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4/27

The final game in San Francisco is a disaster. The Giants complete their sweep, winning 10-4. The Robins put up four runs in the first two innings, but so do the Giants. Koufax gives up six runs (four earned), four hits, and four walks in three innings of work. Smoky Burgess hits his first homerun for Brooklyn, but it is a wasted piece of offense.

The next day is a day off for all teams, and Harrelson uses it as an opportunity to fire every employee who remained from the old Dodgers and replace them with new hires of his own who share his views.

The team now heads home for five games against Milwaukee followed by five against Chicago. The Robins are 3-8, in the basement of the National League.

4/29

The Robins are thoroughly destroyed by the Braves. Warren Spahn holds them to one run in his full nine innings of work. Podres, who has been effective until now, gives up seven runs and thirteen hits in 7.1 innings of work. The Robins have now lost three times the number of games they have won. Their team ERA is 6.71, the worst in baseball by a good margin.

4/30

The Robins drop their fifth straight game to close out the first month of the season at 3-10, eight games down from the first place Cardinals and the worst in the NL. In all of baseball, only Boston (3-12) and Kansas City (2-13) have had a worse month.