Jints rock Rox and sweep to best record in baseball

The Giants had into Colorado needing one game to clinch the Uecker Division Championship.

Game 1 Mile High Stadium
The Giants came out roaring. Red Schoendienst and Don "Mandrake" Muellar both singled to start the game and Willie Mays stroked his 6th homer to give Ruben Gomez a 3-0 lead. Schoendienst added a solo homer in the second (2) to up the lead to 4-0. Then Ruben Gomez (2-3 4.64) decided to make a game of it. He gave up a two run single to Rockie pitcher Greg Harris (1-0, 4.70) in the second and two run homer to Charlie Hayes (9) in the third. Gomez liked that so much he gave Hayes another in the fifth (10). The Rockies would score three more in the seventh and 4 in the 8th. Valmy Thomas hit a meaningless homer in the 9th (2) for the Giants. Rockies 14 Giants 6.

Game 2 Mile High Stadium.
There must be something about the thin air in Colorado. Schoendienst led off the game with his 3rd homer of the season. The Rockies tied the score in the bottom of the 1st on a Dante Bichette sacrifice fly. Then Bichette grounded out to bring in another run in the 3rd. And then the roof fell in. The Giants tallied 13 times in the 4th. Bobby Thomson led off the innning with his 3rd homer. After three consecutive singles by Thomas, pticher Curt Barclay (6-0, 1.98) and Schoendienst to load the bases, Danny O'Connell hit his first homer of the season. Mays followed with a triple, Ray Jablonski was walked intentionally and Hank Sauer doubled both home. O'Connell would double home another run in the inning and Mays would single home two more. Mindful of Barclay's innings worked, he was removed after 6 and Al Worthington pitched three innings of one hit ball to earn his third save.
Giants 19 Rockies 2

Game 3 The Polo Grounds
The Giants had clinched a tie for the Division and now were looking to win it outright. Armando Reynoso, the Rockies most effective starter this season, would get the start. Ray Crone, who has a had rough season would start for the Giants. Unfortunately for the Rockies, Reynoso had to leave the game in the second inning with arm trouble with the score tied at 1. Bichette has another sacrifice fly in the first and Gail Harris answered with a run scoring single in the bottom of the first. The Rockies picked up another run in the third and again it was Bichette, but this time he actually had a hit. Charlie Hayes drove in a third run with a single in the fifth and that was enough of Crone for the Giants manager. When the sixth inning started, Stu Miller, the Giants most effective pitcher this season, took the mound. The Rockies much maligned bullpen had done a nice job since the second in holding down the Giants offense. But in the seventh, with two out and Thomas on first, Schoendienst tripled. Mueller followed with a single and the game was tied It would remain that way until the tenth. Schoendienst led off the inning with a single but lefty Mike Munoz got Muellar to hit into a double play. Righty Scott Fredrickson came into face Mays but walked him. Fredrickson (1-2, 6.14) tried to keep Mays close but it was like trying to grab smoke as Mays stole his league leading 12th base. Ray Jablonski then singled and Mays' legs churned around third to beat the throw and clinch the Division for the Giants. Stu Miller pitched five innings to earn the win (2-1, 0.52)
Giants 4 Rockies 3
--submitted by Tom "Crash" Davis--