1960 – Chicago’s pennant hopes are damaged with a nitecap 7 – 6 loss to the Tigers, after they win the opener, 8 – 4. Pinch-hitter Norm Cash scores the decisive run in the second game. Cash thus ends his year by grounding into no double plays, the first American Leaguer to do this since league records on this were started in 1940. Teammate Dick McAuliffe and Roger Repoz will duplicate this in 1968.

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1960 – Chicago’s pennant hopes are damaged with a nitecap 7 – 6 loss to the Tigers, after they win the opener, 8 – 4. Pinch-hitter Norm Cash scores the decisive run in the second game. Cash thus ends his year by grounding into no double plays, the first American Leaguer to do this since league records on this were started in 1940. Teammate Dick McAuliffe and Roger Repoz will duplicate this in 1968.

The surprising 4th-place Senators fall to a game above .500 when Ted Williams’ two-run home run off Pedro Ramos gives Boston a 2 – 1 win. Billy Muffett allows just three hits, including Jim Lemon’s 38th home run, in a quick one hour, 40 minute win. A late collapse – 15 losses in their final 18 games – will drop Washington to 5th place, but that will still be the club’s best finish in seven years. The club will continue its improvement in Minnesota.

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The surprising 4th-place Senators fall to a game above .500 when Ted Williams’ two-run home run off Pedro Ramos gives Boston a 2 – 1 win. Billy Muffett allows just three hits, including Jim Lemon’s 38th home run, in a quick one hour, 40 minute win. A late collapse – 15 losses in their final 18 games – will drop Washington to 5th place, but that will still be the club’s best finish in seven years. The club will continue its improvement in Minnesota.

Pittsburgh’s Vern Law joins the 20-win circle with a complete-game 5 – 3 win in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field.

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Pittsburgh’s Vern Law joins the 20-win circle with a complete-game 5 – 3 win in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field.

Don Zimmer, Ron Santo, and George Altman hit 6th-inning home runs as the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 5 – 2, at Wrigley Field. Chicago’s biggest home run threat, Ernie Banks, sets a record by drawing his 27th intentional walk of the year.

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Don Zimmer, Ron Santo, and George Altman hit 6th-inning home runs as the Cubs beat the Dodgers, 5 – 2, at Wrigley Field. Chicago’s biggest home run threat, Ernie Banks, sets a record by drawing his 27th intentional walk of the year.

Braves’ hurler Lew Burdette faces the minimum 27 batters as he no-hits the Phillies, 1 – 0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the 5th inning, is erased on a double play.

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Braves’ hurler Lew Burdette faces the minimum 27 batters as he no-hits the Phillies, 1 – 0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the 5th inning, is erased on a double play.

Before 53,876 fans, the Yankees sweep the Orioles, winning, 7 – 3 and 2 – 0. The Yankees sweep the four-game series and the faltering Birds, now four back, will end up in 2nd place, eight games back. Ralph Terry’s two-hitter in the nitecap beats Milt Pappas.

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Before 53,876 fans, the Yankees sweep the Orioles, winning, 7 – 3 and 2 – 0. The Yankees sweep the four-game series and the faltering Birds, now four back, will end up in 2nd place, eight games back. Ralph Terry’s two-hitter in the nitecap beats Milt Pappas.

Spahn no hitter

39 year old Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter and sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts

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Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter, beating the Phillies at County Stadium, 4-0. The 39 year-old southpaw sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts en route to his 20th victory of the season, marking the tenth time he has reached the plateau.

With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O’s Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 – 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson’s hit off Estrada’s glove drives in two runs for a 5 – 3 New York win.

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With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O’s Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 – 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson’s hit off Estrada’s glove drives in two runs for a 5 – 3 New York win.

Willie Mays, who collects 5 hits in 6 at-bats, ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in the Giants’ 8-6 victory over Philadelphia. The ‘Say Hey Kid’s eleventh inning three-bagger leads to the eventual go-ahead run in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

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Willie Mays, who collects 5 hits in 6 at-bats, ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in the Giants’ 8-6 victory over Philadelphia. The ‘Say Hey Kid’s eleventh inning three-bagger leads to the eventual go-ahead run in the Connie Mack Stadium contest.

The Dodgers end their historic affiliation with the Montreal Royals, citing low attendance as a factor for leaving the city where Jackie Robinson famously broke the color barrier in 1946. Next season, after an effort to keep the the team in the City of a Hundred Steeples, the Canadian franchise relocates to New York, playing as the Syracuse Chiefs, a farm team for the Minnesota Twins.

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The Dodgers end their historic affiliation with the Montreal Royals, citing low attendance as a factor for leaving the city where Jackie Robinson famously broke the color barrier in 1946. Next season, after an effort to keep the the team in the City of a Hundred Steeples, the Canadian franchise relocates to New York, playing as the Syracuse Chiefs, a farm team for the Minnesota Twins.