Dodgers fight off relentless Giants to win in extra innings

In the second game at Ebbets field between the Brooklyn Dodgers and San Fransisco Giants both teams would put on a show.  The lefty Billy Pierce (0-1) would go for the Giants against a hot Billy Loes (2-0) for the Dodgers.  The Giants would start the scoring early when Jim Gilliam, a switch hitter batting righthanded, fought off a tough breaking ball with a full count through the hole between second and first.  With the next pitch by Pierce, Gilliam would take off for second and sneak in under the Jose Pagan tag.  Two grounders to short later, Roy Campanella, who finished 3-5 with two doubles on the day, would single.  Gilliam, who was running on contact, scored easily and the Dodgers took the 1-0 lead.

The third inning saw more action.  The pitcher Peirce led off with a double, and showing surprising speed would score on a Harvey Kuenn single.  After a liner to Gilliam was snagged, Mays would ground weakly to Loes who sailed the throw to first over Gil Hodges head.  With Mays on first and Orlando Cepeda working the count, Mays would steal his second base of season and set up an RBI opportunity for Cepeda, who would deliever with another single.  Already with two runs in the inning and two outs, Felipe Alou would blast a ball deep into the left field stands and the Giants would take the lead 4-1.

The Dodgers would climb back into the game.  In the 6th inning the second Campenella double of the day was cashed in with a Carl Furillo triple.  Furillo would score on a screaming groundball from Billy Cox that was to deep in the firstbase hole for Cepeda to make a play at home.  Then in the 7th, with Loes set to leadoff the inning, Bobby Morgan would come in to pinch hit and single just in front of an oncoming Kuenn in left.  Jackie Robinson would then single with one out, moving Morgan to third.  Duke Snider followed up with his only hit of the day, a two RBI single.

This game was far from over.  Felipe Alou in the bottom of the 8th would connect for his second homerun of the day, another bomb into left, to tie the game.  Then in the 9th, the pitcher Billy Pierce would hit an unassuming ball that would continue to sail right over the fence, and just like that the Giants had retaken the lead.  The Dodgers weren't without last inning heroics.  Pinch hitter George Shuba would jump all over a Pierce changeup and put it way over the fence in right.

In extras, Willie Mays led off with a double in the top half of the tenth only to be stranded by his teammates.  While in the bottom half of the inning the combination of Furillo, Cox and Pee Wee Reese linked for three straight singles off of relief pitcher Stu Miller to claim the win for the Dodgers.

The Dodgers improved to a league best 6-2 and the Giants fell to 3-5.
WP : Jim Hughes
LP : Stu Miller

Team		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Giants		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	10	0
Dodgers		1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	7	14	1