The Dodgers knock out starter Gaylord Perry with five runs in four innings, but the Giants come back to win, 14 – 10. San Francisco scores 9 in the 6th, featuring a two-run home run by Jim Ray Hart and a grand slam by Dick Dietz. The Dodgers tie the game at 10 – 10 in the 8th, but the Giants score 4 in the 9th to clinch. Ken Henderson belts a three-run home run.

On September 23, 1970 — The Dodgers knock out starter Gaylord Perry with five runs in four innings, but the Giants come back to win, 14 – 10. San Francisco scores 9 in the 6th, featuring a two-run home run by Jim Ray Hart and a grand slam by Dick Dietz. The Dodgers tie the game at 10 – 10 in the 8th, but the Giants score 4 in the 9th to clinch. Ken Henderson belts a three-run home run.

 


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