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Giants
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
September 4, 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 September 4, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Juan Marichal |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Drysdale |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 32,109 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chris Pelekoudas 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Mel Steiner 3B: Jocko Conlan |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Orlando Cepeda | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Harvey Kuenn | Third Baseman |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Ernie Bowman | Second Baseman |
| Juan Marichal | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Maury Wills | Shortstop |
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Ron Fairly | First Baseman |
| Frank Howard | Left Fielder |
| Tommy Davis | Third Baseman |
| Norm Sherry | Catcher |
| Don Drysdale | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
September 4, 1961
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drysdale
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Drysdale
McCovey hits a line drive towards the mound. Drysdale reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drysdale
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Marichal
Gilliam hits a line drive towards short. Pagan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fairly vs. Marichal
Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Drysdale
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Drysdale
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Drysdale
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Marichal
Howard 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 center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Marichal
Sherry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Marichal
Drysdale strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Drysdale
Pagan hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowman vs. Drysdale
There goes Pagan. The throw from Sherry and he is safe. Pagan steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bowman vs. Drysdale
Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pagan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Marichal vs. Drysdale
Marichal strikes out. There goes Pagan. The tag by Sherry and Pagan is out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Marichal
There goes Wills. The throw from Bailey and he is safe. Wills steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Marichal
Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bowman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drysdale
Alou hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Drysdale
There goes Alou. The throw from Sherry and he is safe. Alou steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Drysdale
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Drysdale
Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Drysdale
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first, with Drysdale covering, for the out. Alou moves to third. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Bailey vs. Drysdale
Bailey hits a line drive into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Marichal
Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Marichal
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Marichal
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan misplays the ball. That's an error on Pagan. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Sherry vs. Marichal
There goes Davis. The throw from Bailey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Sherry vs. Marichal
There goes Davis, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Davis steals home. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Marichal
Sherry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Marichal
Drysdale hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sherry moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Wills vs. Marichal
Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Drysdale
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Drysdale
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Drysdale
Bowman hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Marichal
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Marichal
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Marichal
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. O'Dell
Billy O'Dell now pitching. Gil Hodges pinch hits for Ron Fairly.
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. O'Dell
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Drysdale
Gil Hodges now playing first base. Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Billy O'Dell.
Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drysdale
Alou hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Drysdale
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Drysdale
Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Bolin
Sherry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Sherry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Drysdale vs. Bolin
Drysdale strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Bolin
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Drysdale
Wally Moon now playing left field. Duke Snider now playing right field. Willie Davis now playing center field.
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Drysdale
Bailey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Drysdale
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pagan vs. Drysdale
Pagan bunts towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Bolin
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bowman misplays the ball. That's an error on Bowman. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Bolin
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Bolin
Snider hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Bolin
There goes Gilliam. The throw from Bailey and he is safe. Gilliam steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Bolin
Hodges strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Drysdale
Bowman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Drysdale
Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Bobby Bolin.
Landrith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Drysdale
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Wills fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Drysdale
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. LeMay
Dick LeMay now pitching.
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. LeMay
Davis hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Sherry vs. LeMay
Sherry hits a fly ball towards right. Alou catches it and throws to third to double up . View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drysdale
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Drysdale
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Drysdale
Bailey strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1961 -- San Francisco at Los Angeles (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Alou F, rf 4 0 1 0 Wills M, ss 4 1 1 0
McCovey W, 1b 2 0 0 0 Gilliam J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Cepeda O, lf 4 0 0 0 Moon W, rf-lf 4 0 1 1
Mays W, cf 4 0 0 0 Snider D, cf-rf 3 1 1 2
Bailey E, c 4 0 1 0 Fairly R, 1b 2 0 0 0
Kuenn H, 3b 3 0 0 0 Hodges G, ph-1b 2 0 0 0
Pagan J, ss 3 0 0 0 Howard F, lf 3 0 0 0
Bowman E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Davis W, cf 1 0 0 0
Marichal J, p 1 0 0 0 Davis T, 3b 4 1 1 0
O'Dell B, p 0 0 0 0 Sherry N, c 3 0 2 0
Bressoud E, ph 1 0 0 0 Drysdale D, p 3 0 1 0
Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0
Landrith H, ph 0 0 0 0
LeMay D, p 0 0 0 0
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29 0 2 0 33 4 8 3
San Francisco 000 000 000 -- 0
Los Angeles 001 120 00x -- 4
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal J (L) 4.1 6 4 3 2 3
O'Dell B 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Bolin B 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
LeMay D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale D (W) 9.0 2 0 0 3 3
E -- Fairly R, Pagan J, Bailey E, Bowman E
DP -- San Francisco 1, Los Angeles 1
LOB -- San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 7
2B -- Sherry N, Davis T
3B -- Moon W
HR -- Snider D
SB -- Pagan J, Wills M, Alou F, Davis T 2, Gilliam J
CS -- Pagan J
T -- 2:30
A -- 32109
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