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July 7, 1963

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Bottom 12 R H E
Cardinals 2 7 1
Giants 2 7 0
Bottom 12 R H E
Cardinals 2 7 1
Giants 2 7 0

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .277
OBP .600 .363
At Bats 3 278
Hits 1 77
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 1 35
RBI’s 0 52

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 0
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Candlestick Park - July 7, 1963
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Walk
Lew Burdette
Tim McCarver
Bill White
Julian Javier
Ken Boyer
Dick Groat
Charlie James
Curt Flood
George Altman
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Hiller hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Burdette hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Burdette reaches second base with a double.
Top 12 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarver for the out.
Top 12 Don Larsen now pitching. Flood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 11 Orlando Cepeda pinch hits for Jack Sanford. Lew Burdette now pitching. Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cepeda for the out.
Bottom 11 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Haller bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Javier covering, for the out. Hart moves to second.
Bottom 11 Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Boyer strikes out.
Top 11 Altman bunts towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out. Groat moves to second.
Top 11 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 10 Bobby Shantz now pitching. McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out.
Top 10 White hits a popup towards short. Bowman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Duke Carmel pinch hits for Barney Schultz. Carmel takes first base on ball four. McCarver moves to second.
Top 10 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Chuck Hiller now playing second base. Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Chuck Hiller pinch hits for Joey Amalfitano. Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Schultz covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Kuenn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Sanford strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bowman bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Javier covering, for the out. Haller moves to second.
Bottom 9 George Altman now playing right field. Charlie James now playing left field. Haller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 James hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 George Altman pinch runs for Stan Musial. Boyer hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Musial reaches third base with a triple. White scores. Groat goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 9 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kuenn. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Barney Schultz now pitching. McCovey is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Curt Simmons. Sawatski hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarver for the out.
Top 8 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Sanford hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Simmons covering, for the out.
Top 7 James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Haller strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hart takes first base on ball four. Amalfitano scores. McCovey moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 6 Alou takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Amalfitano moves to third.
Bottom 6 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Amalfitano moves to second.
Bottom 6 Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.
Top 6 White 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 6 Javier strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sanford hits a fly ball towards right. James catches it and throws to first to double up Bowman.
Bottom 5 Bowman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Haller hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.
Top 5 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Groat fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyer strikes out.
Top 4 Musial hits a popup towards short. Bowman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 White strikes out.
Top 3 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Haller hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Haller for the out.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Simmons strikes out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flood moves to second.
Top 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 James strikes out.
Top 2 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 1 Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Groat is called out on strikes.
Top 1 White strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Javier. The throw from Haller and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Top 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.