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21. Spahn vs Marichal, July 2, 1963: two pitchers, 16 innings

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:57 PM

Mar 2020

San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Braves 1-0 on a Willie Mays home run in the 16th inning.

Marichal threw 227 pitches; the 42-year-old Warren Spahn threw 201 pitches.

Alvin Dark, Giants manager, called it "the greatest game I've ever seen by two pitchers."

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - "I said to myself three times, 'This will be my last inning'," weary Juan Marichal said quietly. "Each time I went out there again. When Willie (Mays) was in the circle waiting to bat, I called to him, 'Hit one now.' Everyone laughed at me, but Willie did it." It was the 16th inning in Candlestick Park where Marichal and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn had dueled 4 hours and 10 minutes of scoreless baseball. Spahn threw a screwball, the pitch that got him out of trouble so many times. Mays belted a home run over the left field fence, deciding the issue 1-0 for the Giants." - The Pantagraph (03 Jul 1963. Giants Edge Milwaukee, 1-0, in 16 Innings.

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Centerfield, Baby! Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #16

Fantastic Auggie Mar 2020 #19

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Spahn vs Marichal, July 2, 1963: two pitchers, 16 innings Auggie Mar 2020 #21

Mays' walk off home run was almost a footnote to that game, but it helped fill Willie's BINGO card Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #22

Amazing stat and, I guess, record Auggie Mar 2020 #23

Two years later, Warren Spahn played for the Giants, his last year Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #24