Stat break: 1961 San Francisco Giants

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
F Alou             28     2     9    8       3   0      1      0      0    .321
M Alou              6     0     0    0        0    0    0      0     0     .000
Amalfitano        7     2     2    0       2    0     0      3      0    .286
Bailey              26     1    6    1       1    0     0      3      0     .231
Bressoud           2     1    1    0        0    0    0       0      0     .500
Cepeda            41     5  11    5        0    1    1       0      1     .268
Davenport       38     3    5    4        1    0    0       5      0     .132
Hiller               24     3    6    1        1    0    0       2     0      .250
Kuenn             30     3    6    4        1    0    0       3     1      .200
Landrith             8     1    0    0        0    0    0       0     0     .000
Orsino                3     0    0    0        0    0    0       0     0     .000
Pagan               34     4    6    2       0    1    0       4      0     .176
Mays                39    7   11    6       3     0    4      5      1     .282
McCovey         31    4     9    3       2    0     2       3     0     .290

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Bolin                2      0         2          2     0      0       0     2      0      0     0        0.00

S Jones             2      2      16          4      2      1       3     9      0      1     0        0.56
LeMay              1      0        2          3     1      1       0     1      0      0     0        4.50
Loes                 2      0         1.3       4     2      2       0     2       0      0     1     13.53

Marichal           2      2      16        12     5      4       3   11       0      0     1        2.25
McCormick      3     3       23        18     6      6       6   18       0      1     2       2.34

S Miller            4      0        6.6        3     2      2       2     5      3      1     0        2.70
O'Dell               1      0        1.6       1     0      0       0     2      0      0     0        0.00

Sanford             3      3     22.3      10     6      4       8   16       0     3     0       1.61

Ringo bracket: 1924 Robins defeat 1961 Giants in six games

Game 1: Giants 16, Robins 6
WP: Sanford (2-0)
LP: Grimes (0-3)
HR: Mays (2), Griffith (1)

Game 2: Robins 2, Giants 1
WP: Ruether (1-1)
LP: McCormick (1-1)
Save: Doak (1)

Game 3: Robins 2, Giants 1
WP: Vance (4-0)
LP: Marichal (0-1)
HR: Mays (3)

Game 4: Robins 3, Giants 2
WP: Grimes (1-3)
LP: Loes (0-1)
HR: McCovey (2), Cepeda (1)

Game 5: Giants 3, Robins 2
WP: Sanford (3-0)
LP: Doak (1-1)
Save: Miller (3)
HR: Fournier 2 (4), Mays (4)

Game 6: Robins 4, Giants 0
WP: Vance (5-0)
LP: McCormick (1-2)

The series opened with a slug fest, but the pitchers dominated the rest of the way, and Dazzy Vance dazzled again.

The Giants opened the series in Ebbets Field by lambasting Burleigh Grimes for 10 runs in three-plus innings, three of them unearned. Every one of San Francisco's starters scored at least once, and Orlando Cepeda scored three times. The Giants picked up 19 hits, including four doubles, one triple and one homer. Tommy Griffith scored three times for Brooklyn. Winner Jack Sanford was pulled after three of the first four men in the seventh to reach.

The Robins even the series behind a strong start from Dutch Ruether, who didn't allow a hit until Jose Pagan tripled to open the sixth inning (and advanced no further). Bill Doak entered in the ninth with two on, a run in and no outs and escaped the jam.

The series shifted to San Francisco and Candlestick Park for the next three games. Willie Mays homered in Game Three's first inning, but Vance allowed just one other hit in his complete game win. The Robins got seven hits off Juan Marichal and converted the two extra base hits -- a double by Griffith and a triple by Zach Wheat -- into runs.

The Giants went early long ball again in Game Four, with Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda hitting back-to-back homers in the first off Grimes. But as with Vance in the previous game, Old Stubblebeard kept the Giants off the scoreboard the rest of the way, scattering five hits in the next eight innings. The Robins scored a run off Toothpick Sam Jones in the seventh to chase him, then peppered Billy Loes for two runs on four hits in the eighth to take the lead, which Grimes held onto despite Ed Bailey's leadoff double in the ninth.

Sanford got the ball facing elimination in Game Five and came though for the Giants despite surrendering a homer to Jack Fournier. HarveyKuenn walked twice, stole a base off Bill Doak and scored twice, the second time on Mays' tie-breaking homer. Stu Miller gave up a ninth-inning homer to Fournier but no further damage and got the save.

That sent the series back to Brooklyn for Game Six. Vance threw the Robins' fourth straight complete game. He wasn't as overwhelming as in his Game Two two-hitter, but the Giants couldn't score on him despite loading the bases in the first and getting a pair of doubles from Mays. Brooklyn scored single runs in four separate innings off Mike McCormick.

Player of the series: Dazzy Vance

Projected rotation: Grimes-Vance-Doak-Grimes-(Vance)-(Ruether or Ehrhardt)-(Grimes)

Stat break: 1961 San Francisco Giants

Hitters

Name              AB   R   H   RBI  2B  3B  HR  BB  SB  Avg,
F Alou             18     1     6    6       2   0      1      0      0    .333
Amalfitano        4     2     2    0       2    0     0      3      0    .500
Bailey                9     0    1    0       0    0     0      1      0     .111
Bressoud            1     0    0    0        0    0    0       0      0     .000
Cepeda            16     1    4    1        0    0    0       0      0     .250
Davenport       17     1    4    4        1    0    0       1      0     .235
Hiller                 6    2     0    0        0    0    0       1     0      .000
Kuenn             12     0    3    1        0    0    0       1     0     .250
Landrith             4     0    0    0        0    0    0       0     0     .000
Pagan               11     3    4    0       0    0    0       4      0     .200
Mays                15    3    2    1       0     0    1        3     0     .133
McCovey         12     3   4    2       1    0     1       2      0     .333

Pitchers

Name                G    GS   IP        H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.   W    L     ERA

Bolin                1     0          1          2     0      0       0    2      0      0     0        0.00

S Jones             1      1        9          1      1      0       2     7       0     1    0        0.00

Marichal           1      1        7           5     3      2       0     6       0      0     0      2.57
McCormick       1     1        8           4     0      0      1      9       0      1     0      0.00

S Miller            3      0        5.6        2     1      1       2     5       2      1     0      1.59
Sanford             1      1       8.3        4     1      1       2   10       0      1     0       1.08

Ringo bracket: 1961 Giants sweep 2017 Orioles

Game 1: Giants 4, Orioles 1
WP: Sanford (1-0)
LP: Gausman (0-1)
Save: Miller (1)
HR:. McCovey (1), F. Alou (1)

Game 2: Giants 3, Orioles 0
WP: McCormick (1-0)
LP: Bundy (0-1)
Save: Miller (2)

Game 3: Giants 5, Orioles 4 (12 innings)
WP: Miller (1-0)
LP: Givens (0-1)
HR: Machado (1), Mancini (1)

Game 4: Giants 4, Orioles 1
WP: Jones (1-0)
LP: Jimenez (0-1)
HR: Mays (1)

The Giants used just six pitchers, one of them for a single inning, for the sweep, and Felipe Alou drove in at least one run in each game.

Alou and Willie McCovey each hit two-run homers in the opener at Candlestick Park to back Jack Sanford, who allowed just four hits in 8.1 innings. Stu Miller relieved with two men on in the ninth and retired both men he faced.

Mike McCormick and Dylan Bundy dueled in the second game, which was scoreless into the bottom of the eighth, when the Giants broke through for three runs. Alou doubled (his second two-bagger fo the game) with the bases loaded to set up another save opportunity for Miller.

The series shifted to Baltimore's Camden Yards, and Game Three lasted a long while. Manny Machado homered and doubled to give the Orioles a 3-2 lead after six innings. Jim Davenport doubled in two runs in the top of the ninth to give the Giants the lead, but Trey Mancini led off the bottom of the inning with a game-tying homer off Miller. The changeup artist didn't allow another hit in a four-inning stint, and got the win when Alou singled home Willie Mays in the 12th.

Machado led off Game Four for the home team with a fly ball that Harvey Kuenn played into a double, and he later scored on an error. It turned out to be the only hit Sad Sam Jones allowed; Jones walked two and struck out seven. Mays homered in the fourth to even the score, and the Giants got RBI singles from Kuenn, Orlando Cepeda and Alou to give Jones all the support he needed.

Player of the series: Sam Jones

Pitcher availability: All are fully available for round two

Projected rotation: Sanford-McCormick-Marichal-Jones-(Sanford)-(McCormick)-(Marichal)