Loo into the second base and he's going to hold up there as the curve comes back in from the field with Tommy Davis.
So Philly Ballou has gotten the first base hit in the ball game, a line shot double into the corner of left field.
Now Philly Ballou is in scoring position at second base and Willie Mays is the batter coming up to the plate.
Willie Mays ended the regular season in the 300 class, he's batting in 302.
He leads the National League in home runs with 47 and has 137 runs driven in for his club this year.
Right hand hitter, wide spread eagle stance, he's all over batter's box.
Sandy Cole backs, Willie's work cut out for him, now checks you on her over the shoulder, comes to the plate, fastball is low.
One ball, no strikes, count on Willie Mays.
Willie keeps moving that wagon tongue back and forth, he's about as nervous as anybody you ever saw.
Now he's ready, so is Cole Pax, there's a check of the runner at second, the pitch, let up fastball is high on outside.
Two balls and no strikes, two down, last half of the first inning, the Giants is back,
Matty Loo having doubled his on at second base and there's no score in the ball game.
Roseborough pops that mid up as a target for Cole Pax, Sandy's ready, comes set, delivers fastball,
this one's Cole Pax off the first base side, he'll go to the crowd out of play.
Got a pretty good crowd here, looking on at this one, this ballpark holds 42,500 and they're still coming in.
Hello leading out at second base now with you away here in the bottom of the first inning.
Willie Mays always a threat at that plate, has the count of two balls and one strike.
Cole Pax is set, kicks and throws, fastball, one on, he keeps going field, there's a well hit ball,
and here it is, a home run for Willie Mays.
Willie Mays has just pounded a home run over the white center field fence, scoring Billy Pallu ahead of him to put the Giants out in front of 2-0.
Hit number two, runs one and two off Sandy Cole Pax, and the batter up at the plate now is Orlando Sepeta.
Right hand hitter, leads back from the high inside fastball, ball one.
Sepeta batting at 3-0-7, 34 home runs, 112 runs driven in this year.
Cole Pax works in, pitches outside, that's ball two.
Two balls, no strikes.
This is in the last half of the first inning after two men were out.
Dymus called and Jim Gilliam comes in from second base to talk to Sandy Cole Pax.
In the last half of this first inning, Harvey Keene let it off with a fly ball to right field to Frank Howard.
Second baseman Chuck Keller fouled out, the third baseman Andy Kerry, and then Billy Pallu came along and hit a line shot past Andy Kerry, down along the left field line for a double.
Willie Mays followed with a blast over the right center field fence for a home run.
Sepeta looks, the curve is outside, Cole Pax is cutting behind now, three balls and no strikes.
Now the pitch, fastball is fouled back over the straight, so Sepeta had the green line from Whitey Lockman in third base to go for it.
Three balls, one strike, is the count now on, is Sepeta.
Down rides the next pitch and after it, Sepeta fouls this one back.
The count now goes along to three and two.
Now the three to delivery, Sepeta looks and hits one down to the right side, making it up as Lee Wall steps on first base, and that's all there is to the last half of the first inning.
Two big runs however for the Giants on two base floors, a double followed by Willie Mays home run.
There were no errors and there was no one left on. The score at the end of one full inning of play now, it is San Francisco 2, Los Angeles nothing.
Let's take a look at the second inning here, this ball game being played under bright green sunlight at 75 degree temperature, very typical fall day in San Francisco.
Billy Fiers to the mound to pitch to Frank Howard, big right hand error, adding a 3-0-1.
Takes a hitch and he swing and takes a pitch inside of the knees for ball one.
31 home runs for the Dodgers this year and has driven in 117 runs.
Here's comes to end the curve ball, a slam back foul to the screen. One ball and one strike.
Six feet seven, 250 fouls, this guy from Columbus, Ohio, star athlete at Ohio State, and has carried that talent over into the Dodger camp as one of their outfields.
The 1-1 pitch by Billy Fiers, big soft curve and that floats in there low. Two balls and one strike.
Billy Fiers threw everything down there at the time of his blow, gave the big fellow all the emotion he had and very little speed.
Needless to say the outfield for Frank Howard has fanned around the left and playing plenty deep.
Fiers fast balls, one on a man. Boy Howard cranked up on that one.
Two balls and two strikes. We're in the top half of the second inning of this ball game with the Giants leading it to the nothing.
By virtue of a double, followed by William A's home run with two outs in the last half.
Ovening number one.
There's delivers to two and the fast ball is gone.
Well, the ball game that will be the first strikeout for Mr. Fiers, that will be his 71st this year. He came into this ball game with a total of 70.
Lee Wall's coming up to bat now. Walls hasn't been used a great deal by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He's been their utility first baseman and will play in the outfield for them.
The ball is handed battered. Cutting a 269. Check's up on the first pitch and takes it inside for ball one.
Walls right hand hitter stands about three quarters deep with a speak pretty much together.
Holds a bat way down for the knob.
Point 57 ball games this year for Los Angeles.
Fiers fast ball is ripped back over the screen foul.
One ball, one strike, one out, nobody on and they cut half the second inning.
Walls will be followed by catcher Rose Burl. Johnny Rose Burl.
Fiers a big even size. He takes his sign from Bailey. Now works the play.
Big soft curve ball has swung on and popped up over the infield. At shortstop, Pagan waiting for it to come down.
It settles in the 12th ball of the second half.
Go down and they top half of the second inning. Johnny Rose Burl will be the batter now.
Left handed hitting catcher.
Rose Burl batting a 255 with seven home runs and 55 runs driven in.
Two down the bases empty top of the second. The John's leading in the ball game two to nothing.
Rose Burl standing deep at the plate.
Feed wide spread apart sort of bends at the waist.
Fiers comes to him with a fast ball and this is swung on and popped foul off the third base side but that will go into the dugout.
Out of play.
No balls one strike. Pagan on Johnny Rose Burl.
Fiers is all set now on the 0-1 delivery.
Now he shakes off Bailey. Now he accepts the sign.
Here's the 0-1 pitch. On a check swing the ball goes back and rolls away in foul ground so that'll be strike two on Rose Burl.
He was actually trying to duck a high inside curve ball.
No balls two strikes.
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Now the 0-2 pitch. There's the curve in there for the strike.
Now called out on strikes to retire the strike. A check and strike out now for Billy Fiers.
And the Dodgers go quietly here in the second inning with nothing to call.
So score at the end of one and a half innings of play now. It is the John's two and the Dodgers have nothing.
We pause now for station identification.
This is WGY. I should get out today.
Now the last half of inning number two and the first one up for the San Francisco Giants will be their third baseman, Jim Davenport.
Here by catcher Ed Bailey who was one of the heroes of the ball game played here yesterday as he hit a home run of Houston's Flamethrower,
Tirk Farrell.
Then following Bailey we'll have the shortstop Jose Pican who is sitting in the number eight position for Alvin Darts Company.
Jim Davenport a 294 hitter.
A refined third baseman of the Giants has moved in. Standing deep with the plate with a straight away stance.
Holds up that way down to the middle.
Davenport has 13 home runs this year and 55 runs driven in.
Kovacs comes to him with a pitch on the inside and that's ball one.
Andy Carrick playing just a step up third base and close to the bag. The outfield fanned to the left and deep.
Kovacs fast ball and sit down to the left side foul. Right fast Andy Carrick and right fast coach Wete Lockman.
One ball one strike count on Davenport.
Kovacs finds himself two runs behind. He's allowed a double to a low and a home run to a maze in the first inning.
The pitch is swung on. There's a high foul ball. This one will drift out of play behind the play.
One ball and two strikes count on Jim Davenport.
In case you've tuned in with us late defensively the Dodgers have Lee Walls in first base. Jim Gilliam in second.
Laurie Wills at short and Andy Carrick at third. We'll get the outfield in a moment. The pitch will play the soft curve is high.
Got us two balls and two strikes. Jim Davenport is the batter up there.
On the left field we have Tommy Davis, Willie Davis in center and the right field Frank Howard.
Kovacs delivers. His pitch is way high. Almost gets away from Roseborough.
We'll count now to Jim Davenport. Three balls and two strikes.
Ed Bailey in the on-back circle. We'll go next.
Davenport leaning over from the waist. Kovacs works. We threw the pitch of swung on. There's a high foul ball.
I'm going to keep my field. There goes Davis back up against the bench. He can't get it. There's over the fence for Holmrun.
That Holmrun blast by Jim Davenport. The third hit on the third round of Sandy Kovacs was a signal for the Los Angeles Bull Bandicoot in the outfield.
And I'll give you just one guess as to who is up and throwing. Eddie Robuck.
Old rubber arm down there in the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Up with that arm from the San Francisco Giants. Ed Bailey hitting a 323. He has 17 home runs this year. The pitch to him is inside for ball one.
Bailey has driven in 44 runs for the ball, but he has flipped the catching duties here at San Francisco this year.
William Tom Haller. Haller on the bench. He's a left-hand hitter. Of course, Bailey catching with left-hander Kovacs going.
Ed Bailey waggles the wood. Leans over from the waist very sharply. Kovacs works fastball. That's low. Two balls, no strikes.
As in yesterday's affairs, and it's repeating here this afternoon, the great leveler weapon, the Holmrun, has been very much in evidence.
Kovacs works 2-0. Bailey takes the pitches up to an ease for strike. Two balls and one strike.
The right side of the Dodger infield deep, and that first base walls is about a step and a half off the line, playing deep.
William plucking up the hole between first and second, back on the rim of the outfield grass.
Crack Howard in right field, playing very deep for Bailey. Kovacs works 2-1. Let a pitch this one on, and hit into the right center field for base head.
Right pass, Jim Gilliam. Oh, Bailey is on with a single. Hit into the right center.
That will be hit number four, given up by Kovacs. Time is called now by Rose Burrow as he goes to the mound, along with Andy Kerry to have a talk with Sandy Kovacs.
Down in the bullpen, Eddie Robuck is still cranking up.
Now the conference has broken up, and Kovacs is ready to go to the next batsman, the number eight hitter in the order, making his first appearance shortstop, Jose Pacan.
On the air, Pacan had the seven home runs, and 55 runs batted in for the Giants.
Time is called. Here comes Leo DeRozgerotti. He's going to talk to Kovacs. This might be all for Sandy.
Eddie Robuck has been given just about enough time to get ready.
Jose Pacan, a 253 hitter, and a right hand hitter, is the man up at the plate, and it looks as though Kovacs is going to come out of there after having pitched one inning, and pitched two men here in the second.
So Kovacs is coming out of there.
He's pitched one inning, plus going to two men, Davenport and Bailey. Davenport hitting for a home run,
and Bailey touching for a line shot single pass, Giliam in the right center field, so Kovacs is coming out.
Eddie Robuck is coming on. Here's the fellow who battled a sore arm and went all the way down to the low minors, and fought his way back to the major leagues.
Eddie Robuck, trudging across the diamond right now to take up the pitching chore.
Going out of Pennsylvania, Eddie Robuck. We'll check up on Robuck's record for you.
Robuck has pitched 111 in the third inning. There's a round of applause for Kovacs as he leaves the field.
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Eddie Robuck, a 6'2", 180 pound right hander out of East Millsboro, Pennsylvania, now lives in Lakewood, California,
has taken over the mound for Walter Alston's Los Angeles stud.
Sandy Kovacs started this ball game and has been responsible for all of the runs so far and of course all of the base hits.
He's given up two home runs and a double and a single.
He gave up a two-round home run to Willie Mays in the first inning with a man aboard and two outs.
Davenport touched him for a home run leading off the second, Bailey singled into right center field, a land shot,
and now Macon is up there to face Eddie Robuck.
He turns and throws to first base just to keep Bailey close.
Robuck this year, used in relief only, has won 10 ball games and has lost one.
He's done a magnificent job for the Dodgers.
His record with the San Francisco Giants, one win and no defeats.
He comes set now and then worlds and throws to first base just to keep Bailey close again.
They are expecting Jose Pagan perhaps to punt and he carry and third base comes crawling in as Eddie Robuck comes set.
Down comes that bitch and there is the punt, push down to third base side,
carry's gonna hurry, he's up to the ball, close, in time for the put out of first base.
The sacrifice works beautifully and Andy carry made a fine play of it.
It was one of those duering you don't play.
He had to get Natalie's bare hand or missy shot and he got it and made you play.
He wants a five three put out if you're scoring it with this on the sacrifice.
Bailey has moved down to second base and scoring position and the batter is Billy Pierce who was a pretty good hitting pitcher.
He's driven in five runs for the ball above this year and on 53 occasions at the plate he's walked away with 12 base hits for a percentage of 226.
Left handed batter.
Robuck side arms him and the pitchers inside the ball one.
Robuck will come a lot three quarter overhand, some side arm.
He'll throw a slider pretty well and it's the natural tendency to all of Robuck's pitches, they sink.
Eddie checks back over the right shoulder, he had to look at the runner at second base, that's at Bailey.
He stretches and comes set, delivers a side armor that swung on hit down to the right side, Gilliam charges, digs it out of the dirt, throws the runner out of first base as that Bailey goes over to third.
Oh Billy Pierce is out from second to first.
Coming up now is Harvey Keane.
Go down and run over to third base, first and second open.
Harvey Keane who applied the right field back in the first inning coming up for his second walk out of the second run.
Right hand hitter.
Score stands right now, three to nothing in favor of San Francisco, three runs on four hits.
The LA Dodgers have yet to get a base hit off Billy Pierce.
Robuck takes his side off him Roseborough, Bailey leaks down to third base.
Here comes that side arm, pitch the crossfires in there for the strike.
No balls in one strike.
The upfield for Keane, playing him as a punch hitter to right field, giving him a lot of alley in left center.
Gilliam has pulled over a step or two towards second and playing deep behind the back.
Robuck's pitch, side armor swung on a miss.
No balls, two strikes.
Roseborough bluffs a throw down to third and Bailey wins scampering back.
Robuck asks Roseborough for the sign again and gets it, then steps away from the hill.
Now he's set and ready to go.
At Bailey taking his lead at third base.
Here's the O2 pitch, taken over but low.
Count is one ball and two strikes.
Chuck O'Cawman walked out in front of the plate and kicked a clod of dirt away.
He decides to walk out in front of the plate, get that ball from Robuck and take a look at it.
He takes it, looks at it, throws it right back out to the mound, Eddie Robuck.
Harvey Keane is the batter here in the last half of the second inning.
There are two outs, Eddie Bailey is at third base.
Davenport led the inning off with a home run, hit over the left field fence.
Bailey followed with a line shot into right center for a single.
Moved around the third on a sacrifice and the billy pierce drowned out.
Now Robuck is ready. The one two delivery.
Side armor, swing on a miss.
Push strike three and every time is the side here in the last half of inning number two.
Robuck picking up the strike out, first strike out, they got him by Dodger pitching.
And here in the last half of the second inning, one run, there were two base hits.
There were no errors, one man was left on and the score at the end of two full innings of play now.
It's the Giants three and the Los Angeles Dodgers have enough out of the mound.
Willie Pierce has cranked up and he's just about ready to go.
In case you tuned in with his late, we'll set the Giants for you again defensively.
In case you were keeping score and you want to put your men in positions.
At first base is Orlando Cepeda.
The second baseman is Chuck Hiller at shortstop Jose Pagán.
Third base, Jim Davenport.
On the left field is Harvey Key.
The center fielder, Willie Mayes.
And in right field, Philly Pallew.
Working the plate, the catcher Ed Bale and out on the mound is Philly Pierce.
Pierce record of 15 and six, one and one with the Dodgers this year.
He delivers the plate and carries swings on a pitch and hits a back foul.
No balls, one strike.
And to carry this year, but two home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Had 12 runs driven in.
Right hand hitter, that's some very severe drops.
Swings on the pitch and pops this one back foul.
Comes up to the second tier out of play.
I wouldn't want to hazard a guess as to how many people are here this afternoon.
They're going to be in the neighborhood of 39 to 40,000.
Smart holds 40 to 5.
Wheeler Pierce now ready to pitch to Andy Kerry.
There's the 0-2 delivery.
An overhand fast ball and that's blocked.
Outside, one ball, two strikes.
The outfield for Kerry has fanned around to the left and I'm not playing him too deep.
However, Harvey Keene and left field playing straight away and left is the deepest outfield.
Fast ball swung on, hit up the middle into the center field for the base hit.
Andy Kerry is on.
This is the first base hit of Philip Pierce.
He had retired six men in order and has not been touched for a single.
Wally Davis coming up to the plate.
He's a left handed batter.
Fleetfooted center fielder of the Dodgers hitting a 289 on the regular season.
With 21 home runs and 85 runs batted in.
If there is a hole in the outfield, it will be in left center.
However, during the course of this year, I have seen this fellow drop that ball into left center field.
Perhaps the last time when he was sort of Tommy Hawken out, maybe that's what he was trying to do.
Top half of the third inning here at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
The first of the playoff games.
And it will go the best out of three.
Right now the Giants are out in front 3-0.
The pitch has swung on there as they ball drilled into left field.
Harvey Keene back for it and breves it.
He almost missed touchdown when he started to come in.
Had to hurl the retreat and reach up on the snare.
Told you that this guy Davis would hit to the offensive field and he just now did it.
And he carry holding on to first base.
Robuck is coming up now.
Teddy Robuck.
Robuck is a batsman this year and he's a pretty good hitting pitcher.
Going along at 240.
He's had three runs driven in as if no home runs.
Right handed batter.
He holds that bat way down the end.
Pierce delivers to him and Robuck after hits a high fly ball.
This one is curving foul.
Now goes way up into the second tier off the left field side.
When Eddie gets the good wood on that ball he can spike it for you pretty well.
Andy Carey is still a runner at first base.
And incidentally the first base runner the Dodgers have had all afternoon.
They're trailing in the ball game three nothing.
The home run has been the big weapon for the judge again this afternoon.
Bitch curve ball.
Swam back up the middle.
Charging his Pagan.
He's up for the ball.
Shovels over to second for one off.
Throw to first not in time.
Nice play by Jose Pagan.
He had to reverse himself to shovel to Hiller for the force out on Andy Carey coming in.
He made that play.
Andy Carey went barreling into second base to Hiller and he couldn't get the playoff to Sopeta Fastenout.
So Robuck is on at first base on the force out of Carey at second from the shortstop to the second baseman covering.
Robuck at first now and Murray Wills coming up to the plate.
Murray is the lead off man for the Dodgers and starting their second batting go round.
First inning he popped up and out on a soft one to shortstop Pagan.
Murray a switch hitter batting right handed of course against Billy Pears.
Moves forward at the plate and chokes up on the hand.
Takes the pitch under the knees and that's ball one.
Three runs on four hits.
San Francisco Giants in his first of the playoff games. No runs but one hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They've had quite a tough time of it in scoring runs.
Bits swung on slam foul at the third base side.
One ball one strike on Murray Wills.
Prior to this ball game the Los Angeles Dodgers had gone 21 innings without picking up a score.
And they lost their last three ball games to the St. Louis Cardinals.
And what a ball game it was yesterday and what a win for Kurt Simmons the veteran Latender.
And what a home run was hit by Gene Oliver to run the national league into a tie.
The pitch of the plate Wills swings on it loops it out into right field.
After he's right under this Billy Pallew he should have it. He does have it.
And that's the time of the tie.
So when they heard it a threat by Los Angeles but that's it. No runs one hit.
There were no errors and one man was left on.
The score at the end of two and a half innings of play.
It is the San Francisco Giants three and the Visting Los Angeles Dodgers nothing.
And we'll move along now into the last half of any number three.
We will have as the batsman for the San Francisco Giants second baseman Hiller.
He'll be coming up for his second at bat of the day.
However this time he will be facing Eddie Robach
who will relieve starting pitcher Sandy Kofax in the second inning.
I guess you've tuned in with us late. I'll just give you the scoring here in the ball game.
Two runs were picked up by the San Francisco Giants in the first inning and it happened this way.
And Harvey Keane let off and applied to right field for the first stop and Hiller
then fouled out to Andy Kerry.
Billy Pallew the right fielder of the Giants smashed a hot shot past Andy Kerry
down into the left field corner for a double.
He just came to the plate then and cracked one over the right center field wall
a good shot of about 400 feet from home plate to drive in the pair.
And the Giants then led over Sandy Kofax and the Dodgers two to nothing.
So Pater then rolled out to first baseman Lee Wals to retire the side.
In the second inning, it was all for Kofax.
Robach came out of the bullpen and despite the fact that Paghan then sacrificed fairly to second
and Piers moved him on over to third on the ground out. Still the inning was ended when Keane struck out.
So it's three to nothing and the Giants lead it.
They're up at bat right now and here is Hiller.
Looks the one on the first pitch and takes it in there for the strike.
Hiller over one having fouled out to Andy Kerry in the first inning.
He's a show-kitter. Not a very big guy. He leans over to play.
Holds at bat high behind his left ear. Eddie Robach, the side-wheeling right-hander
on a relief here for the Los Angeles Dodgers has been used always in relief this year
and he has won ten and lost one. He's won an all with San Francisco.
He delivers, there's a side armor, drilled out the center field,
going back forward is Davis and makes the catch. Easy chance for him and will he hold it in.
So one out here in the bottom of the third inning and that will bring on Philly Palou
who started all of Robach's trouble back in the first inning.
When he hit that line shot, double to left field.
He started off today batting at 3.15.
Of course that double will help that batting percentage considerably.
Philly digging in. He has an overly close stance with his left foot forward to the plate.
First pitch is in there taking for the strike. Robach is pretty adept at cross-firing the plate.
He throws a pretty good slider. He'll pick up the outside corner knee-high on you many times.
Robach ready to crank up again. Better right-hander,
bears back and pours the pitch in and it's swung on and hit down to third on a big hot carry.
It makes his play to first base low but Walsh digs it out and that's all for Philly Palou.
Go down in the last half of the third inning and a better coming up now is William A.
San Francisco Sports Fager certainly did sing the praises of this guy in the morning editions.
I guess he could have bought this town last night for 20 cents. He was the big hero.
Sidearm pitch is behind Willie Mays. He didn't know which way to jump.
Finally cut away from it. I guess the most surprised party was Willie.
He was jumping around there like a plumbing go dancer.
A little bit of all-one to him. Ball thrown behind his back.
As long as Robach said that while they won't be digging in too much on him.
Sidearm pitch way inside again. Right off the hips.
Willie had to jump back from that when he took ball two.
Two balls no strikes. Two outs. Last half of the third inning.
There are no base runners and the Giants are leading in it three to nothing.
These two teams met in the 59 playoff. Fury call. Pitch is into the dirt.
Country ball three.
Yoko Kahn and the Whippin' the Ball out to Pitch's mind.
Missed getting it out there all together.
Now for the three and nothing delivery on Willie Mays.
Robach delivers it. Pitch is swung on. Goes and gets it.
So the count now on Willie is three and one.
Los Angeles Dodgers went into the World Series in 59 after having knocked off the San Francisco Giants.
Pitch is hitting the left field single for Willie Mays.
Yoko that one right through the hole with short stuff.
That'll be number one off Robach and it'll be the fifth hit up on the board this afternoon for San Francisco.
So as we find out what happens to Spada, you may have time for identification.
Now the events turn out. Turn and throw to First Base is not in time. Maze is back.
Spada came up in the first inning and retired aside by bouncing down to First Baseman Lee Walls.
Unassisted put out for the third out. Robach cranks up. Delivers the pitch of swung on.
As the line is short on one off, the wills are short.
He plays a tequila and puts the force out on Willie Mays coming down.
So that retires aside here on a 6-4 count in the last half of the number three.
There was one hit. There was a man left off.
And there were no errors. Score at the end of three. The Giants three. The Dodgers have nothing.
And now for a bulletin to the NBC Newsroom and Ed Arnold.
Here is a bulletin from NBC News. A Justice Department statement just issues.
Just issued rather says the state troopers were withdrawn last night from the campus of the University of Mississippi
in contradiction to the assurances given by Governor Ross Barnett.
The department statement says 150 state troopers had been seen sitting inside their cars a half mile from the campus during the riots.
Meanwhile at the state capitol in Jackson Barnett in a statewide radio and TV address has urged Mississippians to maintain law and order
even though in his words our state has been invaded by federal forces.
NBC News will interrupt the game for all important bulletins. Now back to Candlestick Park.
Coming up to the plate for the LA Dodgers Jim Gilliam.
Switch hitter and now for his second half back. He came up in the first inning and fouled up and away and out.
Two first basements of pay dot.
Billy Pierce on the mound. Makes the first pitch. There's a fastball in there for the strike.
Billy Pierce has been very effective this afternoon.
There's a strikeout so far. He delivers again. The curve is just outside. One ball one strike.
Pierce has given up just one base hit to Los Angeles.
That base hit came in the third inning. Carried the lead out of the man. Single up the middle.
That was the extent of the hitting.
Pierce works again. His curve ball and slammed down the shortstop.
He's gone. Makes his play to first base and client. Well Gilliam is out of there.
One up one down here. The top half of the fourth inning. Now to bring on Tommy Davis.
Davis in the first inning. He went off the handle of the bat and popped it up to second baseman Hiller.
In a very short right field. 347 hitter at game time. Nationally batting champion for 1962.
Had 227 hits to lead the league in that department and led the league in RBIs with 150. Right hand batter.
Pierce offers him a curve ball and it slammed out into that field. RB team flips the glasses.
The left fielder should have it. It's an easy chance. He does have it. That's a quick mouth.
Two down. That's the fourth man to be retired since Andy Kerry's single in the third.
Frank Howard led off the second inning by striking up. Giving Billy Pierce his first strike out of the afternoon.
Pierce is ready to work to this big guy. Little fall on the mound. Delivers big curve ball.
One ball and no strikes. Top half of the fourth inning.
NBC very happy to be on the scene here at Candlestick bringing you the action from Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Pierce's fastball is hit down off the foot of Howard Powell. Kicks out onto the diamond.
The count is one ball and one strike on Frank Howard. Should Howard get on, first baseman Lee Walls will follow.
Pierce gets his sound out from Ed Bailey. Starts the one-one delivery. Kicks and flows. The pitch is swung on.
There's a tremendously high pop up over the infield. A guy on the shortstop says he'll take it and he does take it.
That's all for the Dodgers here in the top half of the fourth inning. They go down in one, two, three order with nothing across.
Well, this far now at the end of three and a half innings of play at Candlestick Park, it's the Giants in their own ball yard, three, and the Vesting Los Angeles Dodgers, nothing.
With the orchestra sounding off down back of left field and the folks here at Candlestick getting into a festival, we move into the last half of the fourth inning.
And it will be Jim Davenport to lead things off as he did in the second. This time he'll be facing Eddie Robuck and not Sandy Kofax.
Davenport's only time at bat came in the second inning when he let off with a home run poked over the left field screen.
He'll be followed by Ed Bailey the catcher and then we'll have the shortstop by God batting in the number eight position.
Jim Davenport moving up to the plate now. Soft spoken Alabama, who now makes his home here in California.
During the course of the year, we've had plenty of opportunity to talk to this guy. He's quite a competitor.
Jim Davenport moving in. Game time, he was batting in 294.
He's hit his 14th home run of the year with the one he hit in this ball game, running that tally up to 14.
He's out on pitch from Robuck. The sweeper is outside. It's ball one.
I'll be able to span to the left for Jimmy there playing deep. Absolutely no wind at all here this afternoon.
Pitch has swung on. There's a trickler off to the left of the plate foul. One ball and one strike now on Jim Davenport.
Ordinarily, when you visit Candlestick Park, you can expect the wind to be going off the bay and coming right at you.
But the weather man has been most kind this afternoon and giving us summer atmosphere all the way.
The temperature's got to be in the high 70s, perhaps in the 80s.
There's a side on fastball that's blown outside and Davenport's caught now. It's two balls and one strike.
I've asked several of the native folks around here. Pitch swung on. There's a foul ball hit off the third base side.
Candlestick's two balls, two strikes. Ask of this were the type of weather that we could expect in San Francisco this time of year.
And our producer, Hal Aspie, said, oh no. He said, we're having summer here, fella. Where you been?
Whatever it is, it's a beautiful day in San Francisco. Here's the two-to-pitch side armor.
Swung on and pulled foul off the first base side. That'll go to the crowd out of play.
Two balls and two strikes on Jim Davenport. Things have settled down considerably since the hectic moments of the first couple of innings.
We're in the bottom of the fourth here at San Francisco with the Giants leading it three to nothing on five base hits.
Two of which have been home runs. One or two run home run hit by Willie Mays. It's 48 for the year.
And Davenport hit one in the second. Places empty. Right now Jim swings and fouls one down the third base side.
So he's caught us two balls and two strikes.
That Bailey hanging around to be the next hitter. Certainly was a catcher's day, ST2, in that home run hitting department.
The drama that was played out in two parts and in two acts, 450 miles apart.
That Bailey hitting a home run here all over hitting one down in Dodger Town.
Pitch inside. Look out, Jim. Right under the chin. Three balls, two strikes.
Eddie Robot, the Dodger pitcher, seems to be sighting down the barrel before he cuts it loose.
Robot takes his sign from Rose Burrell. Starts to see three two motions.
Delivers, pitches one on. Bell with the center field. Backboard goes Willie Davis. Sundert makes the catch.
So that's all for Davenport. Hits it straight away center. One away here in the bottom of the fourth inning and that will bring on Ed Bailey.
That Bailey singled on a line shot past Gilliam in the right center field when he came up in the second inning.
So he's one for one this afternoon. At game time he was a 223 hitter with 17 home runs. 44 runs driven in.
Left handed batter. Leans over the plate. Pitch goes, it's a soft curve. It stays high and outside.
This is the same Ed Bailey who is quite a shining light for the Cincinnati Reds a couple of years back.
Then rides the next pitch and Bailey takes a look at him. That costs him. One ball, one strike count.
Robot rocks back, twists and throws. There's that sidearm. There's one on there's a long drive. Keep the right field.
That could be. There's Howard back by the fence. He's reaching up and taking it. That guy actually reached up above the fence.
At least it seems so from our NBC booth here. So he reached up above the fence to take that one.
That Bailey is out. Frank Howard adding play just right. All the two outs here in the last half of the fourth inning and that will bring on shortstop Pagan.
He's not a very big guy and his fellow Pagan. But he covers that short field.
Eddie Robach ready to pitch to him. Bards in there right off the point of the chin. Ball one.
Pagan sacrificed successfully in the second inning and moved that Bailey down the second base. So he hasn't been up officially yet.
Swings on a fastball and doesn't get it. One ball and one strike.
Pagan 5 feet 9 weighs about 165 pounds. He comes from Puerto Rico. Barcelona to Puerto Rico.
Sidearm pitch to him is swung on. Dealed back foul. Count is one ball two strikes on Jose.
He stands rather deep at the plate and away from it. He'll step into the pitches as they're made.
Hitting in the number eight spot for the Giants this year. He's managed to come up with a 253 batting average.
55 runs driven in and has hit seven home runs.
Last half of the fourth inning there are two outs. Nobody on. And the Giants are leading it. Three to nothing on five base hits.
The Dodgers have picked up just one base hit. That was Andy Kerry single up the middle back in the third inning.
The runner didn't get any farther than first base. Sidearm pitch. All strike three.
That's all for Pagan. He's called out on strikes here. Every time he's a side in the last half of inning number four and Robuck picks up his second strike out of the afternoon.
At the end of four full innings of play they score his the Giants three and the Dodgers nothing. Now a message from our sponsor.
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Now helper back here at Candlestick Park in San Francisco for NBC. We have had four innings of play here at Candlestick in this first game of the playoff series.
And the total is four innings of play. Three runs. Five hits. No errors for San Francisco. The Giants have left two men on and for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
No runs but one hit off a tough left hander named Billy Pierce. And that was a single. No runs. One hit. No errors. They have stranded one man.
Lee Walls is the batsman up at the plate right now to start the fifth. He's 0 for one. Popped the shorties first time. Takes a pitch low for Ball Wank.
Lee Walls was hitting 269 at game time. Lee Spectacled right hand hitter. Pierce comes in with a curve ball and runs it right down the pipe. One ball, one strike.
That's some activity going down in the bullpen now for Los Angeles. We'll check up on that man for you in a moment.
There's delivers a pitch of swung on by Walls. There's a high fly ball hitting the run. And he runs it to be short right field. So Peter is back on.
That's all for Walls. Adi Lo, a rather filling balloon making catch here in the top half of the penny.
Down in the bullpen right hander Larry Sherry. He's up and starting the throw for Los Angeles. Larry Sherry.
Johnny Roseboro the batter. He was called out on strikes in the second. He's 0 for one.
Billy Pierce cranks up. The little left hander delivers and the pitch of swung on there is a drive to right field.
And Lo backs up near the fence. Sure to have it. Does have it. There's the second half.
Still up. Go down in the top half of any number five.
Now coming up to the plate is the guy who possesses the only base hit. The Los Angeles Dodgers now own. That's Andy Carrick.
Andy Singaluck the middle in the third inning. Willie Davis followed in with a line shot out through the left field or Harvey Keane.
And then Andy Robock making his first appearances of batsman face. Of course Andy Carrick out at second base from short to second.
The inning was ended when Wills applied to right field. Billy Pierce ready. Delivered to carry a right hand hitter.
Swung on strike one.
Andy's spread out in batter's box. Four and a half all the way across it.
Down comes the pitch. Inside off the shootouts. One ball one strike count on Andy Carrick.
Still throwing down in the. And they both end. All slender right hander.
Pierce is ready. Cranks up. Delivers one and one. His fast ball of swung on.
Strike two.
Pierce asks for the sign again. He gets it from Bailey.
Now he's ready to go.
In comes the pitch. Just outside.
Twenty-five scoreless innings. So far for the Los Angeles Dodgers and they haven't scored yet in this one.
There are two down. Nobody on.
Well if they did not score in this one it will be twenty-six straight scoreless innings.
Having a rough way of it to go. Overhand fast ball. Swung on this one.
Twenty-six scoreless innings.
And it appears that he's under his third strike now.
Oh and it's off after the inning. Nothing across for M.A.
And the score at the end of four and a half innings of play remains.
Drives three and the Dodgers have nothing.
We'll move along now into the last half. Fitting number five.
And the first batter up for San Francisco will be their pitcher Billy Fears.
Eddie Robuck going back out to the mound now for Los Angeles.
In case you hooked up with a slate.
Sandy Kofack started this ball game and got through the first inning.
Giving up two hits. A double to Billy Malu and Willie May's home run which put him behind two to nothing.
And then in the second inning he was tagged immediately by the first batter up to Davenport
for a home run to make the score three to nothing.
He pitched with the next man Bailey and Bailey hit a rifle shot into right center for a single
and that was all for Sandy. Eddie Robuck came on to put out the fire and he's been on there ever since.
Robuck by the way has given up just one of the five hits that the San Francisco Giants have picked up up to this moment.
Out of sea out in the mound out of drinking up getting ready to face the Giants in the last half of the state inning.
Please remember that tomorrow's ball game will come to you from Dodger Stadium down in Los Angeles.
We'll be with you at the same time as we were on the tap the room.
And the World Series will be heard over many of these same stations starting on Thursday.
And it will open in the National League Park so it means that it will open either here at San Francisco or down at Los Angeles.
It all depends on how this playoff series comes up. You know it's the best out of three.
I've got to win two out of the three to be crowned the champions of the National League.
So it'll be a bitter battle for the next 48 hours at least to see who's going to represent the National League against the New York Yankees
in the ball classic this year.
Now here's Billy Pierce who rolled out to the right side to Jim Gilliam in the second inning.
Robuck comes to him and the ball exit out in front of the plate. Robuck off the mound up with it.
There he goes. He's throwed a first in plenty of time and that's it as far as Pierce is concerned.
He grounds out from pitcher to first base.
One away in the last half of the fifth inning and coming up now is Harvey Keane.
Keane is starting the third batting go round for San Francisco.
He's sped on right hand, air-flagged right field back in the first inning and struck out in the second.
One of the two strikeout victims of Robuck.
Steady Eddie on the mound as over he's heading out, twists and throws.
There's that sidearm delivering it, cracks in there with strike.
Oh, ball's in one strike.
For Harvey Keane the outfield is shaded slightly to right field.
Oh, and the outfield's in left center.
He looks at another sweeper and distance low on outside and that runs his count to one ball and one strike.
Robuck kicking dirt pitches the mound, gets a smooth down, picks it up to his leg and...
Keane patiently waiting for him at the plate.
There is no more activity now than the Dodger bullpen.
Larry Sherry has gone back to sit down. Now the one-one pitch from Robuck, side armor, is taken just outside of our waistline.
Two balls, one strike.
Well, certainly has been an exciting race.
Had the National League this year.
Sidearm pitch, Keane pumps it back foul over the screen, he's got his two balls, two strikes.
And it's been exciting in the National League all the way around this year.
Watching two new Land Riders come into the National League,
loading the schedule up to 162 games rather than the 154 game schedule we'd had previously.
So this will be the first time in 162 game schedule that a playoff has been called for as the needed.
They do two pitch, side arm way outside, he gets away from Roseburg, goes all the way back to the screen.
Look how the three balls and two strikes on Harvey Keane.
One out here on the last half of inning number five.
There are no base runners and the Giants are leading it three to nothing on five base hits.
We've had two home runs here this afternoon, many said a two-run home run in the first inning.
They haven't bought the solo there in a second.
The pitch has swung on a slow, but under the third, carry up with it, makes his play the first base in time and keeps up.
Nice play by Andy Carey, he had to come in and short hop that ball.
Chuck Diller, left-handed in the second baseman coming up there now.
One of the most unexpected things in the National League this year was the necessity of a playoff, but it has happened.
Side arm pitch to Diller, swung on and hung out into center field, got up and over to his right for it and under it is Willie Davis,
makes a basket catch and that retires the side here to the fifth inning.
Nice catch by Davidson Center.
Nugget of Grosso in the bottom of the fifth inning and the score team to five ball into the play remains.
The Giants three and the Los Angeles Dodgers have nothing.
Out of the bounds, Willie Pierce, cranking up, getting ready for the top half of the sixth inning.
Willie Davis is being called up to the plate now by plate umpire, John Fouconn.
Stan Landis was forced to fill in for Al Barlech who wasn't able to make the lane connections in time for the East Coast to get over here for the playoff.
So Landis is at third base.
We have Conlon behind the plate, Dusty Farkas at first and Argy Donatungly, the senior umpires in the group, working this one today.
Willie Pierce now comes to the plate, pitchers one on, there's a bounding ball to first.
The players up with it on a life backhand stab and raises the first win.
No, Davis is out.
We're going to have a batsman now up for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Now let's see who is going to come up there doing the swinging.
Number 14, Ken Macmillan, right hand pitter is coming up the bat for Robott.
Standing in, takes pitch in there for the strike.
Slams his next pitch and there's a lane shut past seven, poor Don into the left field corner, that's in there for a face hit.
He starts to dig for second base as he makes the big wide turn and first and decides he better hold on.
Harvey Keene had that ball in and a big hurry.
There is the second Dodger hit.
Ken Macmillan batting for Robott, single to left field.
I wills, comes up now, he's a lead off man.
Ken Macmillan was with the Reno Ball Club last year.
Oxnard, California boy, pretty good size for that.
He's six three, weighs 190 pounds.
I think we're going to have a runner for him also.
Shortstop Trezusky, utility infielder, shortstop Trezusky is coming in to run.
He's running for Macmillan, Trezusky.
Not to play now as more wills, I'm the pitch tomorrow, he's in there for the strike.
Dick Trezusky from Island, Pennsylvania, just taken over the position at first base, the runner at first base position.
He's running for Macmillan, little batter for Eddie Robott.
Down the ball fan we have Bob Bowlin getting ready for the John.
A bit of a slung on there, there's a little nut pop up, back by Shortstop, Macmillan reaches up and grabs it.
Trezusky holds on to first base.
A wills, pops up an odd for the second time, to a supposing Shortstop, Jose Macmillan.
There are two outs who are the runner at first base, on the batter at Jim Gilliam.
Still of course, Jim is hitting right handed.
He's a switch hitter.
Billy Pierce is ready to go to work here on Jim Gilliam.
He's gotten Junior Place on the foul ball to the first baseman and the ground out to Shortstop.
He comes up, checks the runner Trezusky at first base, delivers the pitch, is a curve low, a ball one.
Now we'll have Sherry coming on now in the Dodger cars.
The last half of the sixth inning.
Pitch is in tight up against Gilliam's chest, hits a handle, the batter scoots away for a strike.
The count is one ball one strike on Jim.
There are two outs here in the top half of the sixth inning.
Trezusky running for Macmillan, who batted for Robuck, is on at first base.
Bowlin cracking up down on the bullpen for the Giants, where is Sherry and they bullpen for the Dodgers.
We know the Dodgers are going to have a new pitcher.
Pierce is ready, delivers pitching side off the base.
Two balls and one strike to count on Jim Gilliam.
If Gilliam gets on, that's Armie Davis, a big slugger of the Los Angeles Dodgers will be up there.
Time is called, here comes Alvin Darkout on the playing field.
He wants to talk to Billy Pierce and while he takes that time,
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Celebrate his words of wisdom though Billy Pierce, he's gone back to the Giant Dogot.
The MGMOR man has sat down now, Jim Gilliam's at their pump in the wood, he's got us two balls and one strike.
Here's Texas runner Krasuski at first base and comes to the plate with a fastball and it's just a little old.
That'll be ball three to Gilliam, three balls and one strike.
Jim looks down at the third base to see what kind of sign Leo D'Rosier might be relaying from manager Alston.
Jim leaning over the plate guarding it from behind.
Now the three one pitch toy, here's cut the loose off curve outside, ball four.
Well Gilliam's a sick away and becomes a base runner, that moves Krasuski down a second.
And this is as far as anybody has gotten on the base pass for the Los Angeles Dodgers here at the Saercanone.
So coming up to the plate now, Tommy Davis represents the tying run.
The Giants are leading it three to nothing here in the got half to six inning.
There are two outs, there are runners on at first and second.
Tom having walked picking up the first base on balls from Pierce and that's only his 35th base on balls this year.
Jim Gilliam is at first and at second base is Krasuski who is running for McMullen who batted for Eddie Robot.
Davis is clocked to second base and has flagged the left so Tommy's over two this afternoon.
And the third runners for Los Angeles playing it rather close to the vest.
Krasuski taking it shortly, now lengthens it by a step or two.
Hits the plate and swung on, drilled into right center field.
Overboard is Alou, he's underpitched the gap.
So the Dodgers threat goes by the boards here in the got half to six inning.
No runs, there was one base that coupled with a walk, two men were left on and there were no errors.
Only three men have been stranded now by the Los Angeles Dodgers in going to bat six times and they've gone 27 scoreless innings.
They score at the end of five and a half innings of play, remains the Giants three and the Los Angeles Dodgers have nothing.
The pitchers for tomorrow's ball game have been announced.
Alvin Dark has announced his pitcher and manager Alston is still on the fence as far as his selection is concerned.
Tomorrow it will be Jack Sanford going for the San Francisco Giants and he will face either Stan Williams,
Rickert or perhaps Drysdale.
It all depends on how this ball game comes out.
But Alston may be coming back with Don Drysdale after a very short rest.
Big Van Nijs right-hander has been the workhorse on the staff for the Los Angeles Dodgers this year.
He's placed quite a record for himself and he's quite a commendable pitcher.
Alston of course is defending right now on Larry Sherry as he sends him in.
Larry Sherry.
All right, and there has appeared in 57 ball games for his club this year.
He's been 89 and 2-3 innings.
The German run average is 3.01.
Larry Sherry.
Larry has saved 10 ball games for the Dodgers this year.
He's second only to Bernaske in that department.
Bernaske having saved 19.
Larry Sherry's record is 7 wins and 3 losses.
7 wins and 3 losses.
Sherry doing the pitching.
Comes in with a pass ball and rips it in there to Billy Palu, a straight one.
Roseborough signs up for the pitch.
Sherry cuts it loose.
That's a lot of pitch.
He's inside, one ball, one straight.
As far as the record with the San Francisco Giants this year is concerned, Sherry has none.
He's going all with him.
Pitch is swung on.
There's a high-pocket in foul ground off the first base.
Lee Wall is chasing.
Hungry?
Good habit.
He has it.
Oh, there's the first foul.
Billy Palu fouls out the first baseman Lee Wall.
Now about it coming up to the plate is William Ayers.
William Ayers has been a rich starter in this ballgame.
He's driven in two of the three runs the Giants now possess.
He's had a home run and a single.
Home run to right center field over the fence and a single left.
That was back in the third and he did not get any farther than the first base, however.
The pitch go-on is in there for the strike.
Larry Sherry.
The third pitcher to be used here this afternoon by Walter Austin.
Very close.
All that pitch to William Ayers, he really had to jump away from that.
One ball and one straight.
Larry Sherry.
Los Angeles boy all the way.
Born, raised there, still lives in.
He lays after his next pitch and fouls it back into the screen.
One ball to strike count.
Old say hey.
Well, they started off today batting a 302 with 47 home runs.
Hittiest 48 from the first inning.
Two run affairs.
Giants puffed out to a two nothing lead and crossed to take a little more with a run in the second.
They're leading it three to nothing.
LA has picked up just two base hits.
Two singles off Billy Pierce.
Pitch inside off Jim White and William Ayers count now has two balls, two strikes.
Manager Austin's observation last evening was a simple one.
Pitch swung off the base, and the high drive hit the right field.
Way back in there it goes.
One of the most phenomenal balls.
One of the most phenomenal ball players of our time has just hit his second home run here this afternoon.
And here's Sopeta up there taking the pitch in there for a ball.
In tight up against the body.
Willie Mays is 49th home run to put the Giants out in front for nothing.
Pitch to Sopeta is low.
That's ball two.
Willie Mays hit that one over the right field screen.
A pretty good size poke here at Candlestick.
Ball had to go about 400 feet to go over that screen as far back as it went.
Sidearm pitch to Sopeta is in there for the strike.
The Candlestick won.
Willie Mays has driven in three of the four runs here this afternoon.
He's been on a ramp, babe.
The two wonderlug race.
That's ball, flipped in there under the base.
Three balls and one strike.
With one off, Mays connected for his 49th home run of the year.
47th little hit in the regular 162 game schedule two here in the playoff game.
Pitch under the letters for the first place.
Sopeta now has a full count.
Three balls and two strikes.
One out, nobody on.
Boarding out being favored by the Giants.
Sherry works the pitch of Slamoff.
He'll keep left field as David Roog, he has left hand, and it's down.
Orlando Sopeta, cracks his 35th home run of the year.
Drives a five over the left field fence.
That is the second hit and the second run of Larry Sherry and the Giants lead it five to nothing.
Here's Jim Davenport.
Sherry drives the curve on him and gets it in there for the strike.
That is Orlando Sopeta's first hit this afternoon.
He now has 113 runs driven in three ball clubs this year.
Ron Peranoske the left hander up in the bullpen now for the Dodgers.
The pitch is made to the plate inside and the count is one ball, one strike.
So Alston has a left and right hander up.
Now the left hander sits down, the right hander continues.
Pitch is one on.
Nice job, face him.
Left field.
Davenport plans one to left on the line.
That will be hit number three given up by Sherry.
Hit number eight.
Washington, San Francisco as they continue to wade into the Los Angeles pitching.
Got a right hander up for now for Walter Austin's company.
Let's see who that is down in the bullpen.
Jack Smith.
Jackson at the Atlanta Boy,
chunky right-hander cranking up down in the bullpen for Walder Austin.
Larry, uh, Jerry's been getting his box here in the sixth inning. He came on.
In the last half of the sixth inning, he can really, uh, have any robot.
That's Bailey the batter, one on, one on here, down in court at first base.
Jerry, check that runner. Delivers a white Bailey left-hand hitter, takes a blow with ball one.
Every one of the runs that John's now possessed have been the results of home runs.
There have been four of them hit here.
Soft curveball, Bailey takes a blow.
No balls, no straight.
Willie Mays hit a two-run home run in the first inning.
Here comes Leo DuRocco out to talk to Jerry. That may be all for him.
Davenport followed in the second with a solo affair.
Then in the sixth inning, Willie Mays with the bases empty repeated to hit his 49th home run of the year.
And Orlando Sopeta balls back-to-back with him hitting his 35th.
That accounted for all the runs for the San Francisco Giants.
And Jerry is coming out of the ballgame.
That's going to be all for him. He's pitched one third of an inning.
And he goes.
Coming on will be Jack Smith.
Checking up on Smittyfoil.
He's a 6'185 pound right-hander.
He came out of Pineville, Kentucky, makes his home now in Atlanta, Georgia.
And he did his pitching last year for Atlanta.
He won 12 and lost 7.
Let's see if memory serves me right, Lee.
Killer Brew has finished out a half-48 home run this year.
In the regular season in the American League,
Willie Mays has now hit 49.
Pretty tough customer this Mays, huh?
Jack Smith is coming on. He'll be appearing in his 7th ballgame.
For the LA Dodgers, he's pitched only 8 innings, however.
He's given up 8 hits, 5 runs, and all 5 of them were earned.
He has passed 4 men and has struck out 5.
His earned run average is 5.63. He has no record.
He's all and all with the league and all and all course.
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And that's Smith is taking over on the mound.
He's ready to fire now on the 3-1 count.
Deliver his world ball four.
All that he is on moving down and forth down to second base.
Coming up to the plate now will be Hozray for God.
With one out runners in the first and second.
A gun hitting right handed.
A sacrifice done has been called out on strike so he's over one this afternoon.
Little big runs of compiling in here in the bottom of a sixth inning
and the Giants are leading in the ball game.
Five to nothing.
Jack Smith right hander comes set.
Deliver his soft curve ball low and outside.
Count is one ball and Hozray.
The outfield despite the gap is left the hole in the outfield
and right center for the guy.
This has been a tough ballpark for the Dodgers this year.
That's ball to the plate as well.
Count is two balls and Hozray.
Of the nine ball games that were played here in the regular season.
Twenty two clubs.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were able to win only three of them
and they dropped six to San Francisco.
It was just reversed down at Dodger Town.
Hozray for God getting his time out.
The old Carolina comment.
Why do you lock them down behind first?
Down behind third base.
Run into first and second.
Smith delivers the pitch to the second way inside.
Take all away.
Three balls no strike.
Down and forth to runner at second base.
Bailey is to run for first.
One out.
Third base is open.
Macdon the number eight hitter in the order will be followed by
pitcher Philly Fiers.
Lye to nothing in favor of San Francisco.
Smith delivers in there for the strike.
Macdon giving a little fancy dance.
Coming to bat down off the shoulder trying to distract.
But he wasn't successful.
Three one count.
So Smith now is just one pitch away from loading them up here in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Come set now.
Delivered on the three one count.
The pitch is in there for strike two.
Two out.
Three and two.
Now with one out.
Down and forth.
At second base and Philly at first could be on the move.
We'll keep an eye on them to see how they're going to operate against this barrel chest at right hander.
That field playing just about straight away for Macdonald.
And they're not playing too deep.
In field are normal positions.
Playing at double play depth.
Smith taking plenty of time.
Get the sign Roseboro.
There's the mid up as a target.
Smith becomes set.
Overhand fastball.
One on a missed strike three.
The runners break the foregoes down the third carry.
He's got the ball waiting for the runner moving down from third that's seven points.
So actually it's a double play.
On on this double play.
Macdon strikes out.
And the throw from the catcher Roseboro down the anti-carry.
He gets seven for the attempt to move into third base.
And the second throw from the catcher Roseboro.
He gets seven for the attempt to move into third base.
So that's it here in the last half of the clinic.
There was a man left on.
There were two runs on two bases both home runs.
Make that three bases two home runs of the single.
So it's the end of six full enemies of play now.
It's the Giants five.
And the Los Angeles Dodgers have nothing.
Frank Howard who has plenty of power.
And he's demonstrated on quite a few occasions this year.
Thirty one of them as a matter of fact.
The whole run department.
They're stepping up with the plate knocker today.
He has struck out and talked the short stuff.
And the ball he hit the short stuff.
And that cut up in the singles he'd have a million of them.
The sky high thing.
He's over two.
There's the fire the fastball doing.
The ball is going to be a little bit of a strike.
Howard waiting.
Little belly bears cranks up again.
There's that.
Howard almost broke his back on that.
He like you lose his uniform shirt and everything.
He was really gone for the fence.
The boys with great say he was swinging for the down.
No ball two strikes on Frank Howard.
There's the fastball outside.
One ball two strike down.
Try to get hard to go for a better.
Well a giant fan.
You're not sort of settled back into rather some places.
They're both upside in front five and hold.
There's been a new web out of the line.
A little bit of a fastball.
Back out number four for the bears.
He's got Howard's place.
One out here in the top of the seventh inning in about an hour's lead wall.
Walls has popped the shortstop and has played the right field.
Right hand hitter standing just off the plate.
Here's tries to curve on him this time and it's outside.
That's all one.
Have some action down in the bullpen for the Santa was.
Douglas.
Walls waiting to play now for the next pitch to be cut loose.
And it writes fastball swing on and slug down in the center field.
Well he may talk to his wife.
Down in the bullpen left hander young Pete Rickard is going for Los Angeles.
He was mentioned as one of the possible starters in tomorrow's game down at Dodger State even Los Angeles.
However three names were given us Williams Rickard from Drysdale.
After all that will be going all out to try to stand the tide here and get his ball club into the World Series.
Rose Park the plate swings on the pitch and it's a long fly ball deep to right field.
Alou is drifting back under.
Easily takes it into the out.
All 28 innings now for the LA Dodgers without picking up a round.
They go quietly here and this one's nothing to cross.
I'm just going to end up fixing a half an inch of play now.
It is the giant fly.
The Dodgers have nothing.
And we'll move along here now into the last half of inning number seven.
Means we'll be taking a look at Philly Pierce.
He'll be the first man up.
We expected to see Pierce in the last half of the sixth inning but they gone struck out into a double play.
Well it appears that's a round of applause as he steps up to the plate.
Philly has put up twice, has hit a ball out of the infield.
He's rolled a second and tapped back to the mile.
This is over two.
Smith pitches to him and there's a bounding ball off of a left-foot plate foul.
Sandy Kofax began this ball game and lasted one inning and pitched the two men in the second inning.
Davenport and Philly in was derried down of there for Roblox who went to next four.
The pitch at the plate runs a count to one ball one strike.
Sherry came on and pitched one third of an inning.
Gave up two runs and three hits.
The pitch swung on by Pearson, Missus, four strikes to the one ball two strikes.
And Jack Smith was called upon in the sixth inning to put out the fire.
He's out there pitching now.
Right-hander throws a curve ball to the left hand hitter and Philly fouls it away.
John stays one ball and two strikes.
The defense on the inside for the Dodgers this afternoon has walls at first base.
Gilliam at second. Will's at shortstop and Andy Carrion third.
Smith's fast ball was outside.
John has two balls and two strikes now on Philly first.
Not in left field, John Davis, Willie Davis in center.
Got a right field, Frank Howard.
Smith works the plate to an overhand fast ball and here's strikeout.
Well for young Phap, that's a second strikeout.
Roblox had a pair of strikeouts.
Only four times have gone down with a strikeout route here this afternoon.
Coming up to the plate, not believed off man.
Starting the fourth batting go round for the Giants, Harvey Key.
He's gone headless today in three times up.
He's slide to right. He's struck out and he's rolled out to the third baseman.
Smith delivers an overhand fast ball and that's inside right off the chin point.
One ball, no strikeouts.
We're in the last half of the seventh here at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Good shaded inside. Two ball, no strikeout.
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Four home runs slammed here by the Giants power.
There's a fast ball ripped across the carpet shortstop.
Gilliam digs it out of the dirt, makes his play to first in plenty of time and that's all for Harvey Key.
Two down here in the bottom of the seventh inning and the batter coming up now is Chuck Killer.
Killer today came up in the first inning and fouled out to third baseman Kerry.
Then he, since that time, has slide out twice to center field to Willie Davis.
And the outfield bringing him straight away and not too deep.
There's a slight wind kick up now coming out of left field.
Mitch is hung on. There's a line shot to center field for the base wrap.
Davis up with it, fires it back in to Gilliam and with two outs Killer is single to center.
That will be it. Number one off Smith.
Number nine for Tampa City Goals.
Billy Pallew is the best one.
Right fielder has doubled and rolled third and fouled out to first base and has scored one run.
Swings on this pitch, the high popper into very short left field.
Back post Murray wills the shortstop. He's got it.
So that's all there is to the last half of any number seven and in the seventh go round.
There was one base hit. There was a man left on. That will be the fourth left on for the Giants in going bat seven times.
And scored the end of seven innings of play.
The Giants five and the Los Angeles Dozers have nothing.
They first man up here in the top half of the eighth inning will be Andy Kerry.
He represents the start of the last third of the batting order.
For Los Angeles he owns one of the two base hits. Billy Pierce was coughed up here this afternoon.
I tell you this guy from Detroit has been tough.
Andy Kerry hitting right handed.
Kerry singled up the middle back in the third inning. Struck out a second time up. That was in the fifth.
Pierce takes it on from Bailey who has gone all the way behind the plate with him.
Herball, flipped in and over like one.
Ortega is throwing down in the bullpen again for Los Angeles which leads us to believe that they'll hit for Smith.
Here in the seventh inning. The pitch outside. One ball, one strike.
The doctors have gone the seven scoreless innings today having been shot out so far on two hits by Billy Pierce.
And 28 innings they have gone scoreless in play. The pitch is outside.
Kerry has gone out of the right to two balls and one strike.
Jaco Connell working to play here this afternoon.
There's the two one pitch.
And a fast ball and swung on and popped up back to the first base.
The play does goes back on and it's a good one.
There's the two one pitch. And a fast ball and swung on and popped up back to the first base.
The play does goes back on and they grab and right field near the line and all the time.
Kerry is out of there.
Takes him one for three this afternoon.
And we're moving along here in the top half of the eighth inning.
Willie Davis is the batter.
Davis hit the ball well in the third inning but hit a line shot to Harvey Keen in left field.
Then in the sixth inning she rolled out the first baseman, Sopeta.
Davis is over two.
The Dodger bats have been strangely quiet for the past about a week or so.
Kerbal is Japanese for strike.
There's Crank's up and serve the pitch and it's swung on and looked it back over the screen into the top.
Looks like two.
It's hard to believe actually when you start to think about it.
That is late as August the ninth.
Los Angeles was five and a half games out in front of the East San Francisco Giants.
And on September the 22nd the Giants were four back and had eight to play.
It's called break three right down the line.
Davis is out of there.
Crank got number five with Pierce.
Of course the Los Angeles Dodgers have dropped some very crucial ball games.
Namely two St. Louis, both at down that St. Louis and at Dodger Town.
That's the way this great game of baseball goes.
That's what makes it the great game it is.
You never know what's going to happen tomorrow or to be tomorrow after that.
You're going to have a pinch hitter up there now going for Smith.
It's Doug Camille right hand hitting catcher.
Remember having seen his daddy play much fine ball at first base in the national league.
Doug Camille makes high.
Smith makes the top of the ball no strikes to the young dog.
He's been trying to catching duties with Roseboro.
He's appeared in 42 ball games for the Dodgers this year and hitting a 271 right now.
Four home runs and 22 runs batted in.
Takes a lot of pitch on the outside that's ball three.
Doug Camille batting for Smith.
Pierce was pitch right across the middle.
Three balls one strike.
Down in the bullpen, Ortega has been throwing it.
But this ball will be he coming on to pitching the last half of the eighth inning.
Pierce delivers.
Camille takes that ball and that's in at the strike two.
But has some activity down the bullpen also for the Giants.
John Larson right hander up starting to throw.
Along with the two mothers.
Pierce delivers three two.
Camille swings and puts it back down almost under our hand reaching like a ball.
Three balls and two strikes.
Alchemist climbs back in waiting for the next three two-pitch.
There's that three two-pitch.
Bob Lane right back off the mast of the late Emperor Jack O'Connor.
Three balls two strikes.
There are two outs here in the top half of the eighth inning.
The bases are empty.
Young Doug Camille, son of Doug Camille after batting for the LA Dodgers.
Heading for pitcher Jack Smith.
On comes a pitch and young Doug Zachary can wrap her file down the third base side.
New ball in play to Billy Pierce.
Don Larson and Stu Miller continue to crank up down in the Giants bullpen just in case Billy Pierce could falter here in the late stages.
Phil Artega just about threw warming up down in the bullpen for LA.
Fastball, Camille after hits a line shot up the alley in left center field.
I think that's going to be in there.
It's up against the fence as well he may have grabbed it.
There goes Camille.
It's a stand up two-bagger for young Phala.
Doug Camille, son of Doug Camille after hits a line shot up the alley in left center field.
That will be hit number three of fierce.
Now the batter coming up will be Mari Will.
You may be the runner at second with two outs here in the top half of the eighth inning.
Will is just coming up for his fourth at bat.
Twice he has popped the shortstop once he has flagged a right.
At game time he was batting at 2.99.
Mari Will is a switcher batting right handed against this lapander.
Takes a cut at this pitch and grounds with the shortstop.
Macon digs it out, makes his play in five and then he goes out.
No round, one hit.
Camille's venture double.
He was the runner left on at second base.
And the score at the end of seven and one half innings of play remains the Giants five.
The Dodgers nothing.
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As we move into the last half day, depending here at Candlestick in San Francisco,
we have a new pitcher for the LA Dodgers.
A tall skinny right hander.
It's coming up to take over.
He's Phil Ortega from Mesa, Arizona, 6'2 and weighs about 165 for 70 pounds.
Phil Ortega was with the Spokane last year and also with the Dodgers
and we'll find out some this year.
He'll be appearing in his 24th ball game and he's got a pretty tough customer to face here
in the last half of the eighth inning.
I'll give you just one guess as to who that fella is.
Willie Mays.
Ortega has not won a ball game this year for the Dodgers.
He's lost two.
He delivers to Willie Mays and the curve is low inside the ball one.
Ortega has no record of any time with the San Francisco Giants.
Big gangly thumb that delivers a soft curve low to Willie Mays.
That's ball two.
Ortega throws his elbows and arms and feet around and suddenly out of that pretzel
twist comes the ball to the plate.
Now he starts his motion.
Comes down to over the fastball and I tie inside.
That's ball three.
This is pitcher number five to be used by Walder Alston here this afternoon.
Coltback started it.
Robux, Sherry, Smith and now Ortega.
He gets a strike in this time as Willie had to take on the count of three one.
Following Mays will be Sopeta and then we'll have Davenport.
This has been the part of the batting order that is called the damage on the Dodger pitching here this afternoon.
Ortega works three one and they pitch his high inside ball four.
Ole Mays fires the heart hat away and moves off the first base.
That's first base one ball is given up by Ortega and the second base on ball is down to pick up.
Now here is Sopeta.
Sopeta rolled out the first base to retire the side in the first inning.
He forced Mays and the second base to retire the side in the third and then he came back and hit his 35th home run of solo up there in the sixth inning.
Ortega delivers, they pitch his strong on there.
He's on a high drive into center field.
Willie Davis ought to be able to get this one.
He does.
Willie Mays goes back to first base.
Sopeta is off.
One away in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Obviously Giants are hoping that this will be the last nine they'll have to come up.
They're leading it five to nothing on nine base hits.
Four of which have been home run.
Five for extra base blows.
Counting in the double hit by Philly Pellew in the first inning.
Jim Davenport has had two hits in three times up.
Had a solo home run in the second inning in his 14th of the year.
And then a single in the sixth of the left field.
There's a throw to first.
Mays back ahead of him.
Ortega with one out working with Davenport in the bottom of the eighth.
The pitch says Mays breaks those and the second he's fielding.
Ah, Willie Mays.
Willie Mays field.
Willie Mays leads the San Francisco Giants in the stealing department.
That was his 19th.
Nineteenth steal.
They have 76 of them.
Got his one ball no strikes on Davenport.
Jim looks at this pitch and that's well outside.
That's ball two.
Two balls no strikes.
Davenport waggling that wood back and forth.
Willie Mays leads down a second base.
Ortega delivers soft curve ball and way out in front of it goes Davenport and misses it.
Strike one.
Ortega back to visit the Rosenberg.
Ron Peronowski still cranking up down in the LA Bullpen.
He's about ready.
He should manage the ball.
He's about ready.
He should manage the ball.
Willie Mays at second base having walked still in second is 19th steal of the year.
Down comes the pitch.
Davenport ignores that the pitch is low.
Ball three.
Three balls and one strike.
In San Francisco bats this afternoon have really been rattling that ball around the stadium.
Bitch high inside ball four.
Bill Ortega has a plate swinging on him as he walks through men here in the eighth inning.
In between the two walks he's got the fate of the club center.
Don is called and Leo DeRoch is coming out.
I mean if we're going to have Peronowski.
Please, Peronowski is going to be called into the Bullpen right now.
Don O'Felley makes a motion down to the Bullpen and Dusty Boggess, the umpire for space, walks on out toward the Bullpen and says to Peronowski, come on you're in the ball game.
He's appearing in his 68th ball game this year for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Ron Peronowski has just completed his warmer pitches now.
He's ready to go to Ed Bailey.
He was called in to fish to Bay Lane with one out and two men on.
So the two men on, Mays at the second, Davenport at first out of the responsive melody of Phil Ortega who has now left the ball game after having fixed one and third of an inning.
Ron Peronowski with a record of 6-6 this year with the league and one-on-one with the San Francisco Giants.
The left-hander comes set.
Deliverers to a left-handed batter and a pitches low for ball one.
Peronowski appearing in his 68th ball game.
He's fixed 105 in a third innings.
Has an earned run average of 2.82.
Strikeout record of 67.
He's started no ball games.
Pitch as well to Bay Lane.
Nice ball two.
So Peronowski has been relieved, has been used in relief.
He's been the left-handed relief artist for Los Angeles.
Setting a record for a left-handed relief pitcher for them.
Ed Bailey waggles that bat back and forth.
Runners the first and second one out.
Pitch the plate, fast ball in there for the strikeout.
Bailey waiting patiently.
Humps the batting.
He's got a good batting.
Mays leads the second base now as Peronowski comes set.
Serves up a big curve ball that snaps off low and outside.
The board here, candlestick box says ball three strike one.
Peronowski serves with that third.
Ball four.
The bases have been loaded.
Two pitchers have appeared here in the last half of the evening.
This walk of course is Peronowski's.
The two runners, Mays who had just moved over the third on that walk.
Davenport who moved the second on the responsibility of the not-apart of Ortega.
And Bailey of course is the responsibility of Peronowski.
The number eight hitter in the order.
Jose Pagdan who had gone over two is up there.
He struck out in the fourth inning and struck out into a double play in the sixth inning.
And had a sacrifice in the second.
The bases are loaded.
The pitchers hung on.
Rear hold in the center field.
Coming on for that ball.
Here comes two runners in the score.
And winding up at second is Pagdan.
And the ball gets away from our will.
He moves on into third as another run score.
That throw that came in from center field after Jackson passed David.
Howard went over and picked the ball up and wheeled it in.
And Maury Wills went charging in the second base.
And I believe was hit in the head or the shoulder by the thrown ball.
Right now Maury Wills is getting up.
The trainer is after what minister joined.
Apparently he's all right.
The ball passed and hit him in the head.
What three runs of compiling in here to score.
And it's now eight to nothing in favor of the San Francisco John.
Up to the plate here at Kendall St. Clark comes Billy Pierce.
Pagdan in third base.
The pitch is low and outside the ball went.
Infield is pulled up of course with only one out here.
Down comes the pitch to Pierce and he bluffs the bun.
Takes the pitch in there for the strike and he got his one ball and one strike on it.
Jose Pocca on that third base.
He's credited with a double taking third on the throw that was fired in to shortstop.
Three runs of compiling across the plate and it's eight to nothing.
Favor of the San Francisco John pitches hit down to shortstop.
Wills up with the drives runner back to third.
Grows the first base in time and cares about.
Harvey King coming up to the plate now.
Starting the fifth batting around for the Giants.
They have eight runs on ten hits.
The Dodgers no runs on three hits and either side has committed an error.
Peronowski delivers the curve ball is outside and high.
Small one.
Gold the run scoring here in the inning belonged to Ortega.
The other one belongs to Peronowski.
The runner with third is his responsibility also.
Curve ball good for the strike.
Harvey King's down one ball one strike.
These two ball clubs for their years worked leveled it off at nine a piece.
The one one pitches in the side across the knee to count us two balls in one strike now to Harvey King.
Big record continues to throw down in the bullpen for Los Angeles.
Peronowski works the pitches swing on and hit out in the right field Frank Howard off.
He's right should have it.
He does have it and the inning is over.
That's all here in the eighth inning but it was another big one for the San Francisco ball club.
They picked up a turtle of three big runs in the inning.
There was but one hit there were three walks.
There were no errors and there was a man left off.
So the score at the end of eight full innings of play now it is the Giants eight and the Los Angeles Dodgers have nothing.
Didn't get him up at the plate here and they've half-halfed the ninth inning.
Looks at the first pitch and it's in there for the strike.
Gilliam is open to this afternoon and has walked one time.
Takes it outside this time and the count is one ball one strike.
If you're keeping score with us we'd like you to make a correction as we have on our score sheet.
The official score has just informed us that an error is being charged to right fielder Howard.
The pitch is over to Gilliam to strike two.
For his throw from the outfield in the bottom of the eighth inning which allowed McDon to go on into third base.
So have one error charged against Howard and the Dodgers in this ball game.
The pitch is played to Gilliam as well and he's got his two balls and two strikes.
Two balls and two strikes on Jim Gilliam leading things off here in the top half of the ninth inning.
First works a fast ball and Gilliam slams it down to shortstop.
McDonough still is left up with a nice big throw on the first base.
Oh Gilliam is out of there on a six three count.
So if you are keeping score with us this afternoon in the last half of the eighth inning make your totals read three runs on one base hit.
One error and one man left on.
The top of the ninth inning went off, nobody on and here is Tommy Davis.
He chops a pitch and doesn't get it.
Strike one.
This pass has been tough this afternoon.
He's given up three hits.
Her ball levels the count off but a ball and a strike.
There has been one extra base blow hit off Billy Pierce all afternoon.
That was Doug Camilli's pinch hit double to left center when he hit for the pitcher in the eighth inning.
Pierce wheels it in there and the pitch is low.
That's ball two.
Two balls and one strike.
One away top of the ninth inning.
Eight runs ten hits.
And no errors for San Francisco.
They have five.
The Dodgers have stranded four so far.
Overhand breaking stuff is high on outside.
So the count is three balls and one strike now on Tommy Davis.
Davis signing just off the plate.
Pierce comes to him with a change up and it's slammed out into a very shallow center field.
Willie May is coming on for it.
He's under it now.
He's still out.
That's half of the ninth inning.
The ball coming up now will be outward.
This is the fellow who was charged with the throwing error.
Bowling pick on after his double to move into third base.
So bounced up and hit Mar-Wills in the head.
But no damage was done.
The young fellow was able to weather the storm.
Here's the pitch to Howard.
Fastball in there for the strike.
Frank Howard has went up three times, struck out twice and caught the shortstop.
He was hitting a 301 at game time.
Pierce delivers aim, soft curve, inside.
One ball, one strike.
So Pierce is just one out of way now.
I'm hanging up a shutout.
And this is first of the playoff games for the 1962 National League championship.
Pierce has pitched a fine ball game today.
Delivers Howard takes in there for the strike.
There starts his pumping motion.
The ball comes in, destroyed left-hander, pitches, makes three.
Had him on a fastball.
That's it.
Billy Pierce has been loved by his team-mates as he comes off the field.
He ends up six strikeouts here this afternoon.
And here are your final totals for the San Francisco victory.
Eight runs on ten hits.
They committed no errors and stranded five here this afternoon.
And for the LA Dodgers who have now gone 30 innings without scoring.
Los Angeles no runs but three base hits, two singles and a double off Billy Pierce.
They committed one error, charged to right-fielder Frank Howard on a throw to the infield.
And they had four men left on.
The winning pitcher, of course, is Pierce going all the way to pick up that shutout win.
This was his third start this year against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The losing pitcher is the starting pitcher Sandy Kofax.
Sandy had a 14-6 record when he started today's ball game.
And he was 2-0 with the San Francisco Giants, two wins and no losses.
But he was out of there quickly in the second inning.
He had given up at that time three runs on four hits.
And manager Austin relieved him with steady-eighty robot.
Robot pitched to next four, Sherry came on then in relief of robot and pitched to third.
Jack Smith was the next pitcher on tap and he went one and two-thirds.
Ortega came along then in the eighth inning and pitched only one-third of it.
And Peronowski had to come in to relieve him and get the side out.
So he pitched two-thirds of an inning.
So six men were on the mound here this afternoon for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And when next they meet the San Francisco Giants, it will be tomorrow afternoon at one o'clock here on the coast at the Dodger Town in Los Angeles.
And of course we'll be with you at the 12.45 to bring you all of the pregame activities.
The final score again here for San Francisco to take the first game, all the best out of three series, played at three.
It's San Francisco eight runs, ten hits, no errors, five left.
Los Angeles no runs, three hits, one error, four left.
The winning pitcher, Billy Pierce all the way for the shutout.
The losing pitcher, Sandy Copac.
Well, our express thanks this afternoon to our engineer, Don Hall, from NBC and our NBC producer, Mr. Hal Ashby.
And this is Al Helper saying so long now from Candlestick Park in sunny San Francisco.
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