2B Lonny Frey of the Reds throws out six straight runners as part of an 11-assist game against Brooklyn. Frey also adds a triple and two singles but the big Red blow is a 3-run pinch homer in the 10th by Brooklyn’s Don Padgett to win the game, 8 – 5.

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2B Lonny Frey of the Reds throws out six straight runners as part of an 11-assist game against Brooklyn. Frey also adds a triple and two singles but the big Red blow is a 3-run pinch homer in the 10th by Brooklyn’s Don Padgett to win the game, 8 – 5.

Hot-hitting Boston SS Johnny Pesky becomes the first player in American League history to score six runs in one game, as the Red Sox beat the White Sox, 14 – 10. Mickey Harris is the winner, despite giving up 17 hits in 8 2/3 innings. Boo Ferriss retires Taffy Wright for the last out and the Sox have now won 13 straight.

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Hot-hitting Boston SS Johnny Pesky becomes the first player in American League history to score six runs in one game, as the Red Sox beat the White Sox, 14 – 10. Mickey Harris is the winner, despite giving up 17 hits in 8 2/3 innings. Boo Ferriss retires Taffy Wright for the last out and the Sox have now won 13 straight.

At Griffith Stadium, Detroit 2B Eddie Mayo snags a 3rd-inning liner off the bat of Gil Torres to start a triple play. The ball is deflected by P Hal Newhouser, but Mayo grabs it before it hits the ground. It is the second time in a year that Mayo has started a triple play off Torres: in the 2nd inning of the nitecap on July 20, 1945, Mayo grabbed a Torres line drive to start the triple killing.

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At Griffith Stadium, Detroit 2B Eddie Mayo snags a 3rd-inning liner off the bat of Gil Torres to start a triple play. The ball is deflected by P Hal Newhouser, but Mayo grabs it before it hits the ground. It is the second time in a year that Mayo has started a triple play off Torres: in the 2nd inning of the nitecap on July 20, 1945, Mayo grabbed a Torres line drive to start the triple killing.

In his second appearance, A’s rookie Bobby Shantz is sensational, tossing nine hitless innings of relief in a 13-inning, 5-4 win over Detroit at Briggs Field. The 23 year-old southpaw, who made his major league debut five days ago pitching 2/3 of an inning against Washington, gives up two hits and a run in his tenth inning of work but gets the victory because Wally Moses had a two-run home run in the top of the frame.

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In his second appearance, A’s rookie Bobby Shantz is sensational, tossing nine hitless innings of relief in a 13-inning, 5-4 win over Detroit at Briggs Field. The 23 year-old southpaw, who made his major league debut five days ago pitching 2/3 of an inning against Washington, gives up two hits and a run in his tenth inning of work but gets the victory because Wally Moses had a two-run home run in the top of the frame.

Leon Day, pitching for the Newark Eagles, throws an Opening Day no-hitter against the Philadelphia Stars, winning, 2 – 0. It is the last 9-inning no-hitter in the Negro Leagues.

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Leon Day, pitching for the Newark Eagles, throws an Opening Day no-hitter against the Philadelphia Stars, winning, 2 – 0. It is the last 9-inning no-hitter in the Negro Leagues.