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San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs

1961-07-04 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 65°F, cloudy, dry · Wind from RF · 3:14

San Francisco Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 19–3. San Francisco Giants put up 5 in the 7th. Billy O'Dell earned the win. Orlando Cepeda went 5-for-5 with 1 HR and 8 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	2	0	4	4	1	2	5	0	1	19	22
CHN	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5

W: Billy O'Dell L: Don Cardwell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Ed Vargo · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: Al Forman · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Amalfitano	3	3	2	2	3	0
Harvey Kuenn	5	3	2	0	0	0
Willie McCovey	6	2	2	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	4	4	3	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	5	2	5	8	0	0
Hobie Landrith	5	1	2	2	0	1
Jim Davenport	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Pagan	5	2	2	1	1	0
Billy O'Dell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Felipe Alou	1	2	1	1	1	0
Eddie Bressoud	2	0	1	0	0	1
Matty Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Heist	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jerry Kindall	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ernie Banks	3	0	1	1	0	1
George Altman	3	1	1	1	1	2
Billy Williams	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Santo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Bouchee	3	0	0	0	0	2
Don Cardwell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Bertell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Ashburn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Roach	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eddie Fisher	0.0	3	0	0
Billy O'Dell	9.0	2	1	13

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Cardwell	2.1	5	2	0
Dick Drott	1.1	4	1	1
Mel Wright	3.0	8	1	0
Jim Brewer	1.1	4	0	0
Barney Schultz	1.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joey Amalfitano: W
Harvey Kuenn: 54(1)/FO
Willie McCovey: 43.1-2
Willie Mays: S8/8.2-H
Orlando Cepeda: SB2
Orlando Cepeda: S7/7.2-H
Hobie Landrith: 8

Bot 1

Al Heist: D7
Jerry Kindall: D7.2-H
Ernie Banks: S8/6M.2-H
George Altman: W.1-2
Billy Williams: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Ron Santo: 4/L

Top 2

Jim Davenport: 63
Jose Pagan: 63
Billy O'Dell: 13

Bot 2

Sammy Taylor: 31
Ed Bouchee: K
Don Cardwell: K/C

Top 3

Joey Amalfitano: W
Harvey Kuenn: SB2
Harvey Kuenn: S9/9S.2-3
Willie McCovey: 8
Willie Mays: S7/56.3-H;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: D8/8XD.2-H;1-H;B-3(E4)
Hobie Landrith: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Jim Davenport: K/C

Bot 3

Al Heist: K/C
Jerry Kindall: 8
Ernie Banks: 6/P

Top 4

Jose Pagan: W
Billy O'Dell: 34/SH.1-2
Joey Amalfitano: S8/8.2-H
Harvey Kuenn: S8/8.1-2
Willie McCovey: 8
Willie Mays: D7.2-H;1-H(E4);B-3
Orlando Cepeda: D7/7D.3-H
Hobie Landrith: 4/P

Bot 4

George Altman: K/C
Billy Williams: K
Ron Santo: 6/L

Top 5

Jim Davenport: 9/L
Jose Pagan: S8/6M
Billy O'Dell: 34/SH.1-2
Joey Amalfitano: S7/56.2-H
Harvey Kuenn: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Sammy Taylor: K
Ed Bouchee: 7
Mel Wright: K

Top 6

Willie McCovey: S9/9
Willie Mays: S5/5.1-2
Orlando Cepeda: S8/8.2-H;1-3
Hobie Landrith: S8/8.3-H;1-2
Jim Davenport: 164(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jose Pagan: 9

Bot 6

Al Heist: K
Jerry Kindall: K
Ernie Banks: K

Top 7

Billy O'Dell: 13
Joey Amalfitano: W
Harvey Kuenn: 3/P
Willie McCovey: S8/4M.1-3
Felipe Alou: S8/8.3-H;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: HR/8XD.2-H;1-H
Hobie Landrith: S7/7S
Eddie Bressoud: S7/7.1-2
Jose Pagan: S8/8.2-H;1-2
Billy O'Dell: 3/G

Bot 7

George Altman: HR/9LD
Billy Williams: D9
Ron Santo: 3/P
Dick Bertell: 63
Ed Bouchee: K

Top 8

Joey Amalfitano: 8
Matty Alou: 13
Willie McCovey: 53

Bot 8

Richie Ashburn: 5/L
Al Heist: 3/P
Jerry Kindall: 7

Top 9

Felipe Alou: W
Jim Marshall: S9/9.1-3
Hobie Landrith: PB.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Hobie Landrith: K
Eddie Bressoud: K
Jose Pagan: 43

Bot 9

Mel Roach: K
George Altman: K
Billy Williams: 43

Notes & reviews

First major league game with an umpire in centerfield; experiment by crew chief Al Barlick because that umpire could make calls along the wall in both directions
the ball landed in the upper section of the CF bleachers 525 to 550 feet from HP

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