MAYS BELTS 3 HRS, GIANTS BURY DODGERS
SF CF's Torrid August Continues
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (AP) - Willie Mays hit three home runs and drove in six
while Jim Duffalo tossed his first complete game of the season, leading the San
Francisco Giants to a 9-1 thrashing of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger
Stadium. Mays now has 43 home runs on the season and is lapping the field
in the National League long ball chase. Giants teammate Orlando Cepeda is
second in the league with 26 home runs. Boog Powell is the American League
leader with 29.
In the process of becoming just the third big leaguer thus far this season to
hit three home runs in a game (Willie Stargell of the Pirates and Tony Oliva of
the Twins are the others, and all three have accomplished the feat in the month
of August), Mays continues his red hot performance of late. Since August
1, he's posted a batting average of .379 with 12 home runs and 26 runs batted
in. The 12 homers this month match the output of all of his San Francisco
teammates combined. Seven of Mays' home runs have come in his last six
games.
The Giants took the lead in this game in the top of the first inning when
Cepeda's double, and an error by right fielder Wally Moon, scored Harvey Kuenn,
who had led off with a walk, from first base.
The Dodgers knotted the score in the bottom of the frame when Ron Fairly's
fielder's choice scored Jim Gilliam from third base.
San Francisco took the lead for good in the third. Hal Lanier led off with
a double to right and Mays followed with his first home run, into the left field
pavilion, to give the Giants a 3-1 lead. Cepeda walked but was forced at
second by Jim Ray Hart's fielder's choice grounder. A single by Jesus Alou
moved Hart to third and he scored on Jim Davenport's sacrifice fly to center
field to make it 4-1 San Francisco.
Mays led off the fifth inning with home run number two, into the left field
seats down the line, to make the score 5-1 and, after consecutive singles by
Cepeda, Hart and Alou filled the bases, Los Angeles starter Joe Moeller was
lifted in favor of Bob Miller who induced a double play grounder off Davenport's
bat, but Cepeda scored the Giants' sixth run of the game.
San Francisco capped the scoring in the eighth, and of course Mays was
involved. Reliever Jim Brewer hit Duffalo with a pitch leading off the
inning and, one out later, he moved to second on Lanier's single. Mays
then launched his third home run of the game. The three-run shot made it
9-1 in favor of the Giants.
Duffalo, meanwhile, was struggling with his control in just his second start of
the season but was successful in keeping the Dodgers off the scoreboard after
the first inning. He ended up walking four, while holding Los Angeles to
four hits.
8/24/1964, SF64-LAN64, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Giants 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 9 14 0 10 0 1964 Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 7 1 Giants AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0 .257 Wills ss 4 0 1 0 .271 Hiller 2b 1 0 0 0 .184 Gilliam 3b 3 1 0 0 .190 Lanier 2b 4 3 2 0 .257 Davis,W cf 3 0 2 0 .272 Alou,M lf 0 0 0 0 .188 Fairly 1b 3 0 0 1 .241 Mays cf 5 3 3 6 .295 Davis,T lf 4 0 0 0 .251 Cepeda 1b 4 1 4 0 .281 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 .000 McCovey 1b 0 0 0 0 .188 Roseboro c 3 0 0 0 .245 Hart 3b 5 1 1 0 .304 Camilli c 1 0 0 0 .162 Pagan ss 0 0 0 0 .193 Moon rf 4 0 1 0 .116 Alou,J rf 5 0 3 0 .295 Oliver,N 2b 3 0 0 0 .234 Davenport ss 4 0 1 1 .206 Tracewski 2b 1 0 0 0 .171 Haller c 3 0 0 0 .258 Moeller p 1 0 0 0 .075 Duffalo p 3 1 0 0 .000 Miller,B p 0 0 0 0 .125 38 9 14 7 Parker ph 1 0 0 0 .213 Brewer p 0 0 0 0 .286 Griffith lf 0 0 0 0 .270 31 1 4 1 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Duffalo W 3-2 9.0 4 1 1 4 4 112 68 3.88 9.0 4 1 1 4 4 112 68 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Moeller L 5-14 4.0 9 6 5 3 5 89 56 3.90 Miller,B 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 39 24 2.92 Brewer 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 23 14 3.18 Perranoski 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 19 9 3.12 9.0 14 9 8 5 9 170 103 SF : Hiller inserted at 2b in the 8th Alou,M inserted at lf in the 8th McCovey inserted at 1b in the 8th Pagan inserted at ss in the 8th Davenport moved to 3b in the 8th LAN: Parker batted for Miller,B in the 7th Camilli inserted at c in the 9th Tracewski inserted at 2b in the 9th Griffith inserted at lf in the 9th E-Moon. 2B-Lanier(8), Cepeda 2(25), Wills(10), Davis,W(17), Moon(3). HR-Mays 3(43). RBI-Mays 6(97), Davenport(14), Fairly(44). K-Lanier, Mays, Hart 2, Alou,J, Haller, Duffalo 3, Wills, Roseboro, Moeller, Tracewski. BB-Kuenn, Lanier, Cepeda, Haller 2, Gilliam, Davis,W, Fairly, Miller,B. SH-Duffalo. SF-Davenport. HBP-Duffalo. PB-Haller. HB-Brewer. WP-Duffalo, Miller,B. GWRBI: Mays Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 41,279 Game Time: 2:21