GAME 4: “Series Pitlock’ed at 2 apiece”

Game MVP: Pitlock

Candlestick Park

69 degrees, no rain (how can it be?) J

Pitlock vs Boyd

San Francisco 11 Boston 1

For the third time in four games Boston scores in the first inning on an RBI single by Dwight Evans. On that, Boston would be done scoring for the day as Skip Pitlock would allow only 4 singles through 7 innings.

It may not have been raining, but don’t tell that to Oil Can Boyd who yielded up 10 hits and 5 home runs to Giant hitters (pun intended) while falling behind 7-1 after 4 innings. Jim Hart’s contribution was a two-run home run in the 2nd and a grand slam in the 3^rd to cap a 6 RBI day for him. Joining in during a three run 4^th were Bobby Bonds, Willie Mays and Willie McCovey with solo shots. Mays home run travelled 439 feet to dead centerfield. After four the Giants held a 10-1 lead and Boyd would head to the showers. Pitlock would cruise through 7 before giving way to Cumberland who pitched a scoreless 8^th and 9^th innings to tie the series at two games apiece.