The Red Sox, losers of nine straight to the White Sox, beat Chicago, 4 – 2, knocking the Pale Hose out of first. Boston OF Gary Geiger, who homered yesterday against Chicago, suffers a collapsed lung and is out for the rest of the season.
With relief help from Bobby Shantz, Whitey Ford, who leaves with an upset stomach, picks up a 4 – 0 win over the Indians. Tony Kubek, Mickey Mantle and Clete Boyer homer for the Yanks. The pinstripers sweep, winning the nitecap, 9 – 2, and take over first place by three percentage points.
The Phillies end their scoreless streak of thirty-eight consecutive innings when Johnny Callison plates Tony Gonzalez with a sixth-inning single in the team’s 4-3 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Philadelphia’s drought began when the team failed to score in the last six frames of a 3-0 win against the Giants, and continued when they were shut out in three straight games (2-0, 2-0, and 9-0) by the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
The Bucs return to first place as Bob Friend defeats the Cardinals, 4 – 2, in St. Louis. As UPI tells it: “Bob Skinner’s home run in the 8th inning broke a 2-all tie and Roberto Clemente iced it with a tremendous blast into the bleachers for the Pirates’ final run in the 9th.” Pittsburgh will remain atop the National League for the rest of the season. Clemente’s long home run – actually off the scoreboard behind Busch Stadium’s left-centerfield bleachers, according to The Sporting News’s Les Biederman – breaks a 73-game home run drought, dating back to a similarly prodigious shot launched at Candlestick Park on May 6.
The Reds spot the Cubs a 5 – 0 lead after six innings, then come back to win, 6 – 5, at Wrigley Field.
1960 – Chicago’s third straight win at Yankee Stadium and eighth straight overall, 6 – 3, behind Billy Pierce, gives the Sox a two-game lead atop the American League. Eli Grba beats Herb Score, 8 – 2, in the second game to give New York a twin-bill split.
In an effort to distract Ted Williams during his at-bats in the 6th and 8th innings, Indians CF Jimmy Piersall goes into a war dance. Piersall gets tossed for his efforts and manager Joe Gordon is also ejected for arguing Jimmy’s case. It is Piersall’s 6th ejection of the season. Gordon had previously announced that any more ejections would cost Piersall $500 each, but he thinks today’s thumbing is unwarranted and waives the fine. American League president Joe Cronin is less forgiving and fines Piersall $100. The Indians win, 4 – 2, behind Jim Perry’s pitching and the first major league home run of Mike de la Hoz.
Kansas City OF Whitey Herzog hits into the only all-Cuban triple play in major league history. The action goes from Washington P Pedro Ramos, to 1B Julio Becquer, to SS Jose Valdivielso. The win, however, goes to reliever Chuck Stobbs as the Nats take an 8 – 3 decision. Harmon Killebrew has a two-run homer.
The Yankees purchase 33-year-old P Luis Arroyo from Jersey City (International League). He will be a key to New York’s pennant this year and be a star in 1961.
At Fenway Park, the Red Sox down the Indians, 6 – 4. Vic Wertz has a three-run homer and four RBIs. Ted Williams also homers and, in the 7th inning, steals second base. Williams sets a major-league record as the only player to steal bases in four consecutive decades: he’ll be matched by Rickey Henderson in 2000 and Tim Raines the following year. Jimmy Piersall homers twice, both off winner Ike Delock.
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