IN THE NEWS: Harmon Killebrew suffers a dislocated left elbow in a collision with Baltimore's Russ Snyder. The Twins slugger will miss 48 games. Killebrew is leading American League in homers with 22 and RBIs at 70.
IN THE NEWS: Judge Roy Hofheinz purchases 53 percent of Bob Smith's holdings in the Astros, giving Hofheinz a controlling 86 percent of the club's stock.
IN THE NEWS: After hitting 7-for-11 against the White Sox, Mickey Mantle loops a homer off Mickey Lolich but Detroit tops the visiting Yankees, 5–4. New York will win tomorrow and Mick will add another homer.
IN THE NEWS: Recently released by the Mets, Warren Spahn wins his 361st victory and first as a Giant. San Francisco beats the Cards 6–4.
In New York, the Cubs score six runs in the 9th inning to whip the Mets, 14–10. Chris Krug is not much help in the 9th, as the Cubbie strikes out twice. It's the first time since 1922 a Cub has K'ed twice in one inning.
The Reds show no mercy in pasting the Dodgers, 18–0 in the National League's most lopsided shutout in twenty years. Jim Maloney coasts to the win, while Don Drysdale takes the loss.
IN THE NEWS: At New York, Jim Kaat benefits from sloppy Yankee fielding and Minnesota scores six unearned runs to beat the Yankees, 7–3.
In the 2nd of two at Fenway, the O's Brooks Robinson hits a ball that appears to hit the net above the Green Monster, but is ruled in play by Lou DiMuro. Robinson reaches third with a triple, and then adds a homer in the 7th. Brooks lost another homer last year. The O's win 12–4 after losing the opener, 15–5.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants split a pair with Pittsburgh, losing game two by a 5–2 score after winning the opener, 4–3. In the win, Matty and Jesus Alou hit homers, the first time two Alous have homerd in the same game since Matty Alou and Felipe Alou did it on May 15, 1961.
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc. applies for a National League franchise. The nonprofit group has been formed to find a replacement team for the soon-to-be-departing Braves.
IN THE NEWS: Washington 3B Ken McMullen ties an American League record by starting four DPs in a 4–2 win, as the Senators complete a 3-game sweep of Baltimore.
Pinch-hit home runs by Max Alvis in the 9th inning and Leon Wagner in the 11th give Cleveland a 6–4 win against Minnesota. Two pinch-hit home runs in one game ties the ML record.
The Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor the first Japanese player to have reached the American major leagues. Ordinarily a reliever, Murakami makes his first ML start as the Giants outslug the Phillies, 15–9.
IN THE NEWS: At Fenway, Earl Wilson is most of the Boston offense as he bangs a pair of home runs. But the righty still takes the loss to the White Sox, 5–4.
IN THE NEWS: The Braves take first place when Tony Cloninger beats St. Louis, 5–3. Hank Aaron of the Braves hits a home run off Curt Simmons, but has it nullified when umpire Chris Pelekoudas says Aaron stepped out of the batter's box when he made contact.
In a 3–2 Orioles' win over the Red Sox, Brooks Robinson hits into his 3rd triple play, tying the record of George Sisler, who banged into triple plays in 1921, 1922, and 1926.
IN THE NEWS: In a magnificent performance, Reds P Jim Maloney's records his 2nd 10-inning no-hit effort of 1965. It is another 0–0 duel through nine innings, until Reds SS Leo Cardenas homers off the LF foul pole in the 10th at Wrigley Field. Maloney sets a no-hit record by allowing 10 walks, and fans 12 in Cincinnati's 1–0 win. Larry Jackson is the losing pitcher.
At San Francisco, Don Drysdale faces Warren Spahn in the start of a critical four-game series. Drysdale last longer than Spahn, allowing five runs through eleven innings and leaves with the game tied. The Dodgers win it in 15 innings, 6–5.
IN THE NEWS: Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run as the Braves win 4–3 at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, 1954-65, becomes the top home run tandem in ML history, passing the Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together.
Detroit All-Star SS Dick McAuliffe is lost for the season with a broken bone in his left hand suffered diving into 1B, as the 3rd-place Tigers sweep a doubleheader at Boston. The Tigers win, 2–0 and 3–2.
IN THE NEWS: San Francisco's Juan Marichal, batting against LA's Sandy Koufax, complains that C John Roseboro's return throws are too close. He then turns and attacks Roseboro with his bat. A 14-minute brawl ensues before Koufax, Willie Mays, and other peacemakers can restore order. Roseboro suffers a considerable cut on the head. Marichal is suspended eight playing days and levied a National League-record $1,750 fine.
IN THE NEWS: In Milwaukee, Tommy Harper cracks a two-run homer with two outs in the 9th inning as the Reds beat the Braves, 3–2. Billy O'Dell is the pitcher serving up Harper's homer.
IN THE NEWS: Braves reliever Bill O'Dell sees Red again as he is victimized for the 2nd day in a row by a 9th inning Cincy homer. This time it is Tony Perez doing the damage by hitting a 3-run homer to defeat the Braves, 7–4.
Boston's Earl Wilson fans 13 batters in beating the Senators, 8–3.
Moonlight Graham dies in Chisholm, MN. Graham played in one ML game, for the 1905 Giants, and did not get to bat. His character in W.P. Kinsella's Field of Dreams, later played by Burt Lancaster in the movie, made him a baseball household name.
IN THE NEWS: Dodger P Don Drysdale wins in Philadelphia, but the Phils don't make it easy. Drysdale wins 9–8, to end his 9-game losing streak to the Phillies. He last beat them on June 1, 1962, which was his 13th straight victory over the Phils.
IN THE NEWS: Willie Mays sets a National League record for home runs in one month with his 17th of August, 41st overall, as San Francisco beats the Mets, 8–3. Mays tops Ralph Kiner, who slugged 16 for Pittsburgh in September, 1949.
The White Sox take a pair from Boston by 3–2 scores with rookie Bob Locker saving both games. Shortstop Ron Hansen handles 28 chances in the two games, a ML record, and his 18 chances in the 14-inning opener ties the major-league record for extra innings.
IN THE NEWS: Following his doctor's advice, Casey Stengel announces his retirement as manager of the Mets. He will head up Mets scouting in California. Stengel ends a 25-year managerial career that included 10 pennants with the Yankees, followed by a dismal 175-404 with the expansion Mets. The 75-year-old Stengel has been in professional baseball since 1910.
IN THE NEWS: Boston C Russ Nixon ties a major-league record with three run-scoring sacrifice flies in the 2nd game at Washington. Boston wins 8–5 after taking the opener, 4–0.
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