After their three games in SF, the Giants and Dodgers both received a day off to travel east. They both resumed play on Tuesday, August 14--and the pattern established in the previous series stayed in place.
The Dodgers' offense sputtered at Forbes Field; the only run they scored in their opening game vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates came on a homer by pitcher Johnny Podres. They had other opportunities against Al McBean, but they hit into three double plays (two from their NL RBI leader Tommy Davis).
The Bucs put together back-to-back doubles from Roberto Clemente and Donn Clendenon in the first inning to score their initial run, and Dick Groat doubled in Bill Virdon in the bottom of the third to put them back in the lead after Podres' homer had tied the score in the top of the inning.
Maury Wills, who'd just stolen his 60th base a few days previously (he would go on to steal 44 more bases in the next 45 games), was caught stealing in the seventh by McBean and catcher Smoky Burgess. It was only the eighth time all year that Wills had been caught, but it brought an end to another potential Dodger rally. Final score: Pirates 2, Dodgers 1.
IN Chicago, the Giants had a much easier time with the woeful Cubs; they knocked out starter Glen Hobbie (4-12 on the year in the third) to take a 5-1 lead after three innings; Willie Mays gave them some extra cushion in the seventh with his 36th homer, a three-run shot. Jack Sanford scattered eight hits en route to his 16th win. Final score: Giants 9, Cubs 2. (In the space of four days, the Giants had knocked four games off the Dodgers' lead and now trailed by only a game and a half.)
SEASON RECORDS: LAD 79-41, SFG 77-42
