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Wills led off the series finale with a bunt single, and when he came to the plate again in the second inning, Marichal knocked him down with a high-and-tight fastball. Trouble was brewing earlyÄodgers-Giants games were always intense, and emotions were high during the previous three games of the four-game series. The Dodgers wound up edging the Giants by two games for the pennant and went on to beat the Minnesota Twins in the World Series. The Braves collapsed down the stretch and finished in fifth place, 11 games out. San Francisco's win that day pulled them even with the Braves for second place, half a game behind the Dodgers. The Dodgers, Giants and Milwaukee Braves were in a heated battle for the NL lead at the time. It was an important matchup in the pennant race On the 50th anniversary of that incident, here are 10 things you should know about a game that left a permanent scar on the face of baseball: 1. Marichal's attack on Roseboro disrupted a pitchers' duel between future Hall of Famers Marichal and Koufax. In the bottom of the third inning, Marichal infamously clubbed Dodgers catcher John Roseboro over the head with a bat, an action never seen before or again on a major league field. The contest is still remembered for arguably the ugliest moment in MLB history. And not because the game featured four future Hall of Famers (the two aces along with the Giants' Willie Mays and Willie McCovey) and four members of the that year's NL All-Star team (Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, Koufax, Mays and Marichal). It certainly was, but not because the San Francisco Giants beat the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 or because of the pitching performances by Sandy Koufax and Juan Marichal.