IN THE NEWS: Albie Pearson becomes the first player to go hitless in 11 at bats in a doubleheader (both 9-inning games). Los Angeles splits with the Yankees, losing 6–3 before winning 12–5. Reliever Art Fowler helps himself to a win in the nitecap by driving in four runs on a pair of singles. The Yanks take over 1st place.
The White Sox drop Cleveland to 3rd place while winning a pair 5–4 and 7–6. In the 2nd game they also set a major-league record with three run-scoring sacrifice flies in the 5th inning when they score six runs. Indian RF Gene Green makes the first put out of the 6th inning, but then muffs two other fly balls, both of which are credited as sacrifice flies, the scorer assuming the runners on 3rd could have scored anyway.
IN THE NEWS: In the first game of a doubleheader, P Johnny Podres of the Dodgers ties the modern National League record with eight consecutive strikeouts in a 5–1 win. Stan Williams also wins 4–0, as the Dodgers sweep Philadelphia and move into first place.
At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle deposits a 6th inning homer halfway up the third tier in right to lead New York to a 8–4 win over the A's. Mick walks his other three times up.
At Cincinnati, Reds 1B Gordy Coleman hits a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Cubs, 4–3.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees need all five home runs -- 2 each by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, plus one by Bobby Richardson -- to edge the A's 8–7. Mantle's 2nd homer, in the 8th, is the tie breaker.
IN THE NEWS: The Indians regain first place from the Angels, as Ruben Gomez beats Early Wynn and the White Sox 5–3.
The Yankees edge the Twins 7–5 in Bloomington, as Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each hit a pair of home runs. The M&M boys hit back to back homers in the 1st inning, off Camilo Pascual (12–4), the 3rd time in four games they've hit back-to-back shots. New York is a half-game in back of Cleveland.
IN THE NEWS: The Yankees complete a 3-game sweep in Minnesota, winning 9–8 to regain first place. They will remain there the rest of the way.
The Dodgers take first place as Don Drysdale saves Sandy Koufax's 13th win 2–0 against San Francisco. Los Angeles will remain in first until the final day of the season.
With home runs in his first three at bats, 41-year-old Stan Musial of the Cardinals not only becomes the oldest player to hit three in a game but also ties the major-league record of four straight home runs, as the Cards whip the Mets 15–1. His home run in the 2nd game the day before won the game 3–2.
Cincinnati uses nine pitchers to win the 13-inning 2nd game against the Houston Colt 45s 12–11. This sets an National League record and ties the ML mark. Houston scores once in the 13th and Cincy scores twice to win. The Reds also win the first game 12–8, battling back from an 8–3 deficit.
IN THE NEWS: At a meeting held in conjunction with the All-Star Game, the ML players request a reduced schedule for the 1963 season. They also vote unanimously to continue playing two All-Star Games each year.
IN THE NEWS: For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both were hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank's grand slam provides the winning margin in a 8–6 Braves win over the Cards.
The Senators send 1B Dale Long to the Yankees for OF Don Lock. Long will hit .298 in pinstripes this year.
IN THE NEWS: In Kansas City, the Red Sox outlast the A's, 11–10, in 15 innings. Boston collects 21 hits to KC's 20. Lou Clinton wins the marathon with an RBI single and adds the cycle as he goes 5-for-7. Dick Radatz is the winner over Ed Rackow. KC catcher Haywood Sullivan is 4-for-4 before leaving for a pinch runner in the 10th.
Orioles C Charley Lau hits four doubles in a 10–3 victory over Cleveland to tie a ML record. Charlie's average jumps to .294.
Cubs rookie Cal Koonce (8-2) stops the Reds on one hit, a single by Don Blasingame, to win, 1–0. It is the first of four times that the Dixie Blazer will collect the only hit in a game. The Cubs only run is unearned off Bob Purkey (14-3).
IN THE NEWS: Sandy Koufax leaves after one inning of a 7–5 loss at Cincinnati. The 14-game winner has a circulatory problem in the index finger and palm of his pitching hand and will be sidelined until late September.
IN THE NEWS: Minnesota is the first 20th-century club to hit two grand slams in one inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect in a team-record, 11-run first inning, against Cleveland. Barry Latman and Jim Perry serve the grand gophers. The Twins coast home 14–3.
IN THE NEWS: Mickey Mantle homers in the first inning off Washington starter Steve Hamilton to propel New York to a 3–2 victory. Mantle goes 3-for-4 and his on-base percentage is now .516.
IN THE NEWS: Floyd Robinson of the White Sox goes 6-for-6, all singles, as Chicago defeats Boston 7–3 at Fenway Park. Robinson raises his average 12 points, to .319 and ties for 1st in RBIs with 71.
At Cincinnati, Reds pitcher Jim O'Toole loses his no hit bid when Bob Skinner doubles in the 8th inning. O'Toole finishes with a 3–0 one-hitter against the Pirates.
IN THE NEWS: Stan Musial becomes the National League's all-time leader in runs batted in with 1,862, driving in both of the Cardinal runs in a 5–2 loss to the Dodgers.
The Reds pound out 21 hits in defeating the Pirates, 13–6.
IN THE NEWS: In New York, P Gene Conley and IF Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear after a 13–3 loss to the Yankees. They leave the team bus in traffic to use a rest room and fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel, and goes to the airport, but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley was the loser in the game, pitching two 2/3 inning, and walking in two of the eight earned runs allowed. Pumpsie did not play. Bouton is the winner, shutting out the Hubmen for six innings.
Warren Spahn hits his 31st career homer, off Craig Anderson, setting an National League record for pitchers, in a 6–1 win over the Mets. The Mets suffer their 11th straight loss.
IN THE NEWS: On Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium, White Sox knuckleballer Eddie Fisher loses a 3–0 shut out when he surrenders 7th inning homers to Mickey Mantle and Blanchard and loses, 4–3.
IN THE NEWS: Gene Conley contacts manager Mike Higgins by telegram, stating that he is "mostly tired," and has "other plans." He will return the next day to the Red Sox and will be fined $2,000.
Don Drysdale pushes his record to 19–4 as he completes a three-game Dodger sweep over the Giants, winning 111. Howard has a home run and three singles to drive home five runs. Willie Mays accounts for the only Giants run with a home run. Los Angeles now leads the Giants by four games.
IN THE NEWS: At D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. New York wins, 9–5.