I remember some scribe pointing to Gaylord Perry's performance in that game and saying that it was a turning point in Perry's career.
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@Machiavelli That season was his turning point, never mind that game: he was put into the Giants' starting rotation
for the first time that season. He finished 21-8 though he slumped in August; he was the National League's
Player of the Month for June, a month in which he went 5-0 with an 0.90 ERA and 31 strikeouts. In the
doubleheader marathon, on Memorial Day, Perry came on in the tenth inning and went
ten innings to pick
up the win; the Giants won on back-to-back RBI hits (a double by Del Crandall and a single by Jesus
Alou) in the 23rd inning and Bob Hendley---a year from nearly pitching a no-hitter on the backside of
Sandy Koufax's perfect game (the only hit in the game didn't factor in the lone Dodger run)---retired
the Mets in order in the bottom to save it. The win improved Perry's record to 3-1.