IN THE NEWS: The Pirates, behind Vern Law's pitching, win their 9th game in a row, 132, against the Reds at Cincinnati.
Orioles vet Skinny Brown hurls Baltimore to a 41, win over the Yankees. Brown allows just one hit, a first inning homer by Mickey Mantle. Rookie Ron Hansen matches Mantle to up his RBI total to an American League high 32.
IN THE NEWS: Ron Kline's 7-hitter gives the Cardinals a 43 win and ends Pittsburgh's streak at nine games, the club's longest since 1945. Roy Face issues a bases-loaded walk in the 9th for his 2nd straight loss.
Playing at a converted football stadium because their own Russwood Park was destroyed by fire on April 17, the Memphis Chicks and Birmingham set a Southern League one-game record with 11 home runs, six of which clear a RF fence just 204 feet from home plate. Afterward, all drives over the RF fence are declared doubles until home plate can be moved. The Chicks move to Tobey Park in mid-July.
IN THE NEWS: The Cubs make a tradewith WGNplucking Lou Boudreau out of the broadcast booth to replace Charlie Grimm (6-11) as manager, Jolly Cholly takes Lou's chair behind the mike. The Cubs win, 51, over the Pirates as Dick Ellsworth gains his first ML victory.
The Orioles C Gus Triandos sets American League records with three passed balls in one inning (6th) and four in one game, but Hoyt Wilhelm, making a rare start, goes seven innings and gets credit for a 64 Baltimore win over the White Sox. Early Wynn records his 2,000th strikeout in a no-decision effort for the Sox. Triandos' PB mark for an inning will be tied by reserve backstop Myron Ginsberg in six days, and Tom Egan will collect five PBs in 1970 to erase Gus' name.
IN THE NEWS: Eddie Bressoud's 3-run home run -- a 397-foot, inside-the-park shot off Harvey Haddix -- highlights a 6-run rally as the Giants edge Pittsburgh 65 at Candlestick Park. San Francisco ties a major-league record and sets a National League record by having left just two men on base in two consecutive games (16 innings), while winning both.
Siblings Larry Sherry and Norm Sherry of the Dodgers become the 10th brother battery in ML history. Catcher Norm belts an 11th-inning home run to give his relief-pitching brother Larry a 32 win against Philadelphia.
Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette allows just one hit in beating the visiting Tigers, 50. Neil Chrisley's double is the only safety.
IN THE NEWS: Joe Ginsberg of the Orioles loses a struggle with Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckler, and ties the record set six days earlier by teammate Gus Triandos with three passed balls in one inning. Dick Williams of the A's belts a grand slam, as the American League record of three on one day in one league is tied for the 2nd time in 16 days. Williams also doubles in a 9-run 5th inning. Kansas City beats Baltimore 100.
IN THE NEWS: At San Francisco, Sam Jones hurls a 2-hitter and draws a bases loaded walk for the only run as the Giants edge the Phils, 10. Jim Owens is the loser.
IN THE NEWS: Duplicating Sam Jones' effort of yesterday, the Giants Jack Sanford pitches a 2-hit, 10 win over the Phils. He matches Jones by striking out 11 and walking 3.
At Wrigley, the Reds sink the Cubs, 141, by scoring seven runs in the first inning and six in the 2nd.
The Phils release P Curt Simmons, who had no decisions this year or last. The Cardinals sign the veteran, who will win 69 games for the Birds over the next seven seasons.
In the Florida State League, Palatka's Michael Mattaice hurls his 2nd consecutive no-hitter, rolling over Tampa, 200. On the 3rd, he beat Daytona Beach 40.
IN THE NEWS: Mike McCormick's shutout of the Dodgers is the 3rd straight by San Francisco pitchers, following 2-hitters against Philadelphia by Sam Jones and Jack Sanford. The first-place Giants have seven straight wins.
Philadelphia suffers its 3rd straight 10 shutout, losing to the Reds in Cincinnati. The Phillies, losers of back-to-back 10 games in San Francisco, tie the major-league record for straight 10 losses. Jim O'Toole's win is Cincinnati's 9th straight. The Phils announce a trade of 1B Ed Bouchee and P Don Cardwell to the Cubs for 2B Tony Taylor and C Cal Neeman.
15th Two days after being traded from the Phillies to the Cubs, Don Cardwell pitches a no-hitter. A brilliant, leaping catch of Carl Sawatski's drive by RF George Altman in the 8th inning saves Cardwell's gem. Ernie Banks' home run paces the 40 win, the first no-hitter against the Cards since May 11, 1919.
At Cincinnati, the Reds are down 91 when P Raul Sanchez starts a brawl by plunking three of four Phils batters in the 8th inning, the last batter being P Gene Conley. Phils manager Gene Mauch then charges the mound to tackle Sanchez. Both dugouts empty with fights all around. The most cinematic is 2B Billy Martin, 5'11" taking on the 6'11" Conley, though future Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Robin Roberts is a close second. It takes 12 minutes to restore order. The Phils romp 143, then lose 51 in the doubleheader.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees send SS Andy Carey to the A's for slugger Bob Cerv. Cerv had been with the Yanks for five years before going to KC where he banged 38 home runs in 1958 and was chosen as the American League left fielder over Ted Williams. Cerv will be claimed in the expansion draft in 1960 and the Yanks will again reacquire him.
IN THE NEWS: At Comiskey Park, Ted Kluszewski drives in four runs to lead the White Sox to a 53 win, the 9th in a row at home for Chicago. Mickey Mantle hits a 2-run homer in the 9th inning 2-run shot off Early Wynn, the winner. Chicago leads Cleveland in the American League by one 1/2 games.
The Pirates stretch their National League lead to one 1/2 games by edging the Giants, 54, on Roberto Clemente's single in the 12th inning. Clemente has three hits to raise his average to .378. Willie McCovey's homer in the 9th tied it for San Francisco, and a score in the 12th puts them ahead. But Don Hoak's single and a run-scoring double by Dick Groat sets the stage for Clemente.
Love that home cooking. The Cards, 217 on the road, win their 10th in 13 decisions at home, beating the Reds and starter Jim O'Toole, 61. With the bases loaded, Stan Musial hits a line drive back at Cincy reliever Joe Nuxhall, who deliberately drops the ball in order to start a DP. The umps rule Nuxhall did it on purpose and Musial is out. The runners return to their bases. Larry Jackson is the winner.
IN THE NEWS: With Rocky Colavito on the bench because of poor hitting, the Tigers sweep the visiting Red Sox, 62 and 52. Boston has now lost nine straight and extend that to 10 games before winning. Jim Bunning and Hank Aguirre notch the wins, as the Hubmen strand 15 runners in the nitecap.
IN THE NEWS: George Crowe's ML-record 11th pinch-hit home run, off Don McMahon, gives the Cardinals a 53 win over the Braves. Crowe began the season tied with Smoky Burgess and Gus Zernial in career pinch home runs.
Since there is no rule limiting the size or shape of the catcher's mitt, Baltimore manager Paul Richards combats the passed-ball problem while catching Hoyt Wilhelm (38 in 1959; 11 so far this year) by devising an oversized mitt to gather in Hoyt's fluttering knuckler. It is half again as large as the standard glove and 40 ounces heavier. Wilhelm goes the distance in beating New York 32 at Yankee Stadium. Clint Courtney has no passed balls behind the plate.
Ed Bailey snaps a 55 tie with a 9th inning grand slam as the Reds defeat the visiting Braves, 95. Vada Pinson's 2nd triple of the game set up two intentional walks and set the table for Bailey.
Camilo Pascual strikes out 13 but Washington loses to the Red Sox, 43, his 3rd loss to Boston this year.
IN THE NEWS: Casey Stengel is hospitalized with a virus and high fever and will miss 13 games. New York goes 7-6 under interim manager Ralph Houk. Today the Yanks top the Senators, 51, behind Jim Coates' 5th straight win. The game is scoreless until Mickey Mantle cracks a 5th inning opposite field homer off Jim Kaat, who then walks three, hits two batters, and a serves up a Gil McDougald 2-run triple good for three runs. Later Mantle homers again, and Roger Maris, leading the American League, also homers, the first time the two have hit round trippers together in a game.
At Forbes Field in the 8th inning, Roberto Clemente is on 3B and Hal Smith on 1B with two outs, when Bill Mazeroski fans on a ball that hits in the front of the plate. The ball then hits umpire Al Barlick on the right knee and bounces back toward Phillies pitcher, Jim Owens. Maz doesn't move as Smith jogs to 2B. Clemente races in from 3B then stops. Owens fields the ball and goes after Clemente ignoring pleas from the Phils' bench to simply throw to 1B. In the run-down, Clemente knocks the ball out of Jim Coker's glove and scores the tying run on the catcher's error (the photo has been widely published). The Pirates win, 42 in the 13th on Don Hoak's 2-run home run.
IN THE NEWS: At the Stadium, the Yanks earn a split with the Senators when, in game 2, Yogi Berra belts a two-run homer in the 8th inning. When Mickey Mantle makes a catch for the final out, he is surrounded by a group of fans, one of whom punches him in the face as he races for the dugout. Because of the incident, the Yankees announce that ushers using ropes -- a tactic used at one point with Joe DiMaggio -- will escort Mantle off the field.
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