Giants Show Life, Have a Grand Game in LA

Down 2-0 and facing a sweep, the 1962 San Francisco Giants showed some life against the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers. Giants hitters had their way with starter Johnny Podres, and piled on more late. Meanwhile, Juan Marichal allowed just 3 hits, one of which was a Frank Howard 3-run home run, to keep the Dodgers from getting into the game. Tom Haller hit a 2-out 2-run single in the 2nd off Podres to put San Francisco up early. In the 3rd, Podres walked Chuck Hiller and Willie Mays to lead off the inning, and Ron Fairly misplayed a hot grounder to load the bases. Orlando Cepeda delivered, hitting a grand slam to give the Giants a 6-0 lead. After Howard’s homer cut the lead in half, Podres allowed back-to-back singles to end his day in the 5th. Both runners scored on another 2-out single to extend the lead to 8-3. Larry Sherry entered the 8th, but struggled. He bobbled an easy grounder by Haller before allowing 3 straight singles to José Pagán, Harvey Kuenn, and Hiller. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Mays drilled one deep for another grand slam. Mays has now hit 4 homers in the series. After the 13-2 win, San Francisco hopes to carry the momentum into Game 4. The Dodgers will be without Maury Wills for a few days after he left the game after a collision in the 2nd inning.

’62 Giants @ ’63 Dodgers – 9/11/25