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Jun 24, 2023

Giants Top Cards, Regain National League Lead

June 24, 1963 - Southpaw Billy Pierce saved Juan Marichal’s 12th victory today with 2-and-a-third perfect innings of clutch relief and...

Jun 23, 2023

Braves Top Giants in Milwaukee as Spahn Hits 33rd Career Homer

June 23, 1963 - Warren Spahn started a 7-run rally with his 33rd career homer in the fifth inning today and went on to pitch the Braves...

Jun 15, 2023

Marichal Happy for Himself — and Alvin Dark: “He Had Faith in Me”

June 15, 1963 - After pitching a no-hitter today against the Houston Colts, Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants said he hadn’t been...

Jun 15, 2023

🚨Marichal of Giants Hurls No-Hitter against Houston

June 15, 1963 - Juan Marichal (pictured) pitched a no-hit shutout against the Houston Colts today for a 1-0 victory that lifted the San...

Jun 11, 2023

Giants Knock Dodgers Out of First Place

June 11, 1963 - Willie McCovey’s three-run homer and Juan Marichal’s first shutout of the season gave the San Francisco Giants a 3-0...

Jun 10, 2023

Colts Win First Sunday Night Game in Major League History

June 10, 1963 - The Colts scored a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night in Houston in the first Sunday night game in...

Jun 7, 2023

Cubs Top Giants as Mays Caught Napping

June 7, 1963 - Willie Mays’ nap off second base last night cost the San Francisco Giants’ star center fielder $25, the first fine under a...

Jun 5, 2023

Cubs Sweep Doubleheader From Giants

June 5, 1963 - The Chicago Cubs swept a double-header from the San Francisco Giants today, 9-5 and 5-4, to pull within a game of the...

Jun 2, 2023

Giants Top Cards as Mays Homers Three Times

June 2, 1963 - Three home runs by Willie Mays — who hadn’t hit one since May 17 — accounted for 4 runs today as the league-leading San...

May 7, 2023

Giants Whip Braves on Marichal 4-Hitter

May 7, 1963 - Juan Marichal pitched a 4-hitter and Felipe Alou, Ed Bailey, and José Pagan hit homers today as the San Francisco Giants...

May 3, 2023

Willie Mays Receives Numerous Gifts and Presidential Telegram

May 3, 1963 - President Kennedy sent a telegram to Willie Mays tonight on the occasion of “Willie Mays Night” at the Polo Grounds. The...

May 3, 2023

Giants Top Mets on “Willie Mays Night” at Polo Grounds

May 3, 1963 - A young man named Jack Fisher and an older one named Duke Snider turned out to be the heroes of “Willie Mays Night” at the...

Apr 30, 2023

Giants Top Phils, 4-3, at Connie Mack Stadium

Apr. 30, 1963 - The Phillies are in one of those streaks where nothing they do is right. Last night, a base-running blunder by the...

Apr 28, 2023

Giants Blow Late 5-0 Lead, Lose to Braves at Candlestick, 6-5, in 12 Innings

Apr. 28, 1963 - The San Francisco Giants took a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Braves yesterday at Candlestick...

Apr 26, 2023

Burdette Twirls 3-Hitter as Braves Hammer Giants, 9-2

Apr. 26, 1963 - Lew Burdette allowed the San Francisco Giants only three hits today while the Milwaukee Braves hammered out a 9-2 victory...

Apr 25, 2023

Cards to Send Sadecki to Face Giants’ O’Dell

Apr. 25, 1963 - Cardinal manager Johnny Keane will send another southpaw against the Giants today following Curt Simmons’s 4-3 success...

Apr 23, 2023

Marichal and Giants Top Reds

Apr. 23, 1963 - Juan Marichal survived the longest strike since the newspapers in New York quit publishing and hung on for a 4-2 victory...

Apr 22, 2023

Reds Drop Giants at Candlestick, 7-4

Apr. 22, 1963 - Jerry Lynch, a pinch hitter, and then Frank Robinson took turns belting two-run homers off Jack Sanford in a five-run...

Apr 10, 2023

Giants Drop Colt .45s in Houston on Ed Bailey’s Slam

Apr. 10, 1963 - Ed Bailey, the talkative 31-year-old catcher from Strawberry Plains, Tenn., hit a pinch-hit grand slam home run in the...

Mar 21, 2023

Angels Score Seventh Straight Exhibition Win

Mar. 21, 1963 - The Los Angeles Angels today scored their seventh straight win in Cactus League competition by beating the San Francisco...