Pumpsie Green hits first career homerun in Red Sox win over Yankees Full Radio Broadcast
1959 09 07 Yankees at Red Sox Phil Rizzuto
1959 09 07 Yankees at Red Sox Phil Rizzuto
1959 – The Dodgers set a record for a Coliseum doubleheader when 39‚432 fans show up for two games with the Cubs. Sandy Koufax runs his streak to 41 strikeouts in three games‚ for another major league record‚ but loses the opener, 3 – 0 on a 3-run homer by Ernie Banks in the 9th. The Dodgers lose the second game, 5 – 3‚ also on a 3-run 9th-inning homer‚ to drop 3 games behind the Giants.
In the third inning of the Senators’ 14-2 rout of Boston, Jim Lemon belts two home runs, respectively off Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson. The outfielder’s pair of round-trippers accounts for six of the ten runs scored in the frame.
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