1962 Oct 02 • SFG/LAD • Tie-breaker G2 • San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Radio
1962 MLB Standings . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/leagues/mlb/...
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Start Time: 1:06 p.m. Local
Attendance: 25,321
Venue: Dodger Stadium . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/stadiums/dod...
Game Duration: 4:18
Day Game, on grass
Box Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . https://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...
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Radio Announcers
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Russ Hodges . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/russ...
Lon Simmons . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/lon-...
Harry Caray . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/harr...
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Managers
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Alvin Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/al-d...
Walt Alston . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/walt...
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Starting Lineups
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1962 San Francisco Giants . . https://retroseasons.com/teams/san-fr...
1 - 2B - Chuck Hiller . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/chuc...
2 - 3B - Jim Davenport . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/jim-...
3 - CF - Willie Mays . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/will...
4 - LF - Willie McCovey . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/will...
5 - 1B - Orlando Cepeda . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/orla...
6 - RF - Felipe Alou . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/feli...
7 - C - Tom Haller . . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/tom-...
8 - SS - José Pagán . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/jose...
9 - P - Jack Sanford . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/jack...
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1962 Los Angeles Dodgers . . . https://retroseasons.com/teams/los-an...
1 - SS - Maury Wills . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/maur...
2 - 2B - Jim Gilliam . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/jim-...
3 - LF - Duke Snider . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/duke...
4 - 3B - Tommy Davis . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/tomm...
5 - 1B - Wally Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/wall...
6 - RF - Frank Howard . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/fran...
7 - C - John Roseboro . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/john...
8 - CF - Willie Davis . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/will...
9 - P - Don Drysdale . . . . . . . . . . https://retroseasons.com/players/don-...
Game Summary (may have spoilers)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in a pivotal late-season matchup. The Dodgers were in a tight pennant race with the Giants and the NL-leading Pittsburgh Pirates, while the Giants were also jockeying for position in the playoff hunt. Veteran right-handers Don Drysdale of the Dodgers and Billy O'Dell of the Giants took the mound, with both teams looking to gain an advantage in the standings.
The game started as a pitcher's duel, with the Giants scratching across a run in the 2nd inning on an RBI double by Felipe Alou. However, the Dodgers erupted for 7 runs in the 6th inning, highlighted by a bases-clearing double by Jim Gilliam and a key error by Giants catcher Ed Bailey. The Giants fought back, plating 4 runs in the 6th to cut the deficit to 7-5. They tied the game at 7-7 in the 8th on an unearned run, setting up a dramatic 9th inning.
In the bottom of the 9th, the Dodgers loaded the bases and Maury Wills scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Davis, giving Los Angeles an 8-7 victory. The win kept the Dodgers in the thick of the pennant race, while the Giants fell further back. The 1962 season would go down to the wire, with the Dodgers ultimately edging the Giants by 4 games to claim the National League title.
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