On June 13 1967, The Giants get a game-winning grand slam from “Super Sub” Willie Mays as Houston goes to the well once too often. Facing him first as a pinch hitter in the 6th inning, with the bases loaded, one out, and the Giants down by one, Houston starter Dave Giusti gets Mays to ground one to shortstop Sonny Jackson for an inning-ending double play. Jim Ray Hart hits a game-tying solo shot in the 8th. In the 10th inning, a tiring Giusti departs in favor of Barry Latman with runners on first and second. He fans Hart, but a walk to Jim Davenport loads the bases. It is Mays’s turn to shine, which he does, in “grand” fashion. Final score: Giants 6, Astros 2.
Luis Gonzalez, first Diamondback player to participate in the Home Run Debry, wins the All-Star long ball contest at Seattle’s Safeco Field. The Arizona outfielder, who will hit 57 home runs this season, almost double the amount he will compile in any other year, defeats 2000 Derby Champ Sammy Sosa in the final round, 6-2.
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July 9, 2001
