As my friend Marv Foley has reminded me, today is the 40th anniversary of what some consider to be the greatest game in baseball history. r
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On July 1st 1963, future hall of famers Juan Marichal of the SF Giants and Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves battled each other in a 16 inning shut out until Willie Mays won the game on a home run in the bottom of the 16th.r
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Amazingly, both pitchers faced 55 batters each, while Marichal delivered a mind-boggling 227 pitches. r
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MILWAUKEE ab r h bi SAN FRANCISCO ab r h bir
Maye, cf 6 0 0 0 Kuenn, 3b 7 0 1 0r
Bolling, 2b 7 0 2 0 Mays, cf 6 1 1 1 r
Aaron, rf 6 0 0 0 McCovey, lf 6 0 1 0r
Mathews, 3b 2 0 0 0 F. Alou, rf 6 0 1 0r
Menke, 3b 5 0 2 0 Cepeda, 1b 6 0 2 0r
Larker, 1b 5 0 0 0 Bailey, c 6 0 1 0r
Jones, lf 5 0 1 0 Pagan, ss 2 0 0 0r
Dillard,ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Davenport, ph 1 0 0 0r
Crandall, c 6 0 2 0 Bowman, ss 3 0 2 0r
McMillian, ss 6 0 0 0 Hiller, 2b 6 0 0 0r
Spahn, p 6 0 1 0 Marichal, p 6 0 0 0r
TOTALS 55 0 8 0 TOTALS 55 1 9 1r
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Milwaukee 000 000 000 000 000 0 – 0-8-1r
San Francisco 000 000 000 000 000 0 – 1-9-1r
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tE – Kuenn, Menke. LOB – Milwaukee 11, r
San Francisco 9. 2B – Spahn, Kuenn. r
HR – Mays (15). SB – Cepeda, Maye, Menke.r
Att – 15,921. Time: 4:10r
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MILWAUKEE IP H R ER BB K r
Spahn (L) 15.1 9 1 1 1 2 r
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SAN FRANCISCO IP H R ER BB Kr
Marichal (W) 16 8 0 0 4 10r
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