At Chicago, the Giants roll to a 19 – 3 win in the first game, collecting 22 hits including a homer by Orlando Cepeda that is one of the longest in Wrigley Field history. The Cubs come back in the nitecap to win, 3 – 2, overcoming Willie Mays’s 300th homer.

July 4, 1961 This Day In Baseball

On July 4,1961 At Chicago, the Giants roll to a 19 – 3 win in the first game, collecting 22 hits including a homer by Orlando Cepeda that is one of the longest in Wrigley Field history. The Cubs come back in the nitecap to win, 3 – 2, overcoming Willie Mays’s 300th homer.

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