Larry Doby of the Indians hits the first major league homer over the outer wall in Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium‚ an estimated 500-foot clout in the 6th. The Indians win, 4 – 2, behind Herb Score‚ who is replaced in the 9th after singles by C Wilmer Shantz and PH Enos Slaughter. Wilmer’s brother Bobby Shantz is the loser.

Larry Doby of the Indians hits the first major league homer over the outer wall in Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium‚ an estimated 500-foot clout in the 6th. The Indians win, 4 – 2, behind Herb Score‚ who is replaced in the 9th after singles by C Wilmer Shantz and PH Enos Slaughter. Wilmer’s brother Bobby Shantz is the loser.

Larry Doby of the Indians hits the first major league homer over the outer wall in Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium‚ an estimated 500-foot clout in the 6th. The Indians win, 4 – 2, behind Herb Score‚ who is replaced in the 9th after singles by C Wilmer Shantz and PH Enos Slaughter. Wilmer’s brother Bobby Shantz is the loser.

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5/25/1955: Pittsburgh’s Gene Freese rounded the bases while the Dodger outfield tried to track down his hit at Forbes Field. It came off Billy Loes in the second with no one on and was rained out.

5/25/1955: Pittsburgh’s Gene Freese rounded the bases while the Dodger outfield tried to track down his hit at Forbes Field. It came off Billy Loes in the second with no one on and was rained out.

After losing 11 straight games‚ the Pirates rout the Dodgers, 15 – 1‚ their highest score in 172 games. Tomorrow, they will sink to the cellar. Bob Friend‚ who pitches the last 4 1/3 innings in relief of starter Vern Law‚ is the winner. Preston Ward has a single‚ triple and home run to pace the Corsairs.

After losing 11 straight games‚ the Pirates rout the Dodgers, 15 – 1‚ their highest score in 172 games. Tomorrow, they will sink to the cellar. Bob Friend‚ who pitches the last 4 1/3 innings in relief of starter Vern Law‚ is the winner. Preston Ward has a single‚ triple and home run to pace the Corsairs.

Pittsburgh’s highly touted Rule 5 acquisition, rookie outfielder Roberto Clemente, debuts his new uniform number, 21 (as reported by Pittsburgh Press beat writer Les Biederman). Originally number 13, he replaces the previous 21, outfielder Earl Smith, who was optioned to New Orleans of the Southern Association on May 3rd. Clemente is the 15th and final Pirate to wear number 21, which will be retired in 1973, following his fatal airplane crash on New Year’s Eve, 1972.

Pittsburgh’s highly touted Rule 5 acquisition, rookie outfielder Roberto Clemente, debuts his new uniform number, 21 (as reported by Pittsburgh Press beat writer Les Biederman). Originally number 13, he replaces the previous 21, outfielder Earl Smith, who was optioned to New Orleans of the Southern Association on May 3rd. Clemente is the 15th and final Pirate to wear number 21, which will be retired in 1973, following his fatal airplane crash on New Year’s Eve, 1972.

The second game of a Giants-Pirates doubleheader is called at the top of the 9th due to rain, 28 minutes short of the Sunday curfew, with the Giants leading, 5 – 3. If the rain had started before the end of the 8th, the game would have gone to the Pirates by a score of 3 – 2. The umpires almost rule it a suspended game rather than a called game, because they feel they have to wait at least half an hour before calling a game, which would set the time two minutes after the curfew. But a Giants vice president finds the rule that puts weather and similar conditions first when determining whether a game is called or suspended.

The second game of a Giants-Pirates doubleheader is called at the top of the 9th due to rain, 28 minutes short of the Sunday curfew, with the Giants leading, 5 – 3. If the rain had started before the end of the 8th, the game would have gone to the Pirates by a score of 3 – 2. The umpires almost rule it a suspended game rather than a called game, because they feel they have to wait at least half an hour before calling a game, which would set the time two minutes after the curfew. But a Giants vice president finds the rule that puts weather and similar conditions first when determining whether a game is called or suspended.

After defending MVP Willie Mays opens the scoring with a 1st-inning single, his recent pupil, Pittsburgh’s rookie phenom Roberto Clemente, leads off the bottom of the frame by launching homer #3 off Sal Maglie, a rocket to left center that, according to Rud Rennie of the New York Times, touches down some unspecified distance beyond “the ivy-clad left-centerfield wall to the right of the 406-foot mark.” While the Giants untie the game with a two-run 4th, Maglie is busy shutting down the Bucs, allowing only two runners to reach second base until running out of gas in the 9th. He leaves the game with two on, two out and New York ahead, 3 – 2. Clemente then faces reliever Marv Grissom, who saves the win. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press writes: “Clemente went after Grissom’s first pitch and lined it to Mays, who made the difficult catch seem easy and the fans who had congregated in the aisles left muttering and shaking their heads.”

After defending MVP Willie Mays opens the scoring with a 1st-inning single, his recent pupil, Pittsburgh’s rookie phenom Roberto Clemente, leads off the bottom of the frame by launching homer #3 off Sal Maglie, a rocket to left center that, according to Rud Rennie of the New York Times, touches down some unspecified distance beyond “the ivy-clad left-centerfield wall to the right of the 406-foot mark.” While the Giants untie the game with a two-run 4th, Maglie is busy shutting down the Bucs, allowing only two runners to reach second base until running out of gas in the 9th. He leaves the game with two on, two out and New York ahead, 3 – 2. Clemente then faces reliever Marv Grissom, who saves the win. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press writes: “Clemente went after Grissom’s first pitch and lined it to Mays, who made the difficult catch seem easy and the fans who had congregated in the aisles left muttering and shaking their heads.”

In Milwaukee, Cubs pitcher Warren Hacker loses his no-hitter when he gives up a one-out 9th-inning home run to George Crowe. Hacker holds on to win, 2 – 1.

In Milwaukee, Cubs pitcher Warren Hacker loses his no-hitter when he gives up a one-out 9th-inning home run to George Crowe. Hacker holds on to win, 2 – 1.