IN THE NEWS: George Myatt of the Washington Senators collects six hits (5 singles and a 2B) in six at bats, as the Nats pound out 20 hits to beat Boston 11–4.
IN THE NEWS: Phillies P Charley Schanz takes a 1–0 no-hitter into the 7th inning before giving up a 2-run homer to Joe Medwick of the Giants, the only Giants' hit of the day. Schanz wins his own game by clearing the bases with a triple in the 9th.
IN THE NEWS: Joe Cronin, making his 1944 debut at 1B, makes putouts at both ends of a double play, one out at 1B and the other at 3B. The Sox make four DPs and collect 15 hits in beating the Senators, 11–10. Stan Spence and Bobby Doerr each hit a home run, double, and single. The Nats have 16 hits in the loss.
IN THE NEWS: Joe Cicero, actor Clark Gable's cousin, hits three home runs, two of which are grand slams, for 10 RBI, as Newark beats Montreal 17–8 in the International League.
The Browns announce that they are dropping their segregation policy restricting African Americans to the bleachers. Henceforth, "Negroes" may purchase a ticket for any seat.
IN THE NEWS: The Cubs beat the Phillies 5–3 to snap a 13-game losing streak after Charlie Grimm gives a four-leaf clover to starting P Eddie Hanyzewski, who wore it under his cap. The Cubs are now 1-13 on the year.
Hal Trosky, making a comeback with the White Sox after having retired for two years because of migraine headaches, steals home in the 16th to break a 2–2 tie in a 4–2 win over the A's. By inning, it is the latest steal of home, a feat Willie Davis will duplicate in 1964.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants purchase six foot nine inch Johnny Gee from the Pirates. Gee has a major-league record of 5-8, but his chief attraction is that he is too tall for the draft. He will compile a 2-4 record for the Giants.
IN THE NEWS: Connie Ryan singles with two outs in the 8th inning, as Reds P Bucky Walters fires a one-hitter against the Braves to win, 4–0. This is one of a record-tying seven shutouts recorded today out of 16 games, a since-topped mark.
IN THE NEWS: A day after the Reds pitch a one-hitter, Reds reliever Clyde Shoun, making his first start of the season, throws a no-hitter to nip the Boston Braves 1–0. Only 1,014 see the 32-year-old lefty top Jim Tobin, who had thrown one in April. Reds reserve 3B Chuck Aleno accounts for the sole run with his only 1944 home run.
Frankie Hayes hits a grand slam in the 9th inning off the Tigers Rufe Gentry, as the Athletics win 6–2.
IN THE NEWS: In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Bobby Doerr hits for the cycle, but last-place Boston loses to the Browns, 12–8. The loss leaves the Browns just a half game behind the Yankees. Boston outhits the Browns, 15–14, but Red Sox hurlers, including a 2-inning stint by infielder Eddie Lake, walk 14 batters. Emmett O'Neill is the loser to Al Jurisich. In the opener, Boston's Tex Hughson allows four hits in the 5–1 win.
IN THE NEWS: Mel Harder of the Indians and Paul Derringer of the Cubs both win their 201st career games. Derringer's win comes at home, 3–2 over Boston's Nate Andrews. At Philadelphia, Harder wins his, 5–0, allowing three hits and finishing in one hour: 37 minutes. Cy Young is on hand to watch the game.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants split with the Cardinals, losing 10–3 and then winning the 2nd game 7–5. Mel Ott has a home run, triple, two doubles and a single in the two games, and puts himself in at 3B in the nitecap. Billy Jurges moves from 3B to short, replacing Buddy Kerr.
IN THE NEWS: Wartime restrictions are eased, and Ebbets Field is the scene of the first night game in metro New York since 1941. The Giants Bill Voiselle loses a 2–1, 9th-inning lead because an apparent last-out fly ball is dropped by CF Johnny Rucker when Charlie-
Mead runs into him. Two runners score and the Dodgers win 3–2. In other cities, there was no restriction on night play, but games could be interrupted at any time by test blackouts.
IN THE NEWS: Frankie Hayes of the Athletics hits his 2nd grand slam in 10 days. This one comes against the Tigers in an 8–4 win at Detroit and ties Hayes for the ML lead in homers with Pat Seerey of Cleveland and Howie Schultz of the Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: On Mel Harder appreciation night in Cleveland, the Indians and Harder drop a 4–2 decision to the Senators. Mel tries harder scoring both of the Indian runs.
IN THE NEWS: The Red Sox defeat the Browns 4–2 in 11 innings, although Browns P Nels Potter retires the first 23 batters he faces.
The 1943 Negro League World Champions, the Homestead Grays, defeat the Fore River Shipyard team of the New England Industrial League 1–0 in a game played at Fenway Park.
IN THE NEWS: Dizzy Trout leads off the bottom of the 9th with a home run to win his own game as the Tigers beat the Yankees 2–1. Hal Newhouser finishes off the nightcap with a complete-game, 4–1 win.
Mel Ott hits three home runs, as the Giants sweep two from the Cubs, 6–5 and 5–4.
IN THE NEWS: Al Unser hits his only 1944 home run, a pinch-hit grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, to help the Tigers beat the Yankees 6–2. Batting for Joe Hoover, Unser connects on Walt Dubiel's first pitch. Al's son Del Unser will hit three consecutive pinch home runs in 1979.
Nap Reyes goes 3-for-4 with two home runs and six RBI, as the Giants beat the Cubs by a score of 8–5.
Cal McLish, 18 years old, picks up his first ML victory in a Dodgers' 8–4 win over the Pirates.
John McKelvey, last surviving member of the National Association (1871-75), dies at Rochester, NY. At age 96, he was the oldest former ML player.
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