With first place on the line after the Dodgers have won two games from them, Cincinnati rallies from a 5 – 1 deficit to a 6 – 5 first-game win over Los Angeles. Gene Freese hits a 3-run homer in the 7th and Wally Post adds a 2-run double in the 8th. Rookie Ken Johnson is an 8 – 3 winner in the nightcap as the Reds pummel Don Drysdale. The sweep gives the Reds a 3 1/2 game lead in the National League.

On August 27, 1961 — With first place on the line after the Dodgers have won two games from them, Cincinnati rallies from a 5 – 1 deficit to a 6 – 5 first-game win over Los Angeles. Gene Freese hits a 3-run homer in the 7th and Wally Post adds a 2-run double in the 8th. Rookie Ken Johnson is an 8 – 3 winner in the nightcap as the Reds pummel Don Drysdale. The sweep gives the Reds a 3 1/2 game lead in the National League.

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