Dodgers @ Giants
August 18, 1961

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Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 0 2 0
Giants 0 3 1
Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 0 2 0
Giants 1 4 1

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .500 .320
At Bats 2 249
Hits 1 61
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 35

Don Drysdale Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 7 0
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Candlestick Park - August 18, 1961
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Home Run
Don Drysdale
John Roseboro
Ron Fairly
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Wally Moon
Willie Davis
Tommy Davis
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

McCovey hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Jim Gilliam now playing third base. Ron Fairly now playing first base. Tommy Davis now playing right field. Charlie Neal now playing second base. Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Davis. The throw from Bailey, and Amalfitano drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 7 Frank Howard pinch hits for Norm Larker. Stu Miller now pitching. Duke Snider pinch hits for Frank Howard. Snider strikes out.
Top 7 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Billy O'Dell now pitching. Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Billy Loes. Marshall strikes out.
Top 6 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Loes covering, for the out.
Top 6 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wills strikes out.
Top 6 Drysdale hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Larker hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fairly. McCovey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Davis strikes out.
Top 4 Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fairly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Loes hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pagan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Drysdale takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Davis bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Roseboro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bailey strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Larker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Davis hits a line drive into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano strikes out.
Top 1 Fairly hits a line drive into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Loes covering, for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Loes, and towards Pagan, who fields it and throws to first for the out.