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Giants
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
August 2, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 2, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Juan Marichal |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Podres |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 45,249 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Al Forman 3B: Tom Gorman |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Left Fielder |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| John Orsino | Catcher |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Juan Marichal | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Maury Wills | Shortstop |
| Willie Davis | Center Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Tommy Davis | Third Baseman |
| Norm Larker | First Baseman |
| John Roseboro | Catcher |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Podres | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
August 2, 1961
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Podres
Amalfitano strikes out. Roseboro drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Amalfitano out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Podres
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills misplays the ball. That's an error on Wills. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Podres
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Podres
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis juggles the ball. That's an error on Davis. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Podres
Davenport hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Davenport reaches second base with a double. Cepeda moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Orsino vs. Podres
Orsino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wills. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Pagan vs. Podres
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Cepeda scores. Davenport moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Marichal vs. Podres
Marichal strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Podres
Amalfitano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Podres
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Podres
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Podres
Cepeda strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Podres
Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Orsino vs. Podres
Orsino hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. There goes Mays trying to get to second. Moon throws the ball in to Neal who tags Mays for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Marichal
Roseboro strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Marichal
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Podres vs. Marichal
Podres strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Podres
Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Marichal vs. Podres
There goes Pagan. The throw from Roseboro and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Podres
Marichal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Podres
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Podres
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a popup towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Podres
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Podres
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker hits a fly ball into center field. Mays catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Mays. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. Marichal
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Neal vs. Marichal
Neal strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Podres
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Orsino vs. Podres
Orsino strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Podres
Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Marichal vs. Podres
Marichal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Marichal
Ron Fairly pinch hits for Johnny Podres.
Fairly strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Craig
Roger Craig now pitching.
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Craig
Kuenn strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Craig
Alou hits a line drive into center field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Alou moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Mays vs. Craig
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Craig
Cepeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Davenport vs. Craig
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Larker vs. Marichal
Larker strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orsino vs. Craig
Orsino hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Craig
Pagan hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Craig
Marichal hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Marichal
Roseboro hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Marichal
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Marichal
Jim Gilliam pinch hits for Roger Craig.
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Farrell
Turk Farrell now pitching.
Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Farrell
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Farrell
Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Farrell
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1961 -- San Francisco at Los Angeles (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Amalfitano J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Wills M, ss 3 0 0 0
Kuenn H, lf 5 1 1 0 Davis W, cf 4 0 0 0
Alou F, rf 5 3 3 4 Snider D, rf 3 0 0 0
Mays W, cf 3 0 1 0 Moon W, lf 3 0 0 0
Cepeda O, 1b 4 1 1 1 Davis T, 3b 3 0 1 0
Davenport J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Larker N, 1b 3 0 0 0
Orsino J, c 4 0 1 0 Roseboro J, c 3 0 0 0
Pagan J, ss 4 0 2 0 Neal C, 2b 3 0 0 0
Marichal J, p 4 0 0 0 Podres J, p 1 0 0 0
Fairly R, ph 1 0 0 0
Craig R, p 0 0 0 0
Gilliam J, ph 1 0 0 0
Farrell T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 6 11 5 28 0 1 0
San Francisco 013 000 101 -- 6
Los Angeles 000 000 000 -- 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal J (W) 9.0 1 0 0 2 11
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Podres J (L) 6.0 7 4 3 2 5
Craig R 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Farrell T 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
E -- Wills M 2, Davis T, Mays W, Davis W
DP -- Los Angeles 2
LOB -- San Francisco 7, Los Angeles 3
2B -- Davenport J
HR -- Alou F 2
CS -- Pagan J
T -- 2:24
A -- 45249
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