IN THE NEWS: Gene Freese hits his 2nd grand slam of the season, off the Reds Jim Brosnan, as the Phils win 76. Don Newcombe wins the nitecap for the Reds 84.
IN THE NEWS: Yankee Bob Turley turns in another one-hit masterpiece at Washington. A lazy fly in the 9th by pinch-hitter Julio Becquer drops in front of LF Norm Siebern for the only Senator safety. SS Tony Kubek goes 8-for-10 in the doubleheader, as the Yanks sweep 106 and 70.
Two 20-year-old Baby BirdsMilt Pappas and Jerry Walkershut out the Senators 80 and 50. The Orioles recall young Brooks Robinson from the minors.
In the first game of a doubleheader, Gene Freese blasts his 3rd grand slam of the year as the Phils top the Cards 110 at home.
Roger Craig relieves in the 3rd and pitches 11 scoreless innings, throwing just 88 pitches, to give the Dodgers a 43 victory over the Braves. The loss drops the Braves from 1st place to 3rd, as Brooklyn takes over 2nd place.
The Red Sox club the Yankees, 146 before 30,253, the largest crowd at Fenway so far this year. Frank Sullivan is the winner. Wertz, Williams, and Avila club homers. Williams and Avila drive in seven runs.
IN THE NEWS: Boston SS Don Buddin cracks a 10th inning grand slam, off reliever Bob Turley, to give the Red Sox an 84 win over New York. Turley replaced Bronstad, who took over when Ryne Duren and Yogi Berra are tossed by ump Summers.
IN THE NEWS: NBC uses outfield TV cameras with 80-inch lenses to show the catchers' signals during a Yankee-Red Sox game. Commissioner Ford Frick requests that they halt its use. It doesn't help New York, which drops their last four games to the Red Sox. Boston wins today, 73.
Larry Sherry loses his 2nd start for the Dodgers, as the Reds nip him 43. Sherry will not lose again, winning his next seven starts.
IN THE NEWS: The Red Sox sweep their 5-game series with New York with a 133 rout featuring a big 6th inning. Gene Stephens pinch runs for Ted Williams and, when the Sox bat around, Stephens then hits a grand slam.
IN THE NEWS: After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first. New York wins the opener when Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 75, in the 10th with a 2-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 40. New York is five 1/2 games out of first.
IN THE NEWS: In a dispute with the umpires, Cleveland manager Joe Gordon is ejected. Cleveland OF Minnie Minoso refuses to stand in the batter's box until the argument is over. Umpire Frank Umont calls him out on strikes. The enraged Minoso charges Umont and gets the thumb also. The Indians win 87 to stay on the heels of Chicago.
Chicago's Early Wynn and the Yankees Ralph Terry match zeros for eight innings at Yankee Stadium, before Chicago's Jim McAnany collects the first Sox hit in the 9th. Jim Landis adds a 2nd hit to drive home two runs to give the Sox the 20 win. Wynn matched Terry by also allowing just two hits.
IN THE NEWS: The Tigers drop game one to the Orioles, 52, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap, 20, despite getting just two hits off Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Myron Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O's catchers Ginsberg & Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.
IN THE NEWS: Before 57,000 at the Stadium, the Yankees sweep a pair from the visiting White Sox, winning the nitecap 64 on Mickey Mantle's homer off Turk Lown. In game 1, Yankee veteran Enos Slaughter belts a pair of homers: at age 43, he is the oldest player this century to accomplish the feat. Carlton Fisk, a few months older, will top Slaughter in 1991.
IN THE NEWS: In a 21 loss to the White Sox, Pumpsie Green pinch runs for the Red Sox, who become the last ML team to play a black player. Tomorrow, Green goes 0-for-3 against Early Wynn in a 54 Sox win that propels them into 1st place.
IN THE NEWS: Veteran Bobby Avila, in his first game with Milwaukee, hits a 2-run 9th inning home run, of the Reds' Jim O'Toole, to help give the Braves a 54 win.
IN THE NEWS: With Ty Cobb in the stands, the Tigers make 15 hits to beat the Senators, 112. Harvey Kuenn, the American League's leading hitter, is 4-for-4 and scores four runs. Bunning allows four hits to win.
IN THE NEWS: As a prelude to the IL game between the Havana Sugar Kings and visiting Rochester Red Wings, Fidel Castro pitches two innings for his pickup team Los Barbudos against a Military Police squad. Castro pitches both innings, strikes out two batters with the aid of some friendly calls, and ground outs to short. This well-photographed event is El Jefe's only mound appearance, according to Cuban expert Pete Bjarkman.
IN THE NEWS: Against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron reaching for a wide throw collides with Tiger runner Coot Veale. Skowron's arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win, 98, when Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle on. Prior to the Yogi home run, Richardson and Brickell hit their first ML homers for NY. Berra's home run erases five Yankee errors, three by 3B Lopez.
Fidel Castro supporters, enjoying a raucous July 26th Celebration in La Gran Stadium in downtown Havana, bring a halt to the IL contest between the Red Wings and the Sugar Kings with random gunshots from the grandstand. Red Wings 3B coach Frank Verdi and Havana SS Leo Cardenas both suffer minor flesh wounds, which causes manager Cot Deal to pull his players from the field and retreat to their hotel. League officials cancel the remainder of the Havana team's homestand, and, with pressure on Ford Frick from U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter, eventually relocate the franchise to Newark for the 1960 season.
IN THE NEWS: Organizational committee chairman William Shea announces that the Continental League has definite franchises planned for New York City, Houston, Toronto, Denver, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, with interest in 11 other cities. It envisions beginning play in 1961. New York City says it will build a stadium at the Flushing Meadow Park site.
The Dodgers move into first place on Roger Craig's 20 win. Joe Pignatano and Don Zimmer hit solo home runs. A year ago on this date the Dodgers were in last place.
At Detroit, Baltimore's Gene Woodling drives in five runs, four on a grand slam off Bunning, in the O's 52 win. Woodling drove in all four runs in yesterday's 40 win against Chicago. Baltimore native Barry Shetrone is 2-for-4 with a triple for the O's. Shetrone is the first home-grown player to play for the Birds.
IN THE NEWS: The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees 43 behind pitcher Billy Pierce. Al Smith, with a 2-run home run in the 8th, provides the winning margin. The Sox will go 139 against the Yankees this year, the first time since 1925 that Chicago is over .500 for the season against the Bombers.
IN THE NEWS: In his ML debut, Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 with two triples off Robin Roberts to lead the Giants to a 72 win over the Phils. McCovey was hitting .372 with 29 home runs at Phoenix when promoted.
The Southern Association suspends Chattanooga 1B Jesse Levan for life because of his involvement as a go-between for gamblers seeking to fix games. His teammate, Waldo Gonzales, receives a one-year suspension.
The PCL's Portland club sues ML baseball for $1.8 million, citing unfair practices through television that could bring the downfall of the minor leagues. They warn the ML not to start a 3rd league or expand.
IN THE NEWS: Earl Wilson, the Red Sox' first black pitcher, makes his first start. He gives up no hits against Detroit in three 2/3 innings and leaves with a 40 lead after walking 9. The Sox beat Detroit, 65, despite issuing 15 walks. Fornieles is the winner.
Pedro Ramos holds Chicago to one hit in seven innings but leaves with a sore elbow, and the Sox score two in the 9th to beat the Senators, 21. It is Washington's 14th loss in a row. The Sox lead Cleveland by two games.
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