Evening star., 1962-10-03

That evened the National
League playoff at a game each,
and left hundreds of baseball
officials, members of the press,
radio and TV, and thousands
of ticket-holders in utmost
confusion. 1t even caught the
Yankees guessing. They are in
San Francisco, awaiting de-
velopments.
POdres May Start
Johnny Podres, who lost what
he said was the finest game
he ever pitched on Sunday.
may GO for the Dodgers today
with only a two-day rest. If
not, it will be Larry Sherry.
who has not started a game
this season.
Manager Alvin Dark Of the
Giants named Juan Marichal
and when he was asked If Mari
chal was physically fit, Dark
snapped, why don't you ask
hiHn?"
Manager Walt Aston Of the
Dodgers said he might have
both Podres and Sherry warm
up and select the sharpest. Don
Drysdale, who started yeSter-
day with two days rest, VOL
unteered. "He would have
pitched if I had asked him."
Aston said, "but I didn't. He
came to me-"
It is difficult to conceive
that either of these teams could
be revived by the challenge of
the World Series to seriously
threaten the Yankees. Neither,
for instance, would have q
first-line starter available with
sufficient rest.
Wills Steals 1O1st Base
Wills, who had not been on
base in the Dodgers games OF
Saturday, Sunday or Monday
finally reached first on a field
er's choice in the sixth and
promptly stole his 101st base
He kept going on an overthrow
and was nailed at third.
But Maury was the whole
show in the ninth. With the
score tied, TT, he was walked
by Bob Bolin to open the bot
tom Of the inning. SouthpaV
Dick LeMay came in to pitch
primarily to keep Maury from
stealing. and threw to first
eight times to hold the Dodgel
speedster on the bag. Un-
doubtedly disconnected by Wills
LeMay proceeded to walk Jim
Gillian.
At this juncture Aston sent
up Daryl Spencer as a pinch
hitter and Dark countered by
bringing in righthander Gay
lord Perry. Spencer bunted back
to Perry, who unaccountably
threw to first to get Spencer
rather than make a certain
force play on Wills at third
Then Maury scored on Ron
Fairly's medium deep fly to
centerfield off Mike Nc
Cormick. Thus the Giants
used four pitchers In Wills
cycle of the bases.
Dodgers Cut Loose
It appeared that the Giants
were home free when they
opened scoring with a run in
the second on Orlando Cepeda' s
single and q double by Felipe
Alou and boosted their lead to
SO in the sixth with four hits
the longest a double by Jose
Pagan. Ed Roebuck replaced
starter Don Drysdale to stem
the tide.
The Dodgers were closing in
on the Senator's record of hav-
ing gone ScoreleSs in -four
straight games in 1858 as they
came up in the bottom Of the
sixth, but all at once they
erupted.
The Dodgers had gone IS
ScoreleSS innings until then, but
by the time the frame ended
they had scored seven runs and
enjoyed a 7-5 lead. Ten men
batted in the uprising, includ-
ing three pinch-hitters. The
big blow was three-run double
by Pinch-hitter Lee Walls off
Billy ODell, the Giants 19-
game winner who did not retire
one Of the three batters he
faced.
There was criticism of Dark
for removing Jack Sanford in
the sixth. Jack appeared to be
a lock to join the 25-game win
ners, with a SO lead, but after
he walked Gillian, Dark called
for Stu Miller to relieve him.
Davis Ends Famine
Sanford had a cold, his uni
form was dripping wet, and he
had made q motion to the
bench as If he had had enough
Miller gave up a double to Duke
Snider just inside first and
Tommy Davis finally ended the
Dodgers scoring famine with
a sacrifice fly.
Wally Moon walked and
Frank Howard singled home a
second run, and that was
enough for Miller.
Southpaw O'Dell was the
next choice. but he gave up q
pinch single to Doug Camilli
to load the bases and on a 3-2
count hit Pinch Hitter Andy
Carey to force in q run. Walls