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The San Francisco Giants faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for the third and final game of the National League Pennant Tiebreaker on Wednesday, October 3, 1962.
The Giants won Game 1 against Sandy Koufax in San Francisco, but the Dodgers came back and won Game 2 with a walk-off run in the bottom of the ninth.
For Game 3, Giants manager Alvin Dark was sending 24-year-old Juan Marischal to the mound.
Dodgers manager Walt Olson would counter with 15-game winner Johnny Padres.
This audio recording is from the NBC Radio broadcast featuring announcers George Kell and Al Helfer.
For the visiting Giants first, leading off and playing left field today will be Harvey Keene.
Batting in the second position and playing second base will be Chuck Hiller. Chuck Hiller will be at second base.
Batting in the number three position and playing in right field will be Phillip Olu. Olu will be in right field.
Batting fourth and playing center field will be the incomparable Willie Mays.
Willie Mays in center field. Batting fifth and playing at first base will be Orlando Cepeda.
Cepeda will be at first base. Batting sixth and doing the catching will be Ed Bailey.
Ed Bailey will be the catcher. Tom Holler, who was injured in yesterday's ball game, reported ready for action today, and it could be that he'll get into the ball game.
He is not in the starting lineup, but Dark says he can play if needed.
Batting seventh and playing at third base will be Jim Davenport. Davenport at third base.
Batting eighth and playing shortstop will be Jose Fagan. Fagan will be the shortstop.
And batting ninth and doing the pitching for the Giants today will be a big tall right-hander, Juan Marichal.
Marichal has won 18 and lost 11 this year.
For the Dodgers leading off and playing shortstop will be Maury Wills.
Maury Wills, the shortstop.
Batting second and playing second base will be Jim Gilliam. Gilliam at second base.
Batting third and playing left field will be Duke Schneider. Schneider in left field and the captain, Duke Schneider, of the Dodgers that just moved up to home plate, along with the four umpires.
And here's Whitey Lockman coming out with the lineup for the Giants.
Batting fourth and playing at third base today will be Tommy Davis. Davis at third base.
Batting fifth and playing first base will be Wally Moon. Moon at first base.
Batting sixth and playing right field will be Frank Howard. Howard in right field.
Batting seventh and doing the catching will be John Roseborough. Roseborough, the catcher.
Batting eighth and playing in center field will be Willie Davis. Davis in center field.
And batting ninth and doing the pitching for the Dodgers will be Johnny Padre as a left-hander.
The umpires, Bajas, will be behind the plate. Donatelli at first base. Jocko Conlon down at second base. And Al Barlich will be on at third.
Well right now, moving into the mic, all set to bring you to play-by-play is Al Helfer of the Houston Colts. And Al, we've picked you up mighty strong in Detroit all summer. You're big in Detroit.
Is that right, George? Oh, you've come in there with a Houston Colt network like gangbusters.
Well, we were very glad to be listening to you.
Thank you very much, George.
All right, everybody. It's very good to be here with George Kelly this afternoon. He'll bring you the final action of the ballgame to be played here between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants.
We expect an afternoon of baseball that will be nip and tuck all the way, especially when it's being pitched by Johnny Padre and Juan Marichal.
These two men know that the pressure is down on their shoulders. Their ball clubs will be depending upon them here this afternoon.
Johnny Padre, the withering New York left-hander, is out on the mound now. Let us set the Dodgers for you defensively. It's the same ball club. Started the ballgame yesterday.
For the Dodgers at first base will be Wally Moon. At second base, Jim Gilliam. The shortstop will be Mari Wills. At third base, Tommy Davis.
Out in left field, the veteran Duke Snyder. Despite the fact that his knee has kicked up on him slightly, he's out in left field.
In center field, Wally Davis. And in right field is big Frank Howard. Behind the plate, Johnny Rosebrew.
And out on the mound, the southpaw, Johnny Padre. Johnny getting ready now for his first pitch to Harvey Keene, the leadoff man of the San Francisco Giants.
Keene batting a 3-0-3. The pitch in there for the straights.
Now this ballgame is on the fire.
Johnny Padre, who first began his professional pitching career back in the year of 1951 at Newport News in the Piedmont League.
Johnny works fastball to the plate. Nuts in there. Strike three.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants.
Ten-twenty ballgames played between these two teams. They stand off at ten and ten. They're one and one here in this series.
The pitch swung on by Keene. Line shot, the left field, base hit.
Snyder over, grabs it on the skip, fires it back in, and Keene is the base runner at first.
Now Johnny Padres has been touched for the first base hit in the ballgame.
Padres, incidentally, has pitched 250 innings of ball this year.
And his earned run average is 3.85. He has given up 70 walks and 178 strikeouts. He has amassed.
Hitting left-handed now is Chuck Hiller batting a 275, choking up on the handle.
The pitch, there's the bunt, pushed down the first base side. And the Dodgers were expecting it.
It goes foul.
So right away, Alvin Dark and company are trying to get that runner right down to second base and get off and scoring right away.
Boy, this certainly was a Donny Brook here yesterday. Believe me, a final score of eight to seven.
People went home from here yesterday, hoarse but happy.
Harvey Keene takes his lead at first base now, hit her up at the plate.
Spurs off to bump this ball, and he does out in front of the plate.
It's going to be played by Roseboro. His only chance is to go to first.
Gilliam covers first base, takes the tie. The sacrifice Washington team moves down to second base.
So Chuck Hiller will not be counted as a time at bat on this one.
Billy Pellew, the right fielder, coming up now.
This fellow has been a tar as strength, too, for the San Francisco Giants. This year he has batted at 316 for them.
He has 25 home runs and 98 runs driven in. He's a right-hand hitter standing deep at the plate.
Overly close stance, but his left foot forward to the plate, holds it back way down to the knob.
Harvey Keene is the runner at second base.
Pondras checks him over the shoulder. It was a curve ball that slammed foul into the ground for strike one. No balls in one strike.
Following Alou will have the big guy, Willie Mays.
Johnny Pondras, who is no stranger to the pressure and the tension that rests on his shoulders right now.
He's an old pro. He's been out there a long time.
Down comes the pitch, right in off the hips. One ball and one strike.
Johnny Pondras has pitched in five World Series games with the Dodgers.
In 53 and 55 when they were the Birdman Dodgers, he appeared in ball games for them.
And as the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959, Johnny pitched in two games in that World Series.
So Johnny knows what it is to be out there when the chips are down.
Behind the plate, Johnny Roseburg pops him at his side as a target.
Down comes the pitch. Swung on and beaten down into the ground again.
Strike two. One ball and two strikes.
For Philippe Alou, the outfield has spammed around the left and playing him deep.
The hole in the outfield is in right center, 390 feet through the right center wall.
Gilliam playing at second base is pulled over behind second almost.
For this right hand hitter and he's playing back on the rim of the outfield grass.
That's to say the left side of the Dodger infield is deep. Keen at second.
The pitch to the plate taken on the inside down across the shoes.
Two balls and two strikes.
In case you just hooked up with us, the NBC microphones are here again today at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
The ball game has started with Keen having singled to left field.
Hiller sacrificing him down to second. He is at second base right now.
Up at the plate is Philippe Alou. His count is two balls and two strikes.
And there is no score. Johnny Padres on the mound for the Dodgers.
Comes set. Delivers fastball. Swung on, broken bat.
Head right back to the mound. Padres turns closed over to first base to move on.
And Keen holds the second.
So there are two outs here in the top half of the first inning.
John Willie Mays, who leads the majors in home runs with 49, has 140 runs driven in and batting at 304.
Willie Mays digging in.
Mays in yesterday's ball game had one base hit and that came in eighth inning.
He did not score any runs nor did he drive any in.
He played twice to center, fouled out to the catcher, forced a man and singled to left his last time up.
So he was 1-4-5 yesterday.
Right hand hitter. Many times has been called the meal ticket of the San Francisco Giants.
Johnny Padres is ready. Comes set. Looks at Mays. Delivers to him. Fastball. Ripped in there for the strike.
Johnny Padres is going in his ball game, ladies and gentlemen, on two days rest.
Drysdale yesterday gave all he had. He was a tired pitcher.
Jack Sanford had to go out after five innings. Jack had been suffering from flu, but went yesterday for his ball club.
Went as far as he could.
Padres fastball inside. Mays jumping back to take it right across the knees.
Accounts one ball and one strike.
For Mays, the outfield fan, the left playing deep.
And here in this brilliant California sunshine, we have very little breeze blowing.
What we do have is blowing out towards center field.
Harvey Keene with two out is still on his second base in this scoreless ball game.
Johnny Padres takes his sign from Johnny Roseboro.
The left hander goes to the stretch and comes set. Checks his runner. Delivers the play. Fastball.
Punch foul off to the right of the plate. Back into the second. They're out of play.
One ball, two strike count on Willie Mays. Should Willie get on, we'll have Orlando Cepeda.
Orlando, the first baseman of the San Francisco Giants.
Padres with his right hand on his knee. Leans forward. Gets his sign. Roseboro weak wags into him.
And then time is called. They can't seem to get together on the signals.
And Roseboro cuts out to the mound and have a talk with Padres.
We're in the top half of the first inning here at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
And it's come right down to the very last wire.
Ball club that wins this one will meet the New York Yankees starting tomorrow in the World Series.
See the commissioners here looking on at this one this afternoon.
Now for the one and two delivery. An overhand fastball swung on by Willie Mays and pop foul.
That brings back to the crowd out of play.
One ball, two strikes on Willie. Wide spread eagle stance with his right hand hitter.
He spreads himself out pretty well in batter spots.
Harvey Keene takes a pretty good size lead at second base. It's a scoreless ball game.
Top of the first inning, two outs. Padres delivers soft curve ball.
His hammered right back to the mound.
He checks the wing. The goal of the first baser is fouled.
That's all. It's Willie Mays trying to check his wing.
That's good. He taps it back to the mound and Padres. Got him.
No runs. There was one base hit. There were no errors. And one man was left on.
So the score at the end of half an inning.
That's the Giants nothing. And the Los Angeles Dodgers are now coming to bat.
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We're moving to the last half of inning number one here now.
The Los Angeles Dodgers get their first whack at it.
They'll be facing right hander Juan Marchal.
This fellow's a pretty good pitcher.
Marchal has won 18 this year and has lost 11.
As George Gell has already told you he's three and one.
Three wins one loss.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers and six and four with them on a lifetime.
Mari Wills the switch hitter is the first man up.
Batting left handed.
Hitting a 296.
Marchal comes to him with an overhand curve and drills it in there for the strike.
Jim Davenport is up shallow at third base.
Orlando Cepeda is up shallow at first base.
They're expecting Wills might be trying to put his way on.
He's the scat back on the base pass and they don't want him to get there if they can keep him off.
Pitcher's hit right back to Marchal.
Off the bare hander Marchal is after it up for the first wild.
At first base Mari Wills is going on to second base.
And that's where he'll stay at second base.
An error will be charged.
Will the pitcher.
However Mari Wills will capture first base on the base hit.
A wrap off the bare hand of one Marchal.
And his wild throw finally trying desperately to get Mari Wills at first base.
What's Mari on second for the first error in the ballgame.
So here we go.
Marchal is charged with the error.
Right away he's in trouble here in the last half of the first inning.
He's given up the first hit.
To the LA Dodgers and Alvin Dark.
Comes off the mound to see if Marchal is all right.
He tried to feel that ball with his bare right hand.
And as we used to say back home.
Give the devilies do.
The young fella undoubtedly had a stinging right hand when he fielded that ball finally and made his throw to first base.
Alvin Dark is questioning Marchal.
And apparently he's going he's all right he wants to keep on going.
One more show.
First start pitching in the States.
1958 at Michigan City.
Midwest League.
Came from Springfield and Tacoma to the San Francisco Giants.
He was born down in Laguna Venere in the Dominican Republic.
He's 24 years old.
Will be 25 on the 20th of this month.
He pitches now with Jim Gilliam who swings on the first pitch and pops it up.
Back by second base.
Hiller calls for it and.
Oh there's the first up.
Gilliam wandered up there batting a two seventy three.
Now comes the veteran Duke Snyder.
Duke Snyder standing up there.
The Duke playing his 80th ballgame for the Dodgers this year.
He's hitting a two seventy one.
He has five home runs.
Thirty runs.
Murray will lead at second base is short.
Like on the shortstop is in behind him.
They pitch the plate swung on by the Duke and popped up and fouled around.
This will come back over the net and out of play.
Setting the Giants for you here defensively in the last half of the first inning.
So Peta is at first base Chuck Hiller is your second baseman.
Jose Pagan is at shortstop.
At third is Jim Davenport.
Out in left field is Harvey Keene.
The center fielder Willie Mays.
And in right field.
Billy Bellew.
Bailey is behind the plate.
Ed Bailey.
Marshall pitching.
He does this time and it's swung on.
There's a high pop up for the mound.
Coming on as Jim Davenport the third baseman.
Calls for it and he's got it.
Turns around to make sure that Murray Wills doesn't try to dig for third base.
Another two outs here in the last half of the first inning of this very important ballgame.
Murray Wills who's single off the pitcher's fair right hand.
And moved on to second base on the Eric Crowell at first base by Marshall.
Is riding at second representing the possible first run in the ballgame.
If you recall in the top half of the first inning the Giants got Harvey Keene to second but he died there with one out.
Phillip Bellew hit back to the mound and so did Willie Mays.
Willie Mays hit back to the mound on a check swing.
He was trying to check up on a change up curve that had been thrown to him.
He tapped it back to the mound.
So Ponderous had gotten out of his first inning and now Marshall is trying to wait around in hot water here and get out of the last half of the first inning.
Jim Davenport goes deep now at third base.
The guy goes deep at shortstop and allows Wills to take a couple of steps lead.
With this big right hand hitter up there.
Leading the league at 3.44 is Tommy Davis with 26 home runs and 151 runs driven in.
He leads in that department too.
There's the attempt to pick up or the start of one.
It's always not made from the mound however as Barry Wills went diving back in on his stomach.
Yesterday on his 30th birthday he stole his 101st base this year and also scored a winning run.
Marshall delivers and Davis takes a cut at it and fouls it back.
No balls in one strike. That's a count on Tommy Davis.
He'll be followed by Wally Moon shooting it on.
So both sides have had a threat here in the first inning.
The Giants could not cash in on theirs.
Let's see what the Dodgers can do with their opportunity.
Barry Wills leading at second base now taking a pretty good size lead.
Both the second baseman and the shortstop are pinching in on him to keep him close.
Marshall stretches, comes set, checks the runner, delivers now to Davis and overhand,
pitch that's outside. One ball and one strike.
Marshall throws the slider. His curveball sinks pretty well.
He's one of the few guys I can remember in the league left that goes into the big,
stretching the big windup. In comes the pitch. It's her right across the fists.
That's one ball, two strikes now.
Marshall never gives you the impression that he's pitching in a hurry.
His movements are all very deliberate.
Hiding that ball behind his back, he takes his sign out, Matt Bailey.
Looks down at Tommy Davis, the right-hand hitter, sending just off the plate.
Looks at Wills at second base now, checks him as he comes set.
Rairs back, delivers, the pitch is swung on and popped out into very short left field.
The shortstop back, Pagan has it and the inning is over.
Well, that's it here in the last half of first inning. No runs.
There was one hit, there was an error, and there was one man left on.
So the score at the end of one full inning of play.
It's the Giants nothing and the Dodgers have nothing.
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So there's no scores. We're going to the top of the second.
Sepeda will lead off and here's out.
All right, George, all set to go here.
Orlando Sepeda hitting a 3.06 with 35 home runs and 113 runs driven in.
A right-hand batter, overly close stance, stands way deep in play.
It's about as deep in batter's box as law will allow.
Fastball fired to him by Padres. It's over for the strike.
Johnny Padres, who has won 15 this year and lost 13.
Only one time has he beaten the San Francisco Giants and three times they have tabbed him.
Padres is ready now.
Delivers overhand fastball, swung on and hit out into a very short right center field.
The placement Gilliam under makes it down.
Oh, went away here in the top half of the second inning.
The scoreless ball game. That will bring on Ed Bailey.
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Curve ball to Ed Bailey is in there for the strike.
The ball is one strike. Bailey batting at 228, 17 home runs and 45 runs driven in.
In rides the pitch to Eddie. It's low.
One ball and one strike.
Bailey played in the first ball game in this playoff series up at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Had one hit. Swings on this pitch and hits it down to the right side while he won't digs it out of the dirt.
His first base steps on first. That's all for Bailey.
Two up, two down here in the top half of the second inning of the scoreless ball game.
And that will bring along Jim Davenport, who has been dropped down to hit in the number seven position.
Yesterday Davenport hit in the number two spot.
Was up six times and had a pair of base hits and one run driven in.
Right-handed batsman.
297 is his batting percentage. He has 14 home runs and 57 runs driven in.
Padres feeds him the fastball and that's inside for ball one.
The play down par here this afternoon, Dusty Boggess.
Huggied down to Telley at first base. At second is Jocko Conlon and at third is the hellbarlet.
The coaches here for the Giants this afternoon, Westrom at first, Lockman at third.
Soft curve offered to the plate. It's low and Davenport's count now goes to two balls and no strikes.
Johnny Padres. On the 30th day of September.
Became 30 years old.
Hit comes the pitch. Low and on the inside.
So Johnny has gotten behind here to Davenport.
On a three-nothing count, there are two outs here at the top of the second inning.
There are no base runners for the Giants and there is no score in the ball game.
Boggess rares back now, comes in with a fastball and lays it down the plate.
Counts three balls and one strike.
First ball game, very fine ball game as far as Billy Pierce was concerned.
He pitched a magnificent game for the Giants at Candlestick.
Pitches one on and next to it's best by two.
That's a three-two count now on Jim Davenport.
Billy Pierce pitched a fine three-hitter and won it eight to nothing.
First ball game.
And in yesterday's nip and tuck affair,
the Giants used eight pitchers to the Dodgers five before the ball game went to the Dodgers eight to seven.
High fly ball hit the center field. Davis should have this one easily.
And he does.
Nothing across here in the top half of the second inning as the Giants go quietly.
And the score at the end of an inning and a half.
San Francisco nothing and Los Angeles nothing.
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The Giants have committed one error. Wally Moon, the first baseman, will be leading off with the Dodgers.
This left-handed batter with a 245 average has four home runs and 31 runs driven in.
Juan Morichal starts his motion, kicks, and throws. Moon takes, that's low.
One ball and no strikes. Upshadowed third base with the left-hand hitter up there is Jim Davenport, the right side of the infield deep.
However, Sepeda at first is not playing duty. He's playing about midway back.
Overhand curve ball is swung on by Moon and popped up in foul ground off the first base side.
Across comes hitter, back goes Sepeda. Sepeda calls for it and Sepeda in foul ground makes the catch.
Oh, Moon is out of there. Here's the first out in the last half of inning number two.
Here's the big guy for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Six feet seven, 250 pound Frank Howard.
And when he steps up there with that batter, it looks like a toothpick in his hand.
He stands away from the plate, sort of catty-cornered across it, left foot forward to the plate, and steps into the pitches in order to get more power.
Morichal is ready, delivers to him, and the curve stays high. When you pitch high to this guy, it's way upstairs.
One ball and no strikes. Count on Frank Howard. One out, the base is empty, bottom of the second inning, no score.
Morichal, the right-hander, going against Johnny Padres, the left-hander.
Upfield, fans to the left, they're playing deep. Morichal delivers one-all, Howard swings on it, grass-cutter to shortstop.
A-going up with it, goes on to first base to Sepeda, and that's all for Howard.
He's out from short to first, and that'll bring up Johnny Roseborough.
The right-hander, Johnny Roseborough.
Catcher Johnny Roseborough hits left-handed and stands deep at the plate and guards it from behind. He guards up on it somewhat.
He's batting a.251, he has hit seven home runs, swings on the first pitch and pops it up.
Out in very short right field goes Chuck Heller, the second baseman. Under it makes the catch.
And that's all for the Dodgers here in the last half of the second inning as they go bang, bang, bang right down in order.
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We move along now into the top half of inning number three.
Jose Pagan, shortstop up for his first time, tries to bump the first pitch and fouls it away to the right.
Four strike one. Pagan, a 256 hitter and a right-handed batsman has hit seven home runs this year, 57 runs driven in for San Francisco.
We have all the earmarks of a tight ball game in which runs may possibly be as scarce as hen's teeth this afternoon.
They'll be playing this one right down to the nubbin.
Johnny Pydriss, the left-hander, doing the pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rears back, delivers a one to the place, swung on and lined in the left field for base hits.
Snyder has the ball now and fires it back in to Mari Wills who goes out to make the relay.
Jose Pagan is on. Rifle shot the left field. That'll be hit number two of Pydriss.
Both hits have been to left field. Harvey Keene opened the ball game in the first inning by blasting one into left field on the line shot and Pagan has just duplicated that.
Now here is one more shot. This fellow is not a bad hitting pitcher.
Very businesslike up at the plate. He's had 20 base hits in 87 times up, a percentage standing of 230.
He's hit no home runs, however, but he does have 10 runs driven in for the ball club.
Juan Marichal, the right-hand hitter, stands about midway in batter's box all the way around.
Pydriss checks him. They're expecting the bunt. The throw to first base. That's just to keep Pagan close. He wasn't going much of anywhere.
Tommy Davis is shallow at third. He's already creeping in. Down comes the pitch there as he attempted, but it's popped foul on the first base side.
Wally Mone almost had a chance for it, but had overran the ball and it drops untouched for a strike.
So the count is no balls, one strike on Juan Marichal.
He, of course, is hitting number nine in the San Francisco order.
He'll be followed by the leadoffer Harvey Keene.
Johnny Pydriss comes set now. Let's see what Marichal is going to do on this pitch.
He squares off, does bunt this one back toward the mound. Johnny Pydriss plays it. He goes back to second base and throws the ball away.
Getting up and moving on into third base is Pagan.
So it was the choice of Johnny Pydriss to fire that ball back to second base to Mari Wills in an attempt to get Pagan moving down to second base.
And Johnny threw it away for an error. Now both errors in this ballgame have been charged to the pitchers.
Marichal has won. Pydriss has won.
Marichal becomes a baserunner at first base on the fielder's choice. Pagan moving all the way around to third base on Johnny Pydriss throwing error.
Pagan at third base now.
Marichal at first. Here's Harvey Keene. He's had one base hit today, a single to left field.
Pydriss delivers to him, puts it across the outside corner knee-high for the strike.
This could or could not be the turning point in this ballgame. Marichal at first, Pagan at third.
In comes the pitch to Keene. A soft curve is lined in the left field from the right side.
Pagan comes in easily to score. Marichal goes to second to hold on. Snyder up for the ball, throws in to Mari Wills.
Well, the nothing-nothingness has been broken. Give Harvey Keene the run driven in, his 68th of the year. That's it, number three, run number one given up now by Pydriss.
Marichal is on at second base, and Chuck Heller, the Giants' second baseman, is coming up to bat.
Prior to this ballgame today, the determination that you could read on the faces of the ballplayers very readily be seen.
And the fans here this afternoon have been surprisingly quiet. Everyone's sitting around in anticipation, and well they might.
Pydriss is ready now, looks back at second, then delivers the plate. There's the attempted bunt missed, and the throw by Rothero back to try to pick Marichal off at second base.
It's thrown high, and Marichal comes on over to third base with a Willie Davis fan back into the plate to make sure he doesn't try to come around and score.
So Roseboro will be charged with an error, allowing Marichal, whom he had picked off. Marichal was moving. His throw allows Marichal to come over to third base.
Harvey Keene played it close. He stayed right at first. He didn't move.
So the Dodgers now have two errors. Runners at first and third. The pitch is swung on. There's a fly ball hit into left field. Duke Snyder coming in for it.
The tag up at third. Marichal will not try. Snyder throws in the cutoff play, and they have the runner to win first and second. And the horsey, a throw by Garriam hits the runner in the back. Marichal scores. The throw to the plate is not in foul.
The runner sends a fly ball to Duke Snyder, and Marichal Bluth coming in. He wasn't going to bother. He's trying to duck back into third base.
The cutoff play was made in third base when Tommy Davis, and he threw up to Gilliam as they had Keene in a horsey between first and second.
And then Gilliam, grabbing the ball, throwing it back to first base to moon the color there, hit Gilliam in the back. Or hit Keene in the back. And Keene got back safely to first base. And on the run down then Marichal came on in to score.
We'll check up on the official score and see how he's going to score this one. Second run is in here in the third inning. The pitch is swung on and hit up the middle into center field. By Alou, four base hit. Here comes a throw into third base and it gets away from Tommy Davis backing up his paddress. And runners wind up in second and third.
So Alou singles up the middle. Harvey Keene moves around to third base. On the throw in, Phillip Alou moves down to second. Water Alston comes off the bench charging. That'll be hit number four given up by paddress.
We're still waiting for the official score's verdict as to whether an error or an error will be charged to Gilliam on the throw to first base.
Right now the totals read on the board. The Giants three runs. Correction two runs. Four hits and one error. And for the Dodgers no runs, one hit and two errors. We do know that one error has been charged to paddress, one to Roseborough on the overthrow of second base.
And we'll see now if they're going to charge another error. As soon as the information comes over, we'll give it to you.
Right now, rest assured it is two to nothing in favor of the San Francisco Giants on four base hits. An error is being charged. An error is being charged to Jim Gilliam as we had expected. So the run Marshall scores on that error.
And so Harvey Keene was allowed his life at first base on that error. So that will be the third error in the ball game for the Dodgers. Up at the plate Willie Mays and he's being intentionally walked. Intentionally fast. So that'll load him up.
Willie Mays at first base on the intentional base on balls. That'll bring on Orlando Cepeda, the first baseman. Philip Palu is on at second base. Harvey Keene is on at third base. So the bases are loaded with only one out here in the top of third inning.
Two runs have come scampering across the plate on three base hits. There have been two errors in the inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers. One charged to Roseborough and one charged to Jim Gilliam.
Pardress with his back to the wall now starts his motion. Delivers to Cepeda and the pitch is swung on and fouled away. Right up the third base side. Down in the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is oh we're going to have some activity.
Probably will be Eddie Roebuck if he starts actually to throw.
Orlando Cepeda 0-1 in this ball game. He popped up to second base in the second inning. Game time he was hitting a 3-0-6. The bases are loaded. Harvey Keene at third. Philip Palu at second. Mays is on at first having been intentionally fast.
Of course the LA Dodgers were hoping for the opportunity of a double play.
Pardress is ready now. Comes set. Delivers the pitch is swung on and hit down to Gilliam. He goes to second to Wills for one hop to throw in the first. Double play.
Orlando Cepeda, who has been the big wheel with the bat against these Los Angeles Dodgers all year long and particularly here in this stadium, has just hit in with a double play from Gilliam to Wills and on the moon at first base.
Erasing Willie Mays on the front end of the double play. Two men were left on. Two runs on three base hits. Two errors, two left. And the score at the end of two and one half innings of play. It is the Giants two and the LA Dodgers have nothing.
The Giants picking up two runs here in the top of the third to go out in front two to nothing as the Dodgers committed three big errors in the third inning so they held their backs to the wall as they come to bat here in the bottom of the third inning.
Willie Davis, the center fielder, will lead off and here's Al.
All right George, here is Willie Davis with his 286 batting average, 21 home runs and 85 runs driven in. He hits left handed. Swings on the first pitch by Marishon and doesn't get it.
Davis standing back in now. Padres will follow. No one cracking up in the bullpen for the Dodgers.
Marshall delivers. Soft curve ball hit off the end of the bat down to third base. Stabbing Ford up with it. Throws on the first base to Sepeda and that's all for Willie Davis.
One up, one out. Last half of the third inning. Ball game that has the Giants leading. Two to nothing.
Johnny Padres coming up the bat.
Johnny hitting left handed batting at 163. He has hit one home run this year and has five runs driven in.
He's had 14 base hits for 86 times up. Heading left handed, he backs off with a fastball and it's ripped in there for the strike.
No ball one strike count. Pitch to the base one run hit down across the car for the second.
Hiller gobbles to the left out of the dirt. Throws on to Sepeda at first base and Padres is down.
Two up, two down in the bottom of the third inning. That coming up now will be Wills.
Maury Wills. Maury Wills came up in the top half as a top batter in the last half of the first inning.
Laid off man smashed one back off the bare hand of pitcher Juan Marshall. Got first base on the base hit.
Marshall fielding the ball through Wild at first base allowing Wills to go to second but that's all the part of Wills' caps.
Gilliam popped up, Snyder didn't so did Tommy Davis. Marshall delivers. Wills takes the pitch high.
One ball and no strikes. Last half of inning number three.
Two outs, the base is empty. The Giants lead it 2-0. Marshall delivers the fastball. Ripped up the middle, hit the center field for the big hit.
Willie May is firing the ball back in and Wills is on with the second base hit given up by Marshall.
Jim Gilliam who committed one of the three errors in the top half of the third inning is coming up to the plate now.
The three errors in the third inning in case you keep the score with us were charged to Gilliam, to Roseboro and to pitcher Padres.
We held up on our call and here on Gilliam until the official scorer had given us his 45th.
Now Jim Gilliam. He pops up to second baseman Hiller back in the first inning his first time up. He's a switch hitter and batting left handed.
Marshall Texas runner at first delivers the plate. The pitch is taken by Gilliam a little high. Ball one. One ball and no strikes.
Two to nothing. That's how the Giants are leading it here in this third and final game in the playoff.
Marshall's pitch is high as well. There's a throw down and he's going for his 100th.
Murray Wills on the late steal is actually what it amounted to. Set sail way after the pitch was made and was able to get there for his 100th in second stolen base. He's on his second and the count for the plate to Gilliam is two balls and no strikes.
Marshall is ready now. Texas runner at second delivers the plate. Gilliam takes. That's ball three.
Murray Wills playing it rather close to the vest now. Takes it shortly to second base. Marshall delivers for you. In there for the strike.
Another count on Jim Gilliam now. Three balls and one strike. There are two outs here in the bottom of the third inning. The Dodgers trying to make a move here. They're behind with two runs.
The Giants have two runs and four hits. The Dodgers no runs on two hits. The Dodgers have committed three errors so far and the Giants have committed one.
Marshall travel of deliver. Now he's up on it. Comes down. Pitches the plate to Gilliam and swung on. It's a line down in the left field corner. That's very trouble. It's foul.
Five or six feet. Jim Gilliam going to the opposite field. It's a foul ball down the left field line. His count now will be three balls and two strikes.
Now Marshall is ready again. Gilliam pumping that back and forth. Will second with two outs. Marshall rears back delivers. Pitches swung on by Gilliam.
Comes down in the right field. Billy Ballou should have no trouble with this one at all. He's got it. That's the entire society. Gilliam flies to the right field. That's it.
No runs, one hit. One stolen base. No errors, one man left on. Score at the end of three innings of play. The Giants two and the Dodgers have nothing. Now here's a message from our sponsor.
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Now here's a report on the space flight of Commander Sherrod.
Space officials at Cape Canaveral have given astronaut Walter Sherrod instructions for his retro rocket fire which will bring him out of orbit and back to Earth. He is now set to fire his retro rockets at 2 0 6 Pacific Daylight time or in less than 15 minutes.
NBC radio will have a news special tonight on the space flight over most of these stations. Ray Cullen, NBC News Los Angeles.
Up at the plate here in the fourth inning at Bailey and he swings on the second pitch and hits a foul off his own foot.
One ball and one strike is a count on Bailey, the first man up here for the Giants in the top half of the fourth inning. They're leading in the ball game two to nothing. The Giants two runs on four hits.
And one error.
In three innings of play they have stranded three and for the LA Dodgers no runs to its three errors. Audress delivers the pitch is swung on, a line shot to second, Gilliams got it.
There's the first foul.
Oh Bailey, left hand hitting catcher is 0 for 2 this afternoon now. That brings on Jim Davenport, right hand hitting third baseman.
Davenport, 2 97 at game time has gone 0 for 1. He retired to side in the second inning with a fly ball to center field to Willie Davis.
Here's Jim digging in. He's hit 14 home runs this year, 57 runs driven in.
Crouches over, swings on the first pitch, hits a hot up foul off the first base side. Moon to the stands, might have room, he does have room and makes a count.
Well three pitch balls, there are two men out here in the top half of the fourth inning in a ball game that apparently is going to be moving along pretty rapidly.
Yesterday's ball game setting a record for play, four hours and 18 minutes.
Boy that was really something.
8 to 7 a final score and that brought the Dodgers back on an even footing with the Giants. Each side now has won one ball game in this three day three game playoff.
Here is Jose Pagan, he's single to left field in the third and scored a run. Takes a curve for a strike.
No balls and one strike now, the count on Jose Pagan hitting number 8 and the Giant order.
Two down and the base is empty.
The pitch, a slow curve is a little low. One ball and one strike.
Should Pagan get on, we'll see one more shot again.
Audress delivers one and one. Pagan attempting to bunt, suddenly realizes the pitch is low and checks up, takes the pitch low, four ball two.
So the count is two and one now on Jose Pagan.
Right hand hitter, feet widespread apart.
That gives a lot of space for a little guy. Swings on the pitch and there's a line fell in the left field for a face hit.
Snyder backs up and plays it off his chest. Throw comes in to Mari Wells and Pagan is on.
That gives him two for two. Both of them spiked in the left for singles.
That'll be hit number five given up by Padres. One more show coming up there.
Here's the runner in the third inning on a few of his choice and that has charmed life as he moved around on a single.
Throwing error by Roseboro and then an error on a play on a horsey.
A run down at first base.
Glenn Gilliam threw the ball into Harvey Keene's back and allowed Marshall to score from third.
So here's Marshall now hitting right handed.
All for one hit this afternoon. Padres comes to him with a curve ball and it's lined into an unveiled for a face hit.
Moving down to second is Pagan and he'll hold on there. That'll be hit number six given up by Padres.
Now we might have some activity down in the Dodger and Wolf end. We'll keep an eye on it.
Wouldn't be a bit surprised that if we do have any action down there it will be Eddie Roebuck.
He's the mainstay in their Wolf end.
Coming up to bat now is Harvey Keene. He's been up twice and twice he has singled the left field.
So he owns two of the six hits of Padres or one third of the crop.
Padres works to him with a fast ball and that's inside right off the chest.
One ball and no strikes. Two outs, two on. Top of the fourth inning the Giants leading it over the Dodgers, two to nothing.
They picked up two runs on three base hits, three Dodger errors in the third inning and they left two men home.
Pagan leads it second. The pitch to the plate, Keene is over right at the knees for the strike.
Yesterday afternoon here at Dodger Town we had a paid attendance of 25,321.
He'll be in that neighborhood again today I believe. Perhaps a few more.
Now the pitch to Harvey Keene. Fast ball and he pokes it back foul and to the crowd, back of Matting.
One ball, two strike count.
Keene to the right hand hitter. Slightly closed stance, almost straight away to the pitcher.
Down comes the pitch to him and it's swung on and hit back foul to the screen again and the count rides along at one ball and two strikes.
Here in the top half of the fourth inning Bailey lined out to Gilliam.
Davenport fouled out to first baseman Wally Moon and then Jose Pagan got his second base hit.
As he lined into left field for a single, Marshall looped one into left for a single, moving Pagan down to second base.
So that's the scene here right now in the top half of the fourth inning.
Pagan the runner at second, Marshall at first. Harvey Keene out there with a count of one ball and two strikes.
Two to nothing to score in favor of the Giants over the Dodgers.
Johnny Pundress, left hander comes set now, checks his runner, delivers the plate, pitch is swung on and popped up.
In foul ground goes Rose Pearl, the catcher. He should have this.
Under it makes it back.
That's the time to decide here in the top half of the number four.
A threat by the Giants but no runs on the two hits. Two men were left on and there were no errors in the inning.
A score at the end of three and a half an easy play remains the Giants two and the Dodgers have nothing.
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inning. It'll be Snyder, Davis, and Moon coming up in that order to face Juan
Marischal who is leading in the ball game. Two to nothing. For the Giants, two runs
on six hits, one error, and they have stranded five so far and going to battle
their four times. For the Dodgers, no runs, two hits. They have committed three
errors all popping up in the third inning and they have stranded two.
Now we move into the last half of the fourth inning. Here is Duke Snyder who popped up an eye to Jim Davenport. His first time up came in the first inning. Snyder batting number three in the Dodger order.
Marischal grinds that ball around the palms of his hands as Jim Davenport comes up shallow at third base. The right side of the infield lays back and the outfield straight away and playing deep for the Duke.
Marischal delivers. The pitch is taken high and outside. Count on Snyder as ball one. The coaches, for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Greg Malivi at first base and down at third, Leo DeRosier.
Down comes the pitch. Swung on, a bounding ball is hit foul off the first base side. Cepeda over to grab it. The umpire down there for the calls at first base in this afternoon's ball game is Augie Donatelli.
Jaco Conlon is working at second base and working down behind third is Al Barlich. Barlich was the bow and strike umpire in yesterday's affair.
August is working the play today. Overhand pitch ball on by Snyder. It's a basic right field for the Dukes and it's about to be missed by Alou, therefore Snyder on his way to second base and he's in there standing up.
A two-base hit.
Duke Snyder ramming a line shot in the right field and Philippe Lou came up to it to take it on the skip and it bounced off to his left and by him, going to the fence and Snyder winds up at second with a two-bagger.
That'll be the third hit given up by Meyerschall as the Dodgers are trying to answer back here and the ball is at the fourth inning. And here's Pony Davis. He's all for one. Has popped the shortstop. Meyerschall delivers to him way outside and low. One ball, no strikes.
Duke Snyder, bad knee and all, is taking his lead at second base. Meyerschall comes back, looks down at Tommy Davis, delivers to him, curve is low, maybe down, he'll block it.
Two balls, no strikes. Tommy Davis who leads the National League percentage-wise at 3.44 and leads the league and runs batted in with 151 and now pick up his 152nd should he get a hold of this one.
Meyerschall checks that runner Snyder at second base. Comes set, rears back to delivers, the pitch is one on Mason Lefebvre. Snyder moves down to third and that's where he'll hold. The throw comes in and is cut off by the shortstop McGahn.
The runners have first and third now and time is called by the San Francisco Giants with Ellsark the manager coming off the bench. Armie King was up quickly with that ball in left field and fired it in to hold Duke Snyder.
And Leo Drosha the coach came running down the line with the Duke to hold him up. No, the tying runs are on here in the bottom of the fourth inning. Boy, this could turn out to be a harem scram affair here this afternoon again.
One of the old pros coming up now for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wally Moon. Here's a serious minded fella. Duke Snyder on at third. Tommy Davis is on at first base.
The Dodgers are in back open for the double play. They'll give up the run to get to. Meyerschall delivers. Moon takes a hit and the pitch is low. He takes ball one.
One ball and no strikes. The outfield for Wally Moon, just about straight away. If there is a hole in the outfield it's in right center. Meyerschall checks the runner for third base, Duke Snyder.
He comes in with a pitch and swung on and flies a flat ball into right field down along the line. And Lewis Underwood might score Snyder. The throw comes in and Snyder's got a hole.
Cutoff play made by Cepeda. So the runners hold it first and third. They weren't taking any chances. Wally Moon flies to right field to Billy Ballou. That's a pretty good arm.
Don't want to wait here in the last half of the fourth inning and big Frank Howard comes riding up there. This fella has broken up a lot of ball games with the long ball this year.
He has hit 31 home runs for the MA Dodgers. Has 119 runs driven in. He's just in the lead. RBI. Snyder at third. Tommy Davis is on at first base. Bottom of the fourth inning. Two-nothing Giants.
Meyerschall delivers the curve. It's swung on by Howard. And he just foul-dips it. That's strike one. Actually I believe the big fella tried to check up on his swing.
As he takes a bigger cut of the ball in that one. No balls, one strike to count on Frank Howard. Holds that back way down below the line.
There's a hole in the infield too and that's right up the middle. The guy is in the hole at shortstop. Close to third. The pitch on a check swing is taken low on outside.
The count is one ball and one strike on Frank Howard. One out. Duke Snyder at third. Tommy Davis is on at first base. Bottom of the fourth.
And the Giants are leading it two-to-nothing on six base hits. The Dodgers have picked up four off Meyerschall.
The right-hander is set now. Checked both stations at first and third. Delivers. Howard takes low. Two balls and one strike.
I hardly think I need to tell you that the left fielder, or the Giants' Harvey Kean, is playing deep. He's almost back on the restraining crack.
Now Willie Mays playing deep has moved over into left center field. There is a big hole in the outfield in right center right now.
Here's the 2-1 pitch to Frank Howard. Meyerschall cuts it loose. An overhand curve is outside. All three.
The fans are really buzzing in the stands here this afternoon. Here in the highest half of the fourth inning. Snyder's in the third. Tommy Davis still in the first. One out. Frank Howard with a count of three and one. Meyerschall in trouble. Delivers.
Howard swings and beats it down into the ground foul. Strike two. Three balls and two strikes.
Elvin Dark up on the top of the steps of the dugout. Actually kneeling on the steps of the dugout.
Must be a lot of pressure both on Dark's shoulders and Smokey Alston's shoulders. Everything riding in the balance here today in this California sunlight.
The wind blowing now slightly out toward right center field and there's not much of it. Meyerschall in trouble. Dumb set. Checks his runners.
The 3-2 pitch to Howard. The runners hold. The pitch is swung on. Hit down shortstop. However on the cutoff it is the third base from Diamond Point. Second ball counted. The right comes in to score the goal on the first and second base.
Tommy Davis went in to second base and literally barreled over second base from Hiller. So it's a 2-1 ball game now. Snyder scores on the fourth out of the runner at second base. Tommy Davis.
He's going with us. It goes 5-4 on the fourth out at second base and Howard is the runner at first. So it's a 2-1 ball game now as coming up to a back will be Roseboro. However I believe Hiller has been spiked on the play as Baldwin has been called out of the dugout.
He's coming out looking over the left foot or ankle of Chuck Hiller. Tommy Davis went barreling in there to break up that double play and he was successful in doing so. Now that's one of the things a baserunner tries to do on plays of this type.
At least I've seen you do that George Kelman. I expect that's part of the trade huh?
It is Al. Tommy Davis had but one choice. That was to barrel into the second baseman as hard as he could and break up the double play and allow Duke Snyder to score from third base. And that's exactly what he did. He went hard into Hiller.
And it was an amazing play for Hiller to even get the ball away because he was hit just as he caught the ball but somehow he turned and flipped it back to the first baseman Cepeda. And it was a close play at first but Howard beat it.
It looks like he might have nicked him with a spike down on the left foot. The trainer is out right now. He's applying first aid to Hiller's foot. I don't believe it's serious. I don't believe he's coming out of the lineup at all because darned that the trainer both are standing there talking to him as the trainer applies first aid.
But this is just part of the trade and second basemens in both leagues know that these runners are coming down there and they're coming in hard. There's no animosity for something like this unless of course occasionally a fielder feels like that the runner might have cut him intentionally but in this case it was just an out and out attempt by Tommy Davis to take Hiller out of the play. It's going to be alright.
The trainer applying a little first aid and Chuck is going back to his second base position. Oh it's a 2 to 1 ball game. The Dodgers have picked up one. They still have a runner at first base with two outs here downhill.
All right George. Johnny Roseboro who fucked up in the second inning. The second baser retired beside is up there. The tying run for the Dodgers on at first base and Howard. He steps off immediately draws a throw from the mound for Marshall but he's back in time. Johnny Roseboro who at game time was fighting the 2-51 with seven home runs.
55 runs driven in left handed better Bailey holds the target. Marshall checks the runner at first base delivers the plate. Roseboro takes over on the outside corner knee high.
Last half of the fourth inning. 2 to 1 the score in favor of the San Francisco Giants.
Juan Marshall is the pitcher for San Francisco. Checks his runner Howard at first delivers the plate. Roseboro swings it pops it up it's going to come up almost to us.
I thought for a minute there George you were going to be able to field one off the field. I quit trying to catch foul balls or line drives Al. I'm out of that business now. I dodged them at third base when they were getting easier than that. Come on now.
See you play a lot of very fine third base George you're not kidding me. Now the 0-2 delivery to the plate to Roseboro. Marshall gets a sign again from Bailey. Howard takes that big stride off first base.
Two down here in the bottom of the fourth inning. Marshall delivers a soft curve it's way outside. Actually he sort of was just like almost like a shot putter.
Flipping that ball up to the plate that time. One ball two strike count on Roseboro.
Now Marshall is ready. Howard strides away from first again taking his lead. Marshall delivers a medium speed curve. It's over for call strike three and that's all there is to the last half of inning number four.
That will be the first strikeout for Marshall. Here in the fourth inning. One run for the Dodgers on two hits. No errors one man left on.
The score at the end of four. Giants two the Dodgers have one. Now here is a commercial message.
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Retro rockets have been fired to bring Commander Walter Shera back to Earth in the Pacific following his Epical 6 orbit mission.
Spokesman at Mercury Control in Cape Canaveral say the rockets were fired exactly on time less than 10 minutes ago. NBC radio will have a new special this evening on the space flight over most of these stations.
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And that ladies and gentlemen is good news. In the top half of the fifth inning Chuck Heller up there swings on the first pitch and pops it up down first base way. Under it is Wally Moon and makes the catch.
Chuck Heller first ball hitting.
One out the top half of the fifth inning of a ball game and has the Giants out in front of the Dodgers 2 to 1.
Billy Pallou is the batsman moving up to the plate now the wear of number 23 has one base hit the show for.
In two trips up he is single up the middle in the third inning.
First time a loop came up he tapped back to the mound of Puggets this time he looked at the high fastball that's ball one.
Two runs on six hits for the Giants one run on four hits for the Dodgers we've had four errors in the ballgame the Dodgers have committed three to Giants one.
The pitch is swung on a flat ball to left field Snider is going to have to hurry he's coming on.
The veteran Duke Snider came through on Edwin he had to come a long way to haul it in but he did.
Reach right out the ball stuck.
That was the second out.
Now here's Willie Mays.
Willie today has tapped on the mound and has been walked intentionally he's over one right handed batter.
The fastball is shoulder high outside ball one.
The Dodgers in no hurry to work to Mays.
Now is set.
Willie had really cranked up on that pitch.
Mays got one ball one strike.
Two down on top of the fifth inning the bases are empty.
The Dodgers working one one to Mays delivers misses outside with fastball.
Two and one to count.
Should Mays get on Orlando Cepeda who hit into a double play his last time out will be out.
Mays spreading out in batter's box.
Bends at the knees.
Leans over.
Mays swings on a change up and pops it out right back to Fitchers Mines.
Coming in for it is third baseman Tommy Davis.
He's under it and he's down.
Now the Giants walk one two three down one two three with nothing across here and they go back for the fifth inning.
The score at the end of four and a half now it's the Giants two the Dodgers have one.
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Officials at Cape Canaveral say that the landing should take place in the Pacific at 2 26 Pacific Daylight time as planned.
Commander Shera has fired his retro rockets on schedule and everything apparently is proceeding on plan.
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We're ready now to move into the last half of inning number five here at Dodger Town.
It is 2 to 1.
The Giants leading in the ball game.
And a very important one it is.
And before that first hitter gets up there, Willie Davis, would like to make this suggestion to all of you.
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Willie Davis is all for one in this ball game.
This left hand hitter grounded out to third base in the third inning.
He runs up on the pitch, bluffs the button, takes it low for ball one.
One ball, no strike count on Willie Davis.
He was hitting 286 at game time.
The pitch is swung on and drilled deep into right field.
It's a well hit ball, a little back on the track.
Under it makes the catch right in front of the 370 foot side.
And before we have the next hitter up there, let's pause for station identification.
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Johnny Pydrus steps up to the plate now with one out.
He's all for one today.
This left hand hitter takes a lot of pitch low.
That's ball one.
Pydrus started off the day batting at 163 with one home run to which credit and five runs driven in.
He rolled out to second base.
His only time up.
Swings on his pitch and doesn't get it.
Count is one ball and one strike on John Pydrus.
He'll be followed by Mari Wills, the lead off man for the LA Dodgers.
Two runs on six hits for the Giants.
One run on four hits for the Dodgers.
Marshall delivers.
The pitch is over on the inside corner for a called strike.
Johnny Pydrus turns around.
He has something to say to Cleat Empire and Dusty Vargas.
One ball, two strike count on Johnny.
Low starting pitchers, Marshall and Pydrus still around.
Quite a ball game going here.
Marshall delivers a soft curve and it's beaten down into the ground foul.
The count on Johnny Pydrus now is one ball, two strikes.
Ed Bailey is working the plate this afternoon for San Francisco.
Tom Haller was spiked yesterday and stitches had to be taken in his right arm.
He's on the bench, however, and Ken Bue should Alvin Dark need him.
Ed Bailey is behind the plate.
The count is one ball and two strikes on Pydrus.
Here is Marshall coming in with a curve ball and it's one on a miss for strike three.
There's a second out here in the bottom of inning number five.
That will be the second strike out for Marshall to run his total for the year to 151.
Maury Wills gets the round of applause and he comes up as the leadoff man in the ball game.
He has been up twice and twice he has been a baserunner.
He smashed the single back off the bare hand of Marshall in the first inning,
single up the middle in the third and sold his 102nd base in the third inning.
He's got no farther than second.
Now the pitch to Maury Wills.
He's batting left-handed.
It's over but low and the count on Wills is one ball and no strikes.
Maury chokes up someone on the handle of the bat.
Jen Gilliam coming up to the plate now.
Well off Marishaw that will be hit number five.
The Giants so far have out hit the Dodgers by one.
They have six base hits.
They have out scored them by one. They have two runs.
And the Dodgers with the tying run now and the first of Maury Wills at first base.
With two outs finds Gilliam coming up to the plate.
A switch hitter going left-handed. He's over two.
Throw to first. That keeps Maury Wills close.
Devin Ford up shot with third base.
A turn and throw again to first base to Sephada.
That ball was almost thrown away.
That lunge out to his right around Maury Wills to make the stop.
Mareshaw is all set now to pitch to Jen Gilliam.
Two outs, one on, bottom of the fifth inning.
Tying run on for the Dodgers here in the bottom of inning number five.
It's a two-to-one ball game in favor of the Giants.
Throw to first base to keep Wills close.
Jen Gilliam backs off and takes a look around to see if there's a sign of any kind on.
Leo DeRosier is pointing to the man.
He thinks that DeMarshaw is committing a box.
Now the pitch to the plate.
Gilliam slugs at it and hits a fly ball into center field.
This should be an easy chance for Mays.
He's off who was left under it.
He's got it and after ties the side.
So here in the fifth inning, no runs.
One hit, one man left on, and there were no errors.
The score at the end of five innings of play, the Giants two and the Dodgers have one.
And now here's another report on the space flight of Commander Chirong.
And is now descending by parachute.
Reports from the Pacific say the capsule parachute has been sighted 9,000 feet above the Pacific in the predetermined landing area.
Commander Walter Chirong has successfully completed his reentry and is now descending by parachute.
NBC Radio will have a new special tonight on the space flight.
Ray Cullen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
Again good news concerning Commander Chirong.
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Now welcome back here along with George Kelly, the NBC Microphones in Los Angeles.
Orlando Cepeda out there swings on the first pitch and drills it in the right field for the base hit.
So Cepeda is on opening the sixth here for San Francisco.
And off Pudras, that will be hit number seven.
At Bailey coming up, he is open two this afternoon.
He has rolled out the first base and he has lined the second to Jim Gilliam.
Time is called while catcher Johnny Roseberg is out to talk to Johnny Pudras.
We may have some activity now down in the Los Angeles bullpen.
Yeah, Eddie Robuck is up and starting to throw down there for Los Angeles.
The conference at the mound has broken up now and they've made their minds up
how they're going to pitch to this left-handed hitter at Bailey.
A very tight and close ball game.
The Giants two and the Dodgers one.
The Giants have two runs on seven hits now and the Dodgers one run on five hits.
They're in the top half of the sixth inning.
Cepeda hitting the first pitch in the right field for a single
as the runner at first taking his lead.
It goes as the pitch is made and swung on.
There is a high foul ball off the third base side.
Tommy Davis to the stands cannot get it.
And the count will be a strike now on Bailey.
But Alvin Dark apparently starting to play the hit-and-run game.
We've gone down to the sixth inning now in this two-to-one ball game.
Every move now will be vitally important.
Bailey looks down at Wiley-Lockman, the coach at third base, and he has the signal.
The round of applause you'll hear is the information up on the information board here,
the electric information board, that the capsule parachute has been sighted.
We've already told you that here on NBC.
And they're looking for Commander Chirag.
There's a throw to first base.
And Cepeda is back.
Just as soon as we have any more information,
we'll cut right in and let you know about the Commander.
A tremendous flight he's made in orbit.
Pitch low and outside here to Ed Bailey, and the count is one ball, one strike to him.
We're trying to wear two hats here this afternoon,
giving you all of the vital information on the baseball world from Los Angeles here
and also the information on Commander Chirag, which, well, that's of world importance.
Now the one-one delivery.
Budress cuts it loose, the pitcher swung on, hit back to the middle,
and Roy Wills locks it down back to second base, but it will cause a base hit.
He keeps it from going into center field.
Cepeda gets down to second on that hit up the middle,
and Bailey has moved across to first base.
Jim Davenport is coming up now.
That will be at number eight, given up by Budress.
Nobody out here, runners at first and second in the top of the sixth inning,
and Jim Davenport, 0-4-2, moves in to take his third swing at it,
applied to center field to retire the side in the second inning,
and in the fourth inning was out number two.
Ladies and gentlemen, right now here's another report on the space flight of Commander Chirag.
NBC's Herb Kapelo reports that Commander Chirag's capsule is in the water
less than a mile from the carrier Kersaj, the primary recovery ship.
Repeating, NBC reports that Commander Chirag's capsule is in the water
less than a mile from the Kersaj, the primary recovery ship in the Pacific Ocean.
Ray Cullen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
And he's in the water only a mile away.
That is great news.
And we'll bring you more of this interesting news just as soon as it breaks.
At the plate now is Davenport, ready for the first pitch.
Budress is ready and fires that pitch.
The punt goes down the third base side, and it's going to stay fair.
And the faces will be loaded on a punt single down the third base side.
The infield crossed up on that one.
So here are the San Francisco Giants right now, trying to break this ballgame wide open.
The bases are loaded.
Top half of the sixth inning, nobody out to score two to one in favor of the Giants.
That will be hit number nine, incidentally, on Pidres.
Leo DeRosier is called for time as he steps off the bench.
He's walking out to talk to Pidres.
And while we have this opportunity, let's pause 30 seconds for station identification.
Well, we're getting ready now for a new pitcher.
Eddie Robuck is coming out of the Dodger pen.
Eddie Robuck, and he inherits something that's pretty tough.
Anytime a guy has nobody out and the base is loaded, he's coming in to make his first pitch.
Well, George, I imagine that with each step he's making to the mound now,
he has two more pounds of pressure on his shoulders.
Well, he knows all too well what he has to do, Al.
Tough situation here in a close ballgame with the Giants out in front, two to one.
But bases are loaded with no one out.
Sepeda let off this inning with a line single to right field.
Ed Bailey followed with a smash through the middle.
Maury Vils made a fine play as he knocked it down, back of the bag at second.
But he couldn't make a play on anybody.
Then Jim Davenport dropped a perfect butt down the third baseline.
Tommy Davis had raced back to the bag.
And Andres was just not able to get over and make a play on it.
So Eddie Robuck will come on to relieve the left-hander.
And Andres has been quite a pitcher here this afternoon.
He's been here for two days left.
And he leaves the mound here to hear the tremendous ovation going up in the crowd here in Dodger Stadium.
Andres along with the coach of the Dodgers, Leo DeRosha, going back to the dugout.
Eddie Robuck has come out to do the pitching now with the bases loaded.
And nobody out here in the top half of the sixth inning.
He'll be cranking a few down to get the field to mound.
Robuck with a 10-1 record is 1-0 with the San Francisco Giants.
Robuck appearing in his 64th ball game has pitched 116 innings and has an earned run average of 2.95.
He has been quite a man in relief for the charges of Smokey Alston.
And right now he's being called upon to put out a fire that has certainly blown up here in the top half of the sixth inning once.
It paid a single to right field followed by Bailey's single up the middle knocked down by Maury Wills to keep it from going into center field.
And there were runners at first and second and then Davenport's one single down the third base side caught the Dodger infield by surprise and the bases are loaded.
That means that Jose Pagan, who has gotten two base hits in the ball game, both singles rifled into left field,
but he got them off of the now departed pitcher, Johnny Padres, will be coming up to face Eddie Robuck for the first time and he'll be followed by Juan Marshall.
Of course the Dodger infield is uptight hoping to get a chance to cut the run down at the plate.
Robuck in plenty of trouble, takes plenty of time.
He's a side-wheeling right-hander with the funniest stuff. Delivers the pitcher swung on and hit down to short stops.
The play comes to the plate to work for 40 out. That's the only play made. The bases remain loaded.
They weren't going to take a chance on getting any more than the one. They played at the plate and got the man.
So four side at the plate. Mo's Davenport on down to second base. Bailey on over to third.
And to have the out, on to Peter at the plate going from the short stop Wills to the catcher Johnny Roseborough.
One out. Top of the sixth inning. The bases remain loaded and here is Juan Marshall.
Juan Marshall was a runner in the third on a field of choice and came on around on errors.
A single and a couple of errors to score a run in the third inning for the Giants.
He came along in the fourth inning and hit a single to left field.
Now he's being called upon again with bases loaded.
Right now ladies and gentlemen here is another report on the space flight of Commander Chirra.
Commander Walter Chirra's capsule is in the water in the primary Pacific recovery area.
Voice contact has been made and the astronaut reports he is comfortable.
Several helicopters are now orbiting over the spacecraft in the Pacific.
Ray Cullen, NBC News Los Angeles.
Very good news. Commander Chirra is all right. He's comfortable and well.
Commander Chirra, there are a few people here this afternoon at Dodger Town are not quite so comfortable.
The bases are loaded. One out. Top of the sixth inning.
The batter up to plate is Marshall. Let's see what he's ordered to do.
The infield part way back. The first pitch is low. Ball one.
Marshall started to go for it and changed his mind.
The runner for third base for the San Francisco Giants is Bailey.
At second is Davenport. Jose Pagan is at first base.
The score is still 2 to 1.
As Eddie Robuck has gotten the first out here in the top half of the sixth inning.
He relieved Johnny Padres who went five innings. First pitching to three men.
The pitcher swung on. A slow-bounding ball back of second.
Wills up with it. Nets on second.
Double play. Robuck is out of it.
I tell you that's really something. A double play.
Breaks the back of the San Francisco thread. It's all over in the top of the sixth inning.
No runs on three hits. Two men were left on.
And the score at the end of five and a half innings of play remains the Giants 2 and the Dodgers 1.
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Now here's another report on the space flight of Commander Chirard.
Commander Chirard has just reported by radio he wants to be picked up by the ship.
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Duke Snyder up at the plate has just swung on the first pitch and fouled it back into the stands for strike one.
Last half, opening number six.
A nip and tuck ball game, two to one with the San Francisco Giants leading it.
Marischal delivers. Snyder swings. It doesn't get a big curve ball. That's strike two.
Duke Snyder to be followed by Tommy Davis and then by Wally Moen.
Eddie Robuck coming on in the top half of the sixth inning. Turned in a tremendous relief job.
Pitch low on outside as Marshall stumbles and almost throws the ball away.
Down is one ball, two strikes on the Duke.
Snyder today has had one base hit, a double to right field in the fourth inning.
And he has scored the only Dodger runs. He's won for two today.
Marshall comes to him with a fast ball, right into the field.
Duke Snyder, the old throw comes through with a base wrap in the left.
Off Marischal, that will be hit number six.
Oh, the Dodgers now have the tying run on here in the bottom of the sixth inning.
And the beautiful call sounds through the stands for the onward charge.
Tommy Davis will be the batter coming up now for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He has been up twice today.
He's had one base hit in two times up. He's single behind Snyder in the fourth inning, moving him over to third base.
Now Marischal is ready. Looks at this right-hand hitter, the leader in the league, delivers to him, Moen outside, ball one.
While we were getting the report on Commander Sheraw a moment ago, George Kell and I were just talking about the tensions of this ball game
and what it could mean to ballplayers.
And we were talking about the double play that got Eddie Roebuck and the Dodgers out of a lot of trouble in the sixth inning.
And Eddie looked at me and grinned, George looked at me and grinned and said,
Eddie should feel good about it because that will break most anybody's back.
Davis standing in at the plate, feet pretty much together, leaning over.
Marischal already takes his sign from Bailey, looks at first base, delivers the play pitch on the inside, lay on the inside, ball two.
Time is called while Sepeda comes over and talks to Marischal. They both speak the same language.
Now Sepeda goes back to first base, Marischal is ready.
Tommy Davis standing in at the plate with Duke Snyder at first base, nobody out, last half of the sixth inning.
Time is 4-2, 2-1, the Giants lead the Dodgers.
What a playoff series this has been.
Marischal sets, overhands the pitcher curve, and low, ball three.
Real delivery will be on its way, here it comes, right down the plate, right after he's taken all the way.
Another count now on Tommy Davis.
What game time was leading the National League with a percentage of 3-44? He had 26 home runs and led in the RBI department in the league with 151.
And is he up at the plate now? And is Marischal pitching to him 3-1? Snyder at first, nobody else.
Here comes a pitch, swing on, and hits to the field.
Well, his ball hits, can he get it? He cannot, he's out of here.
I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this place has gone absolutely first first.
Tommy Davis has just hit his 27th home run of the year.
He'll put the Los Angeles Dodgers out in front 3-2.
With hit number seven, Marischal runs 2-3.
Everybody's standing, it's a standing ovation for this third baseman from Dodger Town.
Wally Moon is up there, takes a curve ball over for the strike.
Tommy Davis, a home run into the left center field stand.
Pitcher swing on, moves to the field, coming on his team, he's got it for the out.
Now we'll have Big Frank Howard coming up there.
He's said many times that these games can change in the twinkling of an eye.
And I know a man who has seen that happen many times is sitting right over here.
Do you have a comment, George Gale, about that home run?
It happened and it happened quick and there was never any doubt about it.
Tommy Davis slammed it into the left center field seat.
And as you said, this place went wild, it's mad out here right now.
Frank Howard up at the plate, the pitch throw in, the big fella checks the swing
and the pitch throw on outside, ball one.
Throwing up paper coming out of the stands now.
This place is really buzzing.
3-2, the Dodgers are leading it.
Marishaw delivers a curve, Howard after the foul, one ball and one strike.
Well, we thought at the end of four hours and 18 minutes yesterday that we had lost the consoles.
They're going again.
Marishaw, sidearm pitch, it's going on by hard.
Fox deep to shortstop, up with it is Pergon, throws the first base high.
Howard is safe at first base.
The plate is missing the tag.
On the play, you charge an error to Pergon's throw, the first base.
So now the Giants have two errors.
Alvin Dark is out and he's really chinning and jawing with Donatelli, the umpire, first base.
I'm afraid that'll do him no good.
That man in blue calls that play down there and that's it.
Big Frank Howard, runner at first base.
In his anxiety to get the big fella, Mari Wills, deep in the hole at shortstop and pulled closer to the line than usual,
had to hurry for the long throw, got the slow bounding ball, made the play,
but he threw high to subpoena at first base for an error.
Jose Pergon did the very best he could to get the runner at first base and wasn't quite able to do it.
One out, one on, Roseborough coming to bat here in the last half of the sixth inning.
Marishal is set, takes the big runner at first base, delivers the play, Roseborough cuts out at the foul,
dips it, cut strike one.
In the last half of the sixth inning, this is how the Dodgers picked up their lead.
Snyder singled, followed by Tommy Davis, shot into left centerfield, stands to drive in two.
It's now three to two to the Dodgers.
Roseborough up there with Howard at first, the pitch low and outside.
There's going to be some activity now, I think, down in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants.
We'll try to pick up that man for you as soon as we can.
It's back in the runway, shoot off right field, it's pretty hard to see.
Howard takes his lead at first base, Marishal waits, now delivers to Roseborough.
He pitches knee-high outside, two balls and one strike.
Roseborough waiting at the plate now as Marishal, about to pitch the 2-1 or 2-in, comes in with it,
swing on, there's a high pop-up going out in a very short right field, coming on fast as a loop.
Can he get it? He can, he's under it and makes the catch.
Oh, Howard has to hold on there at first base, there's a second out here in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Howard still at first and Willie Davis coming up to the plate now.
This one here this afternoon, as yesterday, has been a hammer-and-tongue affair.
Willie Davis has been up twice, he's rolled out to third and has flied out to right.
It's all slender left-hand hitter. Game time was batting at 286, he had 21 home runs.
Outfield fan to right and deep, big hole in the outfield left center.
Howard takes a couple of strides off first base, the pay-to-holds the corner.
Marishal is ready, comes set, delivers. The pitch to the plate is low.
Ball one.
Willie Davis looks down at Leo DeRose, he's coaching at third base.
See if there's a sign of any kind on. Big 6'7", Frank Howard, former Ohio State star, moves off at first base.
Two outs, in comes a pitch, one on, line shot into the bar with the play to first base.
Why, he went on the ladder to make that one. Oh, he's out of there, Willie Davis.
However, in the innings, two big runs for the Dodgers on two base hits.
There was an error and there was a man left on.
The score at the end of six innings of play now, the Dodgers three and the Giants have two.
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Now everybody, here's another report on the spaceflight of Commander Sherrard.
A long boat from the carrier Kersage has moved within 50 yards of Commander Sherrard's space capsule near Midway Island in the Pacific.
Recovery should be completed in a matter of moments. Sherrard appears to be safe and well.
Ray Cullen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
And a nice and cheers, Commander Sherrard. It's been good news all the way.
In the south half of the seventh inning, Harvey Keene stepping up to the plate now to face Eddie Robock.
This is his ballgame, to win it or lose it. The pitch is outside to Harvey Keene.
It's ball one. Eddie Robock with a 10-1 record on the air.
1-0 with the San Francisco Giants. Came on a relief of Padres, the starting pitcher.
Harvey Keene bluffs the bunt on his pitch and takes it in there for the strike. And the count is 1-1 on him.
There have been some changes made for the Dodgers. Larry Burright has gone to second base.
Jim Gilliam has moved over to third base. Tommy Davis has moved to left field. And Duke Snyder has come out of the ballgame.
The pitch is swung on, hit the center field. Up to it comes Davis, makes the grab for the first foul.
Chuck Hiller will be the batter now. Again, let us give you the changes for the Dodgers defensively.
Jim Gilliam has gone to third base. Tommy Davis, who opened at third base, has gone to the outfield, that is to left field.
And Duke Snyder is out of the ballgame. And Larry Burright is at second base. Those three changes made.
Eddie Robock, working with Johnny Roseborough, will pitch now to Chuck Hiller.
One out here in the top half of the seventh inning. 3-2 to the score of the Dodgers.
Robock sidearms the plate. Hiller takes that cross seam that is in there for the strike.
Hiller, after the next pitch, drills it down the left field side. That is going to be in there for maybe extra bases.
Over goes Davis and grabs the ball. As you get away from him momentarily, picks up, throws into third base.
It is a send-off to Bagger for Hiller. So there is the tying run-on for the Giants at second base.
That will be the first hit off Robock and hit number ten for San Francisco.
Oh, don't go away. We've got one cook in here that might last quite a while.
Billy Palu is the batsman. He has had one base hit in three times up. Hit a single up the middle in the third inning.
He's won for three. Last time out he flied to left. One out. Hiller at second base.
Outfield fan to left playing deep. Robock sidearm pitch is swung on and hit down to shortstop.
Mar-Will is up with it, drives the runner to second, throws to first and back.
And he was out. There is a second out in the inning.
Well, it's a real clutch situation now for Robock. And Walter Austin knows it, so he's come off the bench and he's out and talking to Robock.
Willie Mays will be the batter and we have some activity going down in the Dodgers bullpen back of left field.
Put the glasses on that bullpen and see if we can pick up the guy throwing. I think it's big Stan Williams.
It is he in the bullpen. Stan Williams in the bullpen. There is someone else throwing but he is out of our vision, out of our range of vision.
Now we've got a couple of guys cranking up down in the bullpen as Walter Austin talks to Eddie Robock and makes his mind up as to what he wants Eddie Robock to do,
whether he's going to have Eddie Robock continue or not. This is a pretty tough situation in a ballgame.
Anytime a manager has to go out and talk to his pitcher. How about that, George?
Absolutely. He's playing for all the chips here today and of course, Smokey Austin has to make the decisions and make them quick.
He has his ace reliever going Robock but Eddie is a tired young man. He's put a lot of innings this year and been in every game of this playoff
and so he's probably just checking with him before he pitches to Willie Mays.
Well, old rubber arm George is a pretty good competitor. Let's see what he does here with Willie Mays, a real tough guy to play.
Pitch way inside, ball one. Willie had to get away from that one.
The situation here in the top half of the seventh inning is with two outs,
Hiller who doubled down into the left field corner is on his second base representing the possible tying run for the Giants.
Three to two of the Dodgers lead it. Now they're going to put Willie Mays on and I'm going to monkey around with them.
That's ball two way on the outside. Ball three will be coming in there in a moment and ball four will put Willie Mays on at first base with an intentional walk.
And incidentally that will only be the second base on balls the Giants have picked up. This one has been ordered and the first one off Robock.
That'll bring up Orlando Cepeda.
Cepeda has hit into a double play, one of the two that broke the backs of the cuts in the third and sixth inning for the San Francisco Giants.
Two double plays have popped up on the Dodger side of the fence to run their total to 138.
Now runners at first and second, Orlando Cepeda has had one hit and three at bats.
He hit the right field back in the sixth inning as the leadoff man and was cut down at the plate one with the bases loaded situation.
In the sixth with nobody out, Eddie Robock was called on in relief of progress and he got the side out without some scoring.
Now Robock is ready to pitch to Cepeda.
Side armor and it's hit down on a big hop to second bird right up with it, doubles over the wheel.
That's it.
Another time the Giants trick those for the boards here in the seventh inning, no runs, one hit.
And they're two men left on so the score at the end of six and a half innings of play remains the Dodgers three that Giants have two.
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And now before we start the action here in the last half of the seventh inning we'll pause for station identification.
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In the last half of the seventh inning here at Dodger, Eddie Robock has just fouled out to Cepeda for the first time in the bottom of the seventh inning.
But there are other important things and here is another report on the space flight of Commander Shirah.
The aircraft carrier Kearsize is standing by to pick up Commander Walter Shirah's space capsule in mid-Pacific.
Recovery should now be completed in only a matter of moments and Shirah is safe and well.
Ray Cullen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
And so we continue to get the good news on Commander Shirah.
Here is Murray Wills up at the plate now.
Swings on the pitch and hits a foul ball back into the stands.
For the strike.
Now the pitch to the plate.
Marshall cuts it loose.
A line shot. Left on the field. Base hit.
Willie Mays cuts it off. Murray Wills is on.
All of a sudden the Los Angeles Dodgers have come to life in that base hit department.
Murray Wills has now had four for four this afternoon.
That will be hit number eight given up by Marshall.
Murray Wills, excuse me, is a runner at first base.
With one out here in the bottom of the seventh inning in a real tight ball game.
Standing three and two in favor of the Dodgers. They've come from behind to take the lead.
They have Murray Wills at first base. Sepeda is not holding him on.
He's playing out in front of him in front of the base pass.
Jim Gilliam is the batter.
There's a throw over there to Sepeda who is playing about three steps off the bag.
But it's not in time of course.
Murray Wills hitting 300 in this series.
Races batting average to 300 I should say.
We're waiting for the first pitch now on Jim Gilliam.
The switcher batting left handed. He's gone over three.
The hit circle is well.
And the throw down, not in time, he fails it.
Jim Gilliam taking the pitch to the plate for a ball.
And the throw down trying to get the flying feet of Murray Wills was not successful.
He has stolen 103 bases.
George Kell, how about that guy, huh?
One of the greatest baserunners of all time, Murray Wills.
And the amazing thing about it, Al, everybody in the ball park,
including the pitcher and the catcher, knows he's going.
But there's nothing you can do about it.
Let's keep an eye on him. He just might be heading to third base.
You're absolutely right, George.
Doug Dunham, he can move. He's not the fastest man on the club, but he's the best baserunner.
Here comes the 1-0 pitch to Gilliam.
That straightens him up, fired right under the chin for ball two.
Last half of the seventh inning.
Wills, his fourth straight hit, giving him four for four.
He's had two stolen bases today to boost his total 103.
Marshall's second runner, Murray Wills, at second.
Now delivers the plate.
Gilliam swings and finds it to the field.
Harvey Keene and he strikes under it, makes the grab,
and Murray Wills goes to turn him back into second base.
So there's a second out here in the last half of the seventh inning.
The batter coming up now will be Larry Butterite.
Larry Butterite appearing in his 115th ball game,
and in this one has the relief second baseman.
Has had 51 base hits to show for a 206 batting average.
He's hit four home runs and has 30 runs batted in.
He can get his 31st run batted in now.
He should get a hold on cleanly.
This guy, Murray Wills, is on at second base with two outs, and he'll be running on anything.
The score is 3-2.
3-2 in favor of the Dodgers.
They have three runs on eight hits.
Giants two runs on ten hits.
Marshall delivers. There goes Murray Wills.
He'll throw to third.
And into the dirt.
On out into the field.
Wills up after the stolen base moves on to score.
On a ball one pitch to the plate to Burright.
Wills lit out and has just stolen his 104th base.
He scores on in there.
Up here now is Burright swinging on the pitch, and he pucks at the third base.
Davenport has it for the outs.
So the error lets him to run.
Charge that error to the catcher.
As Ben each side now has a three.
So one run here in the inning.
One run on one base hit.
A couple of stolen bases by Murray Wills.
There was an error.
And there was no one left on.
It's four at the end of seven full innings of play now.
The Dodgers four and the Giants have two.
Now we're back here along with George Kelly, the NBC Microphones, in the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
We're bringing you the action of this final playoff game.
We're in the top of the eighth inning and Bailey is stepping up to the plate to face Eddie Robuck.
The pitch is made and swung on.
There's a line drive in the right field for the base hits.
Oh, Bailey is on to get things started here in the top half of the eighth.
That'll be the second hit off Robuck.
Four to two is the score.
The Dodgers lead it.
What a face stealing exhibition Murray Wills put on in the seventh.
Stealing two of them.
Run his total to 104.
Score it on an error.
As Ed Bailey the catcher tried to get him going into third base and threw wild and into left field.
40 error allowing Wills to get right up out of the dirt and come on in to score.
Down to the plate comes the pitch to Jim Davenport.
It's outside and low.
Down in the bullpen Williams and Paranowski cranking up for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
There's a change at first base for Los Angeles.
Ron Fairley has taken over from Moon.
The pitch is hit on one hop down to Wills.
He goes to second for one.
Got a first double play.
This is the third time in this ballgame that the double play has broken the San Francisco back.
139 double plays have popped up on the infield for the Los Angeles Dodgers this year.
Three big ones here in this ballgame.
The better coming up to the plate now will be Jose Perga.
He's been up three times.
He's single twice.
Four times to the left field.
And the last time out was in the sixth inning he forced the man.
Four runs on eight hits for the Dodgers.
Three errors.
Two runs, 11 hits.
Four of the Giants.
Also three errors.
The Giants have stranded nine so far in this ballgame.
The pitch is swung on.
There is a drive to second base.
The line is cut second by Perga right from the outside.
No runs, one hit.
No errors, nobody left on.
The score at the end, seven.
And what's happening to play?
The Dodgers four, the Giants two.
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We move along now into the last half with inning number eight and for the NA Dodgers,
Tom Davis will be out followed by Ron Ferry who just came on in the top of the eighth to play first base,
and then we'll have Frank Howard.
Juan Marshall has gone all the way here for the San Francisco Giants.
He'll be pitching his eighth inning.
He has given up in this ballgame a total of four runs on eight hits.
There have been three errors behind him, including one he committed himself.
Here is Tommy Davis.
The crossfire is pitched outside for him for ball one.
Tommy Davis was the guy who changed the complection of the ballgame and sent the tide over to the Dodger side of the fence
on the bottom of the sixth, one after Snyder who had started in left field, single to left.
Davis did his 27th home run, and Tommy cracked in two for a total of 153 on the year.
That is in the RBI department.
Takes a curve low this time, and it's ball two.
So Davis this afternoon with his home run and single, stands at the plate two for three.
Marshall is ready.
Two-ohs the plate.
This right-hand hitter takes a look at a soft curve, and it's outside.
Play ball to no strikes.
Elvin Dark has come off the giant bench.
He's said something to Larry Jansen.
It looks as though they're going to have a pitching change right now.
Tommy Davis is at the plate.
He has the count of ball three.
So if they do make this pitching change, and Davis should get on by the walk and will be charged,
to the pitcher, Marshall, who apparently now is being taken out of the ballgame.
Big Don Larson apparently is going to come in to do the relieving here for the San Francisco Giants.
Larson, if you recall, relieved in the first, or relieved in the ballgame yesterday,
and fits two-thirds of it and giving up just one base hit.
So Marshall is out of there after having gone seven innings plus pitching to Davis.
The Giants took a two-to-nothing lead back in the third inning.
The Dodgers picked up one in the fourth inning to cut the lead to two-to-one,
and Davis hit the two-run homer in the sixth to make it three-to-two,
and Wills putting on a one-man show in the seventh inning as he stole second, third,
and came home on the wild throw in the left field.
Tommy Davis, the batter against Larson with a ball three and a no-strike count.
We're ready to go, and here's Al Helper.
All right, we are ready to go.
As Big Don Larson, the right-hander, will crank up and fire three-and-oh to Tommy Davis.
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The curve ball is low, ball four, and that walk will be charged to Marshall.
That is the first base on balls this afternoon.
The Dodgers have picked up.
They haven't needed the bases on balls.
Maury Wills has been getting on and been putting on the show.
He's stolen everything here this afternoon, but the opposite team sweatshirts.
Oh, he has been traveling.
Here is Ron Fairley up for his first setback of the afternoon.
He's a relief first baseman.
The pitch is planted back toward the mound.
Larson will have to go back to his second baseman, Hiller.
It works, and Davis goes down to second base.
Well, Smokey Austin trying to pick up a little insurance here in the last half of the eighth inning.
He now leads in the ballgame, four to two.
He wants to nail it down if possible.
Big Frank Howard coming up there.
Howard here this afternoon has won 0-3.
He has not hit a ball out of the infield.
Last time Howard was up, he was a base runner on an error by Jose Fagan, shortstop.
There's an attempted pickoff of the winner at second base, but it's not in time.
Back to Chuck Hiller.
Tommy Davis slides under.
Last half of the eighth inning, one out, one on.
Ballgame standing four to two in favor of the Dodgers.
Four runs, eight hits.
They've committed three errors.
The Giants two runs, 11 hits.
They've committed three.
And here in the last of the eighth inning, the Dodgers are trying to pick up an insurance run.
The pitch to the plate, Howard swings on it and fouls it off the end of the bat.
Strike one.
Regardless of which side of the pitch you are on concerning the Giants and the Dodgers,
there's one thing you've got to know, that your ball club has given everything
it possibly could give in these three games in the playoff series.
You can rest assured of that.
Big Don Larson is ready now.
Down on the both end for the San Francisco Giants, little Billy Pierce,
the left hander is up and throwing.
Larson comes to the plate.
Howard takes the pitch into the dirt, blocked by Bailey.
One ball and one strike now to count on Frank Howard.
And we behind these NBC microphones have gotten a tremendous kick here in 1962
in bringing to you the action and the color that has surrounded this playoff series.
We deeply appreciate the opportunity of being able to talk baseball with you for three days.
Our good friend George Kell here will be with you tomorrow along with Joe Garagiola
right on this NBC network exclusively with the World Series.
The 1-1 pitch to the plate, inside off the fists.
Two balls and one strike to count on Frank Howard.
All afternoon the fans have been coming in here to Dodger Town.
When we first spoke to you we had a crowd of approximately 28,000 to 30.
Right now it is 45,693.
Larson comes set.
Looks down to Howard, delivers him 2-1.
The pitch is again a jammer up against the chest.
All three, three balls and one strike.
Last half of the eighth inning won out.
Davis walked and was sacrificed by Ron Fairley down to second base on a neat punt
back toward the bar and Larson had to go back to first base to the second baseman Miller covering.
So the Dodgers have set up a scoring possibility here in the last half of the eighth inning.
4-2 as it now stands, favor of Los Angeles.
Don Larson on in relief.
This is not his ball game as it stands, it belongs to Marshall.
The pitch to the plate, Howard takes over on the inside corner waist-high for the strike.
Ball count on the big guy, 3-2.
Marshall, a departed pitcher, had an 18-11 record when he started off today.
Three times he had beaten the Dodgers, only once had they beaten him.
And he was six and four lifetime with the Dodgers.
But Marshall is gone and it's Larson out there now.
The pitch, there's the runner breaking for third, swung and missed at the plate.
And to throw down to third base is not in time and it's a steal.
Actually Howard was swinging to protect the runner, a high outside pitch.
He strikes out and Davis picks up a stolen base.
That'll be the fourth stolen base here this afternoon, Meyer-Wilson's stolen three.
Right, day in the morning, I tell you these Dodgers went right down into the space pass this afternoon and running.
Tommy Davis, hands on hips, talking with Leo DeRosha at third base.
The base stealing department, Tommy Davis at 17 and he now has 18.
The batter is Roseborough.
Time had been called and Roseborough didn't know it and Larson was throwing the ball down for examination.
And Roseborough almost took a cut at it.
There is the pitcher now outside.
They're going to walk Roseborough intentionally.
Way outside now, that's the third one.
Larson will throw ball for her and they'll want to put Roseborough on.
There's ball for her way outside.
So Roseborough has been walking intentionally.
Going to get to Willie Davis.
That is only the second base on balls the Los Angeles Dodgers have picked up here this afternoon.
This one was ordered.
Now the runners at first and third, second is open.
There'll be a play most anywhere.
They're going to load them up apparently.
Time has been called.
Donatelli comes out and yells down to plate the buckets and time has called for the moment.
Now we're ready.
They're going to walk Davis and load them up and pitch to Robuck.
Makes it play any place.
There is ball two way outside.
Open, dark strategy.
Play anywhere.
There's ball three.
Ball four will come whistling down.
There it is.
Pitch down, way outside ball four.
Willie Davis is locked and Eddie Robuck will be coming up to the plate now.
Robuck fouled out on the third inning.
It's the only time at bat so far.
Talking about Robuck, he's a fair hitting pitcher.
He bats today at 231.
Three runs batted in, no extra base blows.
Three RBI for Robuck.
Now with the bases loaded, two outs last half of the inning, four to two of the Dodgers.
Don Larson will pitch to his opposing bounceman, Eddie Robuck.
And this is Robuck's ball game to wonder if he'll lose it.
The pitch to the plate, Robuck swings.
It's a drive down to third base.
Davin caught up with it.
Makes his play the first in time for the foot out.
And that retires his last.
Now the strategy worked as far as Alvin Burke was concerned.
He loaded him up, he got him out of there.
In the eighth, no runs.
There were no base hits.
There were no errors and three men were left off.
The score at the end of eighth.
It's the Dodgers four and the Giants have two.
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Commander Shera has completed his sixth orbit mission and is safe aboard the carrier Kersage.
Now for official word we switch to Peter Hackes, NBC News at Cape Canaveral.
Astronaut Walter Shera has been plucked safely from the Pacific Ocean for a report to Lieutenant Colonel John Powers at Mercury Control.
This is Mercury Control. Reports from the carrier Kersage indicate that Walter Shera is out of the spacecraft,
is out on the deck, is being heated on the deck.
He is smiling, obviously happy, obviously satisfied with the job. Well done.
Repeat once more. Astronaut Walter Shera has stepped out of the Sigma Southern spacecraft.
He's on the deck of the aircraft carrier Kersage.
The NASA and Navy officials on board have met him. He is proceeding now toward the crew
quarters where he will begin his debriefing.
The Shera has described as smiling and happy and obviously satisfied with the job. Well done.
That's the word we've all been awaiting. The MA-8-6 orbital flight is over and appears to have been a complete success,
perhaps the most successful of the three U.S. orbital flights. Peter Hackes, NBC News, Cape Canaveral.
That's the complete report from Cape Canaveral on Commander Shera's successful flight.
This is Ray Cullen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
Hello, we're back here at Dodger Town in Los Angeles. We're in the top half of the ninth inning.
Matty Alou batting for loss and has single to right center field. Up now for the...
...finals, Keene hits it down to joint stop. The play goes back to second for one.
The throw to first is not in time. So I guess we have you just about caught up now.
Harvey Keene runner at first base on the foreside of Matty Alou who batted for loss and single to right center.
And he's cut down from Will to the right.
So we are in the top half of the ninth inning. Hiller is the man scheduled to come up to the plate.
One out, one on in the top half of the ninth inning. A little time is called and we'll take that time for station identification.
This is your sports station at the 810 spot on your radio dial, WGY Schenectady, a general electric station.
Right back here at Dodger Town.
Right back here at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Hiller is not going to do the batting here. It's going to be big Willie McCovey.
The big guy is just stuffing into the plate. McCovey, a left-hand hitter facing Eddie Robuck.
One out, one on in the top of the ninth inning. The pitch to McCovey. A fastball low for ball one.
Ball, we've had things whizzing today, haven't we?
McCovey, utility outfielder, utility first baseman. Sidearm pitch to him is low and outside.
Two balls, no strikes.
So it's come down to the very last pitch as far as the San Francisco Giants are concerned.
They're behind by two runs. The Dodgers leading four to two.
We're in the top of the ninth. Ron Fairley is in right field defensively for the Dodgers.
The pitch inside ball free to McCovey. Tim Hockness has taken over first base.
Eddie Robuck comes set. Three over the plate. The pitch, low ball for.
Here in the top half of the ninth inning, the tying runs are on now for San Francisco.
And we're going to have a winner in this ball game right now for big Willie McCovey.
Second baseman Ernie Bowman has gone on the run.
So the situation here in the top of the ninth inning is that Harvey Keene is at second base.
Bowman is on at first base and Philippe Ballou is the batsman.
He's had one hit and four times up today.
Eddie Robuck in trouble. Sidearms to plate. The pitchers take it inside. Ball one.
The Giants have left nine men on here in going to bat eight times.
And they have two men on here now in the top half of the ninth inning.
Pitch to the plate, swung on. There's a pounding ball foul outside of third.
Los Angeles Dodgers, by the way, have left eight on here this afternoon.
The score stands right this minute, four to two, in favor of the Dodgers over the Giants.
And they've had to come from behind to do it.
I imagine George Kell will have a lot to say in commentary about this ball game when it's over.
Harvey Keene steps away from second. Bowman off at first.
The pitch, taken inside off the elbow.
Philippe Ballou's count is two balls and one strike. One out here in the top of the ninth.
There's action down on the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Stan Williams is throwing. And someone else back in his chute where we cannot see them.
Also throwing. That's some action down on the bullpen for Frisco.
I think that's left-hander Billy Pierce throwing down there.
Sidearm pitch, inside and tight. The ball three.
Robuck, who has been the great reliever for the Los Angeles Dodgers,
is digging himself into a little bit of trouble here in the ninth inning.
A little bit more than he now has. He has runners at first and second and one out.
And with Ballou, he is three and one. And Mays is due up next.
Now Robuck is ready. Top of the stretch he goes.
Time set. Delivers sidearm pitch. One on and hit fouled on the third base side.
Three balls and two strikes. That is the count on Philippe Ballou, the right fielder.
Philippe, with one hit and four times up today, carried a 316 batting average into today's play.
He had 25 home runs. 98 runs batted in.
So I think you could say that Robuck has his work very definitely cut out for him.
King leading off at second. Bowman leading away from first. Sidearm pitch. Way inside.
Almost got away from Roseborough. That's ball four. Time is called as the bases go loaded.
Bowman moves down to second. Harvey Kean on over to third.
And now the tying runs are in scoring position at second and third.
And Eddie Robuck is in trouble. And here comes Walter Ostenhout to have a talk with him.
I don't know, George, how you would feel about it, but tell me something.
From your past experience, just how tough would it be?
How would it feel to be down on that inner defense right now knowing that the bases were loaded behind your pitcher
and the tying runs were in pretty good scoring positions?
Well, it's a tough situation. This is just about as rough a situation as you can have.
Because the pennant is riding right here on every pitch. They've come right down to the wire.
And Smokey Osten has moved to the mound for a conference, but he's going back.
There will be no pitching change. He wants to keep Robuck in there.
Robuck is a sneakerball pitcher, and he's hoping that somebody will hit one on the ground hard to one of the infielders.
And the Dodgers can turn it into a double play. They have a two-round lead.
The bases loaded with one out, and Willie Mays the batter.
Now, I don't think things should be much tougher than that. Here's the pitch to Willie Mays.
One run and hit right back off Robuck's club. He cannot hold it.
The bases are loaded. The run comes in to score.
It'll be a face-hit for Willie Mays to drive in the third San Francisco run, and now the tying run is at third.
Willie Mays, a line shot right off the glove of Eddie Robuck, the pitcher. He could not hold it.
Allu has moved to second. Bowman is on at third.
And coming in to score here in the top half of the ninth inning, Harvey Keane.
That is the fourth hit and the first run off Robuck.
Now it is four to three, and time again is called. This time it's Leo DeRosha going to the mound to talk to Eddie Robuck,
and I think that's going to be all for it.
We do know that Williams has been in the bullpen, cracking up for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
There have been two down there. One pitcher we can see, the other one we cannot.
So we'll have to wait and see who Smokey Alston calls upon right now to try to stop and stem this tide in the top half of the ninth inning.
Talk about thrills and seesawing back and forth. Drama, tenseness, thresher and action.
We've had it all here in the past two days.
The first ball game was a runaway for the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick.
When they defeated behind Billy Pierce, they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 on a fine three-hit shutout pitch by the little left-hander.
It's going to be Stan Williams coming on to relieve.
He relieved and was the winning pitcher in yesterday's ball game that went 8-7 on the final score.
But Robuck is coming out of there. He pitched the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, and one-third of the ninth.
So he's pitched three and a third innings.
And Williams is coming on.
Stan Williams, let's check up on his record again just to be sure of it as he strides in from the bullpen to the mound.
Williams is coming on in his 40th ball game.
He's pitched 185 and a third innings.
He's got a record of 14-12. A round of applause for Robuck.
Stan Williams will be pitching here in the top half of the ninth inning to Orlando Cepeda and the bases loaded behind him.
And these men on the bases, of course, the responsibility of Robuck, who could be the losing pitcher in this ball game now.
Williams is being called upon to hold the line and turn him away.
He has a 14-12 record, picking up his 14th win here yesterday.
14-12, he has an earned run average of 4.47.
He's pitched 185 and one-third innings.
The big, burly right-hander out on the mound right now has a record with the San Francisco Giants of two wins and four losses.
Yes, sir, this one's going right down to the wire.
Stan Williams has come on in relief.
We can set the Dodgers for you defensively now as they have made changes.
Tim Harkness is at first base, we told you about that, and Ron Fairley is out in right field.
So the infield is Harkness at first, a right fur right at second, Barwill is at shortstop, and Jim Gilliam is at third base.
Tommy Davis, who started at third, is in left field, and center field, Willie Davis, and out in right field, Ron Fairley.
So we have a real tight speaker going here in the top half of the ninth inning.
It's four to three in favor of the Dodgers over the Giants.
The bases are loaded and Stan Williams has come on here to try to stem the tie.
Let's see if he's able to do it.
The runners on the bases right now, the responsibility of the now departed Eddie Robuck.
Orlando Cepeda, he's had one base hit four times up today.
Right hand hitter.
Williams delivers to him, fast ball, swirly, first like.
Applause
Ernie Bowman, a runner at third base, will take a couple of jumping steps down off there, try to get Williams off his stride and shake him up a little bit.
Willie Mays is the runner at first, Phillip Allou at second, and Bowman at third.
Bowman representing the tying run, and Allou at second base representing the goal ahead run.
Four to three, that's how it stands. The Dodgers lead right this moment.
Cepeda out there with a count of no balls and one strike.
Williams on in relief, the third pitcher to be used by Smokey Austin.
Backs off the mound and chases Bowman back into third base.
He now pitches the plate that swung on over five ball to right field.
Fairley is up to it, grabs it.
They're going to try to score, the throw comes in to the plate, not in time, and it's a tied up ball game.
Allou also tagging up, moves over to third base.
Cepeda commits the second out.
A fly ball to right field, a scoring fly ball to give him 114 runs driven in.
The run is off Robuck and it's all tied up now at four and four.
The goal ahead run is on at third base in the person of Allou.
Willie May just held right on first, he wasn't going to move a muscle.
So there are two outs here in the top of the ninth inning, and of course the hope now for the Dodgers
is that they will be able to turn the Giants away
and have the tie ball game going into the last half of the ninth inning rather than to be behind.
Roseboro has gone to the mound to talk to Williams.
Wills has gotten into the conversation and now it breaks up.
So all quiet right down to the last part of the wire.
The important runner as far as the Dodgers are concerned is Philly Pallou at third base.
The batter is Ed Bailey.
He's had two for four this afternoon and has driven in no runs.
He's singled up the middle and singled to right.
Bailey left hand hitter.
Tennessee Boyle leans over the plate.
Williams comes set. Delivered is the pitch, just swung on and far away.
Bailey's bluff's going to second base to try to upset Stan Williams a little bit.
The right hander has plenty of trouble on the bases behind him, not of his doing,
but he's been asked to get the ball cup out of it.
Bailey Pallou hands on hip, stands just off third, talking to Whitey Lockman.
Now he steps down and said Bailey gets ready to take a look at the next pitch.
The count on Ed is 0 and 1.
Mays steps away from first.
Williams ready, delivers the plate, pitch is high, gets away from Roseboro.
There goes Willie Mays. He'll go on down to second base.
Holding a third, Pallou. One ball, one strike count on Ed Bailey.
Willie Mays stopped midway between first and second.
He thought time had been called apparently.
And then saying that the ball was still in play, made a dash for second and made it.
So he's on at second base now.
The wild pitch charged to Stan Williams.
Ball almost got away from Roseboro.
Now they're going to continue on and put Ed Bailey on at first base.
Ball three.
And Williams only threw ball four.
Roseboro was going to go out to talk to Williams.
Roseboro just called him back and said that's only ball three.
Now there's ball four.
An intentional pass given up by Williams.
Now that puts it all up to Jim Davenport here in the top half of ninth inning.
The bases are loaded.
The runners at second and third are the responsibility of Robuck, whom Williams is relieving.
At first base Bailey is the responsibility of Williams himself.
We still have activity down in the Dodgers bullpen.
As soon as we can find out who that is down there going, we'll let you know.
Jim Davenport stepping up to the plate.
See Jim has been up there one, two, three, four times.
He has one hit to show for it.
One single down the third base side.
Last time he hit into a double play.
That was in the eighth.
Williams leans forward.
Now he comes down with the first pitch.
Davenport takes high.
That's ball one.
Bailey Pellew is on the third.
Willie Mays at second.
Ed Bailey on the first base.
Top half of the ninth inning.
All tied at four and four.
The Dodgers and the Giants.
Davenport waggles that wood back and forth.
Williams ready to come into it now.
Starts his motion.
Here comes the one-oh pitch.
Way inside.
No bridge.
Davenport has to hit the dirt.
Two balls and no strikes.
I imagine that will keep Davenport from digging in on Stan Williams.
Two ball, no strike count on Davenport.
Roseboro out in front of the plate yells something to Williams.
Then comes stomping back behind the plate.
The bases are loaded here in the top half of the ninth inning.
Two runs have been scored by the Giants.
They are in a tie now with the Dodgers.
Four and four.
Now we're ready.
Dual pitch taken over for the strike.
This all started here in the ninth inning when Matty Lou hit for Larson and single.
All of the runs that are being picked up here by the Giants in the ninth belong to Don Larson.
Starting pitchers there off the hook.
Williams ready.
Two runs to the plate.
High and on the inside.
Felipe Lojo came charging about halfway down from third base and might have shaken Williams up a little.
Well, one thing for sure, if Williams misses the plate this time and walks Davenport, he walks across the lead run.
It's all tied at four and four right now.
Williams is ready.
Roseboro puts a minute up as a target.
Davenport waiting.
The three-one pitch to him with the bases loaded.
Inside ball four.
Davenport walks.
He'll get credit for batting in his 58th run of the year.
Bailey goes to second base.
Mays moves over to third.
And Felipe Lou walks in to score.
And that will be charged to Robuck.
The watch, of course, charged to Williams.
So here in the top half, opposite in three runs of compiling across for the San Francisco Giants.
And they're leading it five to four.
And the complexion has changed again.
DeRosier is out to talk to Williams.
And that's going to be all for Williams.
Let's see.
Stan came on here in the ninth inning to pitch to the first baseman, Safeda.
So he's pitched one-third of this inning.
Just one-third of it.
Down the bullpen.
The signal is out for, I believe, a left-hander.
If it's a left-hander, probably will be Paranowski.
Someone has been warming up back in the chute, and we can't see who it is.
But now that he starts to come out of the bullpen, we'll be able to pick him up.
Ron Paranowski is coming on.
Paranowski will come on in this ballgame now to pitch to Jose Pagan.
Let's see.
There have been eight men come to bat here in the top half of the ninth inning,
and the Giants have scored three of them.
So the left-hander, Paranowski, will be pitching to Pagan, but the base is loaded.
Here's Al Helper.
All right, George.
It is a tough situation.
Jose Pagan coming up, the ninth hitter here in the top half of the ninth inning.
There are two outs with these bases loaded.
Paranowski will go to Pagan.
Jose has been up there four times.
He has two hits to show for it.
He hit a left-hander for two, starting pitcher Padres.
He got two singles his first two times up, hit the left field.
William has a run over third base.
That's second, Bailey.
That first seven for it.
The pitch is swung on by Pagan.
The run is long, shot down the left field side.
It is fouled.
Five to four the score.
Ron Paranowski here in relief of Williams.
He's pitching to Jose Pagan in the ninth with the bases loaded and two outs.
Paranowski once has beaten the Giants this year once they have beaten him.
For his work this year, the left-hander has a count of six and six.
Six wins, six losses.
Mays, Bailey, and Davenport the runners.
The pitch outside to Pagan, one ball and one strike.
All of the runs picked up here in the top of the ninth inning belong to Don Larson, who was derrick for a hitter.
So Larson has actually pitched only one inning.
And as George told you a few moments ago, we've got the ball in the right-hander and Bill McPherson left-hander and Penn for first goal.
Paranowski's fast ball is hit down to second base.
Burr right bubbles the ball.
Out with it, makes his play.
Not in time, a run scored.
It'll be an error on Burr right.
He tried to make the play back to Wills to catch the runner coming down to save it, but he couldn't do it.
He's charged with an error.
Pagan is the runner now at first base on the Burr right error.
Davenport, the man he was trying for, is the runner at second.
Bailey has moved over to third and Willie Mays has scored.
And we're going to have a batter now for Mattie Halleux.
Bob Neiman will bat for Halleux, who batted for Larson here to begin things in the ninth inning.
He's the tenth man to come to bat.
Bob Neiman.
He was used yesterday as a pinch batter.
Paranowski makes the delivery and the curve is outside for ball one.
Neiman batted in the seventh inning of the game yesterday and flied to center field.
He batted for Hiller.
Swings this time and pops it up off the third base side.
Jim Gilliam comes to the stands, he'll have no play.
One ball and one strike to Bob Neiman, Jimmie the outfielder.
He's the tenth man to come to bat here in the seventh.
Which four big runs have been scored.
On but two base hits.
There has been one error in the inning.
And the bases are still loaded.
Paranowski ready. Delivers to Neiman.
The pitch is swung on and trickle away up the third base side pole.
The runners on the bases right now for the Giants here in this big ninth inning.
Ed Bailey at third.
Base is Jim Davenport.
Six to four, that's how it stands.
The Giants out in front.
Six runs on 13 base hits.
They've committed three errors.
The Dodgers have committed four.
Paranowski, fourth pitcher to be used by Alston.
Trying to get out of the inning now.
The service to pinch it on Neiman.
It's taken outside.
Two balls, two strike counts.
Neiman moving back up to the plate.
You can imagine that the Giants fans around the country right now are hooping and hollering a bit.
Two runs out in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
This has been a bitter fight.
Now, swing on and miss for a victory.
So that's all.
There's Neiman batting here in the ninth inning.
Strikes out.
Out of sight.
Four runs on about two base hits.
There was an error and three men were left on.
So the score here in the ball game at the end of eight and one half innings.
It is the San Francisco Giants six.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have four.
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We're going to have a change in pitches for the last half of the ninth inning.
Philly Pearson's got a great lead.
We're going to have a change in pitches for the last half of the ninth inning.
Philly Pearson's coming on while he cranks up.
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The time is one minute until seven.
Billy Pierce with a 16-6 record has come on to try to hold this one for the San Francisco Giants.
He'll be pitching to Mari Wills batting right-handed.
Young paws after the first pitch and fouls it away for strike one.
The last time Billy Pierce faced these Los Angeles Dodgers just a couple of days back
at the start of this series of games at Candlestick Park.
He pitched a fine three-hit shutout over them.
One of eight to nothing.
Billy Pierce going to Mari Wills who has been a face runner on each occasion.
He's been up there.
He takes the curve for the strike.
Six runs on 13 base hits for the Giants.
And they have committed three errors.
Let's see.
They've stranded nine, 10, 11, 12 men this afternoon.
Four runs for the Dodgers on eight base hits.
They have committed four errors and have stranded eight so far.
Pierce delivers.
Pitch swung on and hits slowly down to third.
Davenport charges.
Goes to first.
Cepeda in time.
Wills is up.
No one away here.
And the bottom of the ninth inning is Mari Wills.
Ground's up.
And they stop him for the first time today.
Jim Gilliam becomes the batsman now and for right to follow unless Smokey Austin has any
other ideas.
One thing about it, this certainly has been a thrill this afternoon for 45,693 here at
Dodger Stadium.
We saw it back and forth.
Pitch is swung on by Gilliam hitting right handed and it's a foul ball.
Hit off the first base side to the stands out of play.
Gilliam has Mari Wills as a pinch hitter.
Coming up to the on deck circle for the Dodgers is the hero of yesterday's ball game, Lee
Walz.
Pierce fires a curve in there for the strike.
Gilliam takes it high up for the face.
One ball to the strike.
The Giants started off here this afternoon picking up two and a third.
The Dodgers came back with one and a fourth.
And then picked up two runs in the sixth inning to go ahead three to two.
Pitch is swung on by Gilliam.
He pounds it to center field.
Willie Mays has the range on it.
Waxed him.
It takes the ball out number two.
Then in the way of insurance, the Dodgers picked up a run in the seventh.
And at the end of seven innings it was four to two in favor of the Dodgers.
And it was a grossy at that time.
At the end of eight it was still four to two.
And lo and behold, four big runs came charging across the plate for the Giants in the top
half of the ninth inning.
And they are out in front six to four.
Philippines now will go to Lee Walls, the hero of yesterday's ball game.
Walls will bat for fur right here in the ninth inning.
Down to the very last out as far as the Dodgers are concerned.
Lee Walls, right hand hitter.
Somebody in field or not fielder.
Pierce works him a curve and that's outside of an O. Ball one.
Lee Walls has appeared in 60 ball games now for the Dodgers this year.
He's hitting a 269.
Has no home run.
17 runs by the bin.
He hit a double yesterday that scampered three runs in.
Takes his pitch over first strike.
The count is one ball one strike on Lee Walls.
Up here playing in slightly shaded to left.
He hit his double, his base cleaning double, up the alley in left center yesterday.
Came on to bat in the sixth inning.
He hit for Robuck at that time.
The double with the bases loaded.
Now the one-one pitch to Lee Walls.
It's all fun to right hand hitter.
Billy Pierce, the little left-hander, comes in to win.
The pitch is going on and hammered to center field.
It should be the ball game.
It's all over.
And he throws the ball up into the crowd.
Go back to it.
It's all over.
And the San Francisco Giants are the champions of the National League.
In the last half of the ninth inning, nothing across for the Dodgers.
Here are your totals for the Giants to win this in the full time of three games played.
Six runs on 13 hits, three errors.
They had 12 men left on.
For the Dodgers, four runs, eight hits, four errors.
They had eight men left on.
The winning pitcher will be Larson.
And the losing pitcher will be Eddie Robuck.
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Well, Mr. George Kell, it's all over, and we have seen a tremendous finish to the 1962 Nationally Great.
The final score here again, the Giants six runs, 13 hits, three errors, they had 12 men left on.
The Dodgers going down to defeat, four runs, eight hits, four errors, they had eight men left on.
Last in the winning pitcher, Pierce Hamilton-Zao.
And the losing pitcher for the Dodgers was Eddie Robach.
And this is our helper at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California,
with a most sincere thanks to our engineer, John Pollock,
our producer, who certainly has been a busy man, Mr. Hal Ashby.
And we're saying goodbye now from Los Angeles, and goodbye to the 1962 regular season.
And don't forget the World Series starting tomorrow exclusively on this network.
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