IN THE NEWS: Marty Marion, Sid Gordon, and Hank Thompson hit grand slams for the Cards (5–2 over Brooklyn), the Braves (14–2 over the Pirates), and the Giants (8–7 in the first of two at Cincinnati) respectively. Gordon adds a second homer as he drives home seven runs for Boston, winners over the Pirates, 10–6. The Cards lose the services of C Joe Garagiola, who separates his shoulder after tripping over Jackie Robinson covering 1B, and Tommy Glaviano, who sprains his ankle. Hitting .347 at the time, Garagiola won't return until September 3 (as noted by Bill Deane) and will hit only 2-for-13 the rest of the season. But the grand slam, the first in Marion's 11-year-career, moves the Birds into a tie for first place with the Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: The Tiger's George Kell hits for the cycle in the 16–5 second-game sweep of a Detroit doubleheader with the A's. The Tigers cop the opener, 8–2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and the home runs of Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five RBI in the opener, and two more in game 2.
The last-place Browns sweep two from the 5th place Senators, 10–5 and 9–3. Hank Arft is 5-for-5 in the opener, while Harry Dorish is the winning pitcher in game 2. Dorish swipes home on the front end of a double steal with Ray Coleman. He is the last AL pitcher this century to steal home.
In a rain-soaked game in St. Louis, Don Newcombe and the Dodgers trim the Birds, 8–1, to move into first place. Newk holds the Birds to five hits, including Marty Marion's 3rd homer in three games he's started. Duke Snider's 2-run homer in the 6th helps drive Harry Brecheen to the showers. The Cards and Phils are a game back.
Behind the 5-hit pitching of bonus baby Bill MacDonald (2–0), the Pirates beat the Braves, 5–4 to stop a 9-game hitting streak. Gene Mauch homers and drives in three runs for Boston, while Ralph Kiner hits his 10th of the year, off Warren Spahn.
Thanks to five Cincy errors, two passed balls, and four walks in the 9th inning by Willie "The Knuck" Ramsdell, the Giants beat the host Reds, 7–6.
In the first inning at Fenway, Cleveland's Bob Feller walks 5—including three in a row—and yields two hits before exiting. The six runs allows the Red Sox to romp, 11–5, behind Joe Dobson.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 2, 1950 |
| Boston Red Sox 11, Cleveland Indians 5 at Fenway Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 6, New York Yankees 5 at Yankee Stadium |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Shibe Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 16, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Shibe Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 10, Washington Senators 5 at Griffith Stadium |
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| St. Louis Browns 9, Washington Senators 3 at Griffith Stadium |
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| New York Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Crosley Field |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Boston Braves 4 at Forbes Field |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: In direct challenge to a new league rule, the St. Louis Cardinals book a Sunday night game with Brooklyn, the first in ML history.
The Braves' Sid Gordon slugs his 3rd grand slam of the season, plus a 2nd home run, to account for seven Braves runs in a 10–6 whipping of Pittsburgh. Gordon now leads the NL in homers with 11. Wally Westlake hits a pair of homers, and Hank Schenz hits his 1st (and 2nd career) homer of the year. Johnny Sain gives up a home run to Sam Jethroe in winning his 8th, tops in the majors.
The Phils climb to a half game of first place by beating the Cubs, 6–2, behind Bubba Church's first ML win.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 4, 1950 |
| Boston Red Sox 17, Chicago White Sox 7 at Fenway Park |
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| New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 0 at Yankee Stadium |
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| St. Louis Browns 12, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 13, St. Louis Browns 6 at Shibe Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 0 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Chicago Cubs 13, Brooklyn Dodgers 8 at Wrigley Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 3, Boston Braves 0 at Crosley Field |
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| Boston Braves 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Crosley Field |
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| New York Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Forbes Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Sportsman's Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: After beating Chicago yesterday, 17–7, the Red Sox wallop Chicago again, winning 12–0. Mickey McDermott, replacing Ellis Kinder who leaves with a bad hip in the 1st inning, allows four hits to win. Billy Pierce is the loser.
IN THE NEWS: Junior Stephens and Clyde Vollmer each have two home runs and five RBI for the Red Sox, as they trounce the lowly Browns, 20–4, at Fenway. The Bosox tally five homers and 23 hits in their total. Joe Dobson is the winner.
IN THE NEWS: In the most lopsided score in history, the Boston Red Sox annihilate the St. Louis Browns at Fenway Park, 29–4. Bobby Doerr has three home runs and eight RBI; Walt Dropo, two home runs and seven RBI, and Ted Williams, two home runs and five RBI, all collecting a round tripper in the 8th inning. Pitcher Chuck Stobbs walks four times in four innings, Al Zarilla adds four doubles, including two in one inning, and a single—with no ribbies—as the Sox set a major-league record with 58 total bases. Another mark is set of most extra bases on long hits (32) in a game, and the most extra bases on long hits in consecutive games (51). The Red Sox have 28 hits, with four players collecting four hits apiece, to total a record 51 for two days against the woeful Browns. Leadoff batter Clyde Vollmer goes to the plate eight times in eight innings, the only time this has happened in history. Boston has now scored 104 runs in their last seven games and a record 49 in two straight games.
The Yankees score seven runs in the 6th to beat the Tigers, 11–4. Phil Rizzuto's record string of 238 errorless chances ends when he fumbles a grounder in the 5th.
IN THE NEWS: Commissioner Happy Chandler orders the Cardinals to cancel their Sunday night game with the Dodgers. On the advice of NL President Ford Frick, the Cards comply and reschedule it as a July 17th day/night doubleheader.
Ned Garver, the Browns best hurler, finally turns the tables on the Red Sox, winning 12–7. Even though losing, the Sox set a ML scoring record for three games at 56 runs.
IN THE NEWS: In a game called after five innings, the Senators Sandy Consuegra makes his first ML start and shuts out the White Sox, 6–0.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 11, 1950 |
| Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park |
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| New York Yankees 1, St. Louis Browns 0 at Yankee Stadium |
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| New York Yankees 4, St. Louis Browns 2 at Yankee Stadium |
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| Cleveland Indians 6, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 6 at Shibe Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 8, Washington Senators 3 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Chicago White Sox 5, Washington Senators 4 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Chicago Cubs 5, Boston Braves 4 at Wrigley Field |
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| Chicago Cubs 2, Boston Braves 1 at Wrigley Field |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 4 at Crosley Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 at Crosley Field |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Forbes Field |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Forbes Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Giants 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Giants 2 at Sportsman's Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: ML baseball names Connie Mack as the Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game.
IN THE NEWS: Chuck Stobbs allows two hits as the Red Sox open their road trip with an 8–1 win over the Indians. Bobby Doerr leads the offense with a pair of homers, a triple and single to chase Bob Feller. Doerr raises his average to .306, putting every Sox regular over .300.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 13, 1950 |
| Chicago White Sox 6, New York Yankees 5 at Comiskey Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Detroit Tigers 6, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Tiger Stadium |
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| St. Louis Browns 8, Washington Senators 3 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Washington Senators 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Boston Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Braves Field |
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| Chicago Cubs 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Ebbets Field |
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| New York Giants 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Polo Grounds V |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Shibe Park |
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IN THE NEWS: No it wasn't football, as the Dodgers and Pirates game ends unfinished at curfew time with a score 19–14 in favor of Brooklyn. The game will resume August 1st. Bucs rookie Dale Coogan starts the scoring in the 1st with his first ML homer, a 3-run clout off Ralph Branca.
IN THE NEWS: In a rain-delayed game at Comiskey, Billy Pierce twirls a masterful one-hitter to beat the Yankees, 5–0. Billy Johnson's single in the 5th and a walk to Jerry Coleman are the only NY base runners.
The Yankees, frustrated in late April in their aborted trade for Joe Ostrowski with the Browns, finally get the pitcher, along with pitchers Tom Ferrick and Sid Schacht, and 3B Leo Thomas. New York sends infielder Snuffy Stirnweiss, OF Jim Delsing, pitchers Duane Pillette and Don Johnson, and $50,000. Both Ferrick and Ostrowski will prove their worth in the 1950 pennant drive. Tomorrow, the Yanks beat the Browns, 7–5, with Ferrick and Ostrowski starring in relief.
The Tigers roll over the A's, 7–3, for their 8th win in nine meetings with the Mackmen. Hoot Evers has his 19 game hit streak stopped but George Kell runs his to 15 straight. The winner is Freddie Hutchinson, while Bobby Shantz is the loser. Shantz will not lose again to Detroit until June 13, 1958, a string of 12 straight wins.
IN THE NEWS: Pitching before a crowd of 54,086, Hal Newhouser trims the Red Sox for the 2nd time in six days, winning 4–1. He strikes out eight including Johnny Pesky four times. Detroit keeps it's one 1/2 game lead over New York.
The Yankees recall Johnny Mize from Kansas City. He proceeds to wallop 25 home runs and drive in 72 runs in 90 games.
IN THE NEWS: After Bob Feller blanks the A's, 7–0, on a 2-hitter, the Indians set a modern record by scoring 14 runs in the opening frame of the 2nd game. The output ties the most runs in any inning and is the most in the first inning. Except for pitcher Mike Garcia , all the Indians bat twice enroute to a 21–2 trouncing. Hegan piles on with a grand slam in the 3rd inning, off Carl Scheib.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 18, 1950 |
| Cleveland Indians 7, Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Cleveland Indians 21, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Detroit Tigers 10, Boston Red Sox 2 at Tiger Stadium |
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| New York Yankees 15, St. Louis Browns 5 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| New York Yankees 9, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Boston Braves 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Braves Field |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Boston Braves 8 at Braves Field |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Ebbets Field |
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| New York Giants 6, Chicago Cubs 0 at Polo Grounds V |
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| New York Giants 10, Chicago Cubs 5 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Shibe Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a 7th-inning single off the Indians Chick Pieretti, as the Yanks win 8–2. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses as the only active players with 2,000 or more hits. Eddie Lopat is the winning pitcher, running his record against Cleveland to 25–6.
Renegade ball player Danny Gardella admits accepting a pay-off to drop his suit against baseball. After a month long tryout with the Cardinals, Gardella had been sent to their Houston farm club where, shortly afterward, he was released. Gardella argues that he should be paid for the entire year, and he blames his release on his suit against the ML.
Phils rookie Bob Miller (6-0) continues his unbeaten streak, turning back the Pirates, 7–4. Jones, Ennis, Seminick, and Nicholson lead a home run attack, and Miller helps by starting a triple play in the 7th. Hank Borowy, obtained on waivers from the Phils, takes the loss.
IN THE NEWS: Larry Jansen of the Giants wins the first game of a doubleheader with a 3–0 shutout of the Cards, and Dave Koslo follows suit with a 5–0 two-hitter in the 2nd game, giving NY a sweep of the twin bill. Jansen has not allowed a run in 29 innings, while for Koslo it is the start of a 13-game win streak over the Cards. The Cards were last shutout in a twinbill on July 2, 1933, by the Giants.
IN THE NEWS: Eleven home runs—a ML record—drive in all the runs scored in a 10–9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans. Detroit has four home runs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Gerry Priddy, Vic Wertz, and Hoot Evers connect. Pitcher Dizzy Trout's home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his 2nd lifetime grand slam. Hoot Evers hits another home run, an inside-the-park 2-run game winner in the 9th off Joe Page to win it. For New York, Hank Bauer connects for two homers, including one in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra, and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers. It is the first time that nine different players connect for homers in a game.
Luke Easter has his 2nd consecutive 2-home run day to lead the Indians to a 13–4 trouncing of the Senators. Easter had two yesterday in a win over New York. Al Rosen adds a single, double, and triple to back Bob Lemon's pitching.
Coach Bibb Falk of the University of Texas leads his team to their 2nd consecutive NCAA baseball title.
Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy resigns and Steve O'Neill takes over.
IN THE NEWS: With just 11 career homers, catcher Wes Westrum has three home runs and a triple today, as the Giants beat Cincinnati 12–2. The Giants belt seven home runs (Thompson, Dark, Lockman, Irvin) in the game, with Westrum driving in four runs and scoring five. Sheldon Jones is the winner, scattering eight hits.
The first-place Dodgers lose to New York's Sunday curfew when their game with the Pirates is halted with one out in the 8th, Brooklyn leading 19–12. Five homers are hit including Jackie Robinson grand slam in the 8th. The game will be completed later.
The Phils top the Cubs 5–4 on two-run homers by Granny Hamner and Andy Seminick. Jim Konstanty, in relief of Russ Meyer, hurls four hitless innings to save the win. The Whiz Kids trail the Dodgers by a game.
Art Houtteman pitches Detroit to a 4–1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra's homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses their 4th straight and 8th in 12 games. Detroit now leads the AL by three games.
IN THE NEWS: Ralph Kiner leads the Pirates to a 16–11 win at Brooklyn by hitting for the cycle, adding a 2nd home run, and driving in eight runs.
The A's Paul Lehner ties an AL record with 11 putouts in LF in a 13–5 win against the White Sox.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 25, 1950 |
| Chicago White Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Comiskey Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 13, Chicago White Sox 4 at Comiskey Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 7, Washington Senators 6 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Washington Senators 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| New York Yankees 8, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium |
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| Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 3 at Tiger Stadium |
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| Boston Red Sox 11, St. Louis Browns 5 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, St. Louis Browns 2 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Boston Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Braves Field |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 16, Brooklyn Dodgers 11 at Ebbets Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Chicago Cubs 11, Philadelphia Phillies 8 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Shibe Park |
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IN THE NEWS: At Toledo (American Association), Marlin Stuart of Toledo pitches a 1-0 perfect game against Indianapolis. It is the 2nd perfect game in league history. The Tigers will recall Stuart.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 27, 1950 |
| Detroit Tigers 9, Chicago White Sox 3 at Tiger Stadium |
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| Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium |
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| Boston Red Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Shibe Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Boston Braves 2 at Braves Field |
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| New York Giants 10, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Ebbets Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Forbes Field |
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IN THE NEWS: Roy Smalley of the Cubs hits for the cycle in a 15–3 win over the Cards at Wrigley. Doyle Lade is the winner.
IN THE NEWS: In an effort to thwart the ML's signing of black players, Dr. J.B. Martin, the president of the Chicago Giants of the Negro American League, instructs manager, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe to sign white players. Radcliffe inks three white players, teenagers Lou Chirban, Lou Clarizio and Al Dubetts. Later in the year he will sign at least two others (Stanley Miarka and Frank Dyall). However, their Negro League careers will be brief.
In what looks like a football score, the Red Sox overpower the A's 22–14 in Philadelphia, the 3rd time this month they've scored 20 or more runs. The 36 runs establishes an AL mark for runs scored by two teams. Both teams match a major-league record they set in 1901 for most players scoring two or more runs (Boston, 9: Phila, 4). Overall, pitchers gave up 21 walks in the debacle. Despite the high score, only one home run was hit—by Ted Williams in a game one newspaper calls "a two hour and 50 minute marathon." The previous record of 35 runs was set by the same two clubs in 1901: Boston 23, A's 12. The ML mark is 49 by the Cubs and Phillies on August 25, 1922.
Whitey Ford is called up by the Yankees from Kansas City (AA).
At Milwaukee (AA), Minneapolis OF Bama Rowell lofts a 4th inning fly ball to right. As RF Bob Jaderlund awaits, two nighthawks dart in and peck the ball, altering the flight. CF Bob Addis also misses the ball, and Rowell ends up with a double, then scoring what will be in the winning run as the Brewers win, 5–4 (as noted by historian Bob O'Neal).
IN THE NEWS: Joe and Dom DiMaggio both home run in the 10–2 Red Sox victory over New York in the nightcap of a doubleheader. It has been 15 years since two brothers homered in a game.
Brownie stalwart P Ned Garver loses the game because of his mental error against the White Sox. In what would have been the winning run in regulation, Garver is called out for his failure to touch 3B when rounding it. He loses 3–2 in 13 innings.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 30, 1950 |
| New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 2 at Fenway Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 3, St. Louis Browns 2 at Comiskey Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 11, Detroit Tigers 3 at Cleveland Stadium |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 7, Washington Senators 6 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Washington Senators 2 at Griffith Stadium |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 5 at Crosley Field |
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| Boston Braves 8, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds V |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 at Shibe Park |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Sportsman's Park III |
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