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Giants
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 4, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 4, 1963 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 4, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 4, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Billy O'Dell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roger Craig |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 25,674 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tony Venzon 1B: Mel Steiner 2B: Augie Donatelli 3B: Shag Crawford |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Billy O'Dell | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Burright | Second Baseman |
| Ed Kranepool | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Neal | Third Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Jim Hickman | Center Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Norm Sherry | Catcher |
| Al Moran | Shortstop |
| Roger Craig | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Mets
Polo Grounds
May 4, 1963
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Craig
Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Craig
Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Craig
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Craig
Mays hits a popup towards short. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Craig
Cepeda hits a line drive towards short. Moran reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. O'Dell
Burright hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. O'Dell
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. O'Dell
Neal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Neal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. O'Dell
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Craig
Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amalfitano vs. Craig
Amalfitano bunts towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amalfitano for the out. Bailey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pagan vs. Craig
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bailey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
O'Dell vs. Craig
O'Dell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. O'Dell
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. O'Dell
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. O'Dell
Sherry strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Craig
Davenport takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Craig
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Craig
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Craig
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. O'Dell
Moran is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craig vs. O'Dell
Craig is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. O'Dell
Burright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. O'Dell
Kranepool hits a fly ball into left field. McCovey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Craig
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Craig
Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amalfitano vs. Craig
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright misplays the ball. That's an error on Burright. Bailey moves to third. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pagan vs. Craig
Pagan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Burright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Dell vs. Craig
O'Dell bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Davenport vs. Craig
Davenport hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Craig
Alou strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. O'Dell
Neal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. O'Dell
Thomas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Thomas reaches third base with a triple. Neal goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hickman vs. O'Dell
Hickman hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hodges vs. O'Dell
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sherry vs. O'Dell
Sherry hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. O'Dell
Moran hits a line drive towards short. Pagan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craig vs. O'Dell
Craig is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 6 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Craig
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Craig
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Craig
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Craig
Bailey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Rowe
Don Rowe now pitching.
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Rowe
Pagan hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. O'Dell
Burright bunts towards the mound. O'Dell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. O'Dell
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. O'Dell
Neal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. O'Dell
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dell vs. Rowe
O'Dell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Rowe
Davenport hits a line drive into center field. Hickman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hickman. Davenport moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Rowe
Alou takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCovey vs. Rowe
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport scores. Alou moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Rowe
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou scores. McCovey moves to third. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cepeda vs. Rowe
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCovey scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bailey vs. Rowe
Bailey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Rowe
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. O'Dell
Hickman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. O'Dell
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. O'Dell
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Bearnarth
Larry Bearnarth now pitching.
Pagan is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dell vs. Bearnarth
O'Dell bunts towards the mound. Bearnarth fields it and throws to first for the out. Pagan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davenport vs. Bearnarth
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Neal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Bearnarth
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Perry
Ernie Bowman now playing shortstop. Gaylord Perry now pitching.
Moran strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bearnarth vs. Perry
Bearnarth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burright vs. Perry
Burright is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Perry
Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Burright trying to get to third. McCovey throws the ball in to Davenport, who tags Burright for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Bearnarth
Marv Throneberry now playing first base.
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Bearnarth
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Bearnarth
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Bearnarth
Tom Haller pinch hits for Ed Bailey.
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Moran fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Perry
Tom Haller now catching. Harvey Kuenn now playing right field. Felipe Alou now playing center field.
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Perry
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hickman vs. Perry
Hickman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Throneberry vs. Perry
Throneberry strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Bearnarth
Rod Kanehl now playing third base.
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran misplays the ball. That's an error on Moran. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowman vs. Bearnarth
Bowman hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perry vs. Bearnarth
Perry bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Giants, 14 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davenport vs. Bearnarth
Davenport hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hickman who is chasing the ball. Davenport reaches third base with a triple. Amalfitano scores. Bowman goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 16 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Bearnarth
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Moran misplays the ball. That's an error on Moran. Davenport scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 17 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Bearnarth
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Throneberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 17 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Bearnarth
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Moran fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 17 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Perry
Matty Alou now playing left field. Willie McCovey now playing first base. Duke Snider pinch hits for Norm Sherry.
Snider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 17 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Perry
Choo Choo Coleman pinch hits for Al Moran.
Coleman 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, 17 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harkness vs. Perry
Tim Harkness pinch hits for Larry Bearnarth.
Harkness strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/4/1963 -- San Francisco at New York (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Davenport J, 3b 5 4 4 5 Burright L, 2b 3 0 2 0
Alou F, rf-cf 5 2 1 3 Kranepool E, rf 4 0 1 0
McCovey W, lf-1b 6 2 2 1 Neal C, 3b 3 1 2 0
Mays W, cf 5 1 1 1 Kanehl R, 3b 0 0 0 0
Kuenn H, rf 1 0 0 0 Thomas F, lf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda O, 1b 5 2 3 4 Hickman J, cf 4 0 0 0
Alou M, lf 0 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 2 1 1 0
Bailey E, c 4 3 4 3 Throneberry M, 1b 1 0 0 0
Haller T, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Sherry N, c 3 1 1 3
Amalfitano J, 2b 4 2 0 0 Snider D, ph 1 0 0 0
Pagan J, ss 3 0 0 0 Moran A, ss 3 0 0 0
Bowman E, ss 1 1 0 0 Coleman C, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Dell B, p 3 0 0 0 Craig R, p 2 0 0 0
Perry G, p 1 0 0 0 Rowe D, p 0 0 0 0
Bearnarth L, p 1 0 0 0
Harkness T, ph 1 0 0 0
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44 17 15 17 33 4 8 4
San Francisco 200 435 003 -- 17
New York 000 400 000 -- 4
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell B (W) 6.0 7 4 4 1 5
Perry G (S) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Craig R (L) 4.1 9 9 6 1 3
Rowe D 1.2 4 5 5 1 1
Bearnarth L 3.0 2 3 0 0 1
E -- Burright L 2, Hickman J, Moran A 2
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- San Francisco 5, New York 5
2B -- Neal C
3B -- Thomas F, Davenport J
HR -- Alou F, Cepeda O 2, Davenport J, Sherry N, Bailey E 2
SH -- Amalfitano J, O'Dell B
HBP -- by Bearnarth L (Pagan J), by Perry G (Burright L)
T -- 2:55
A -- 25674
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