Whitey Ford (14-2) tops the Senators, 5 – 1, to give the 2nd place Yankees their 22nd win of the month. Roger Maris drives in three runs and Mickey Mantle lines a shot over CF Willie Tasby that rebounds for an inside-the-park home run. Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month.
With three round-trippers at Philadelphia – one a 10th-inning shot to win 8 – 7 – Willie Mays becomes the 4th major league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. Manager Gene Mauch’s efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Al Dark’s hand has a Phillie lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing CF), Jim Owens (3rd, RF), Chris Short (7th, C), and Ken Lehman (9th, P) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O’Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the manoeuvering takes three hours and 20 minutes. The Giants then take the nitecap, 4 – 1, as Mays triples and doubles home two runs and completes a double play with a throw home.
Ryne Duren goes eight innings and strikes out 12 former teammates to give the Angels a 5 – 3 win over New York. Mickey Mantle drives in all three Yankee runs, two on a home run.
The Phillies and Giants play for 5 hours and 11 minutes, but the 15-inning contest ends in a 7 – 7 tie. Both teams score three in the 15th in the longest night game to date.
On June 27, 1961 Gene Green, Willie Tasby and Dale Long hit consecutive home runs for the Senators as they trim Cleveland, 8 – 5.
* At Los Angeles’s Wrigley Field, Angel reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just one hit in his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th-inning home run to Bill Skowron as New York wins, 8 – 6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier homer, off Ken McBride, and Whitey Ford wins his 13th. Yogi Berra collects his 2,000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out.
Yogi Berra collects his 2000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber, in the Yankees’ 8-6 victory over the Angels. A huge cake is rolled out in Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to celebrate the accomplishment.
On June 26, 1961, minor league slugger Don Dichiara of Batavia hits four consecutive home runs in a game, setting a NY-Penn League record. In spite of DiChiaria’s outburst, Batavia loses the game, 14-9, to Jamestown.
On June 25, 1961 Vic Power is the baserunner on first base in the bottom of the 9th, when Chuck Essegian pinch-hits a single. Power, thinking it is a home run, waits to shake hands with Essegian, and is forced out at second base. Detroitand Jim Bunning win, 6 – 3, then Cleveland takes the nightcap, 4 – 3. Source Baseball Reference…
[adrotate banner=”41″] On June 25, 1961, At LA’s Wrigley Field, the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels set a major league record by combining to use 16 pitchers during a 14-inning game. The Orioles win the game, 9-8, on Ron Hansen’s extra-inning home run. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
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