Johnny Antonelli returns to the Braves as the Indians sell the veteran back to where he started as an 18-year-old pitcher.
Johnny Antonelli returns to the Braves as the Indians sell the veteran back to where he started as an 18-year-old pitcher.
Before 74,246 – the largest crowd at Yankee Stadium since 1947 – the Yankees split with the Tigers, winning the opener 6 – 2, before losing 4 – 3 in 10 innings.
Before 74,246 – the largest crowd at Yankee Stadium since 1947 – the Yankees split with the Tigers, winning the opener 6 – 2, before losing 4 – 3 in 10 innings.
Harmon Killebrew’s hits his only career inside-the-park homer
At Metropolitan Stadium, the Twins sweep a pair from the White Sox, winning the opener, 6 – 4, when Julio Becquer hits a 9th-inning grand slam as a pinch hitter. Cal McLish shuts out the Twins in the second game until the 8th inning when the Twins score four runs, two on Harmon Killebrew’s only career inside-the-park homer, off McLish. It is the Twins’ first inside-the-park home run. They win, 4 – 2, behind Jack Kralick.
At Chicago, the Giants roll to a 19 – 3 win in the first game, collecting 22 hits including a homer by Orlando Cepeda that is one of the longest in Wrigley Field history. The Cubs come back in the nitecap to win, 3 – 2, overcoming Willie Mays’s 300th homer.
At Chicago, the Giants roll to a 19 – 3 win in the first game, collecting 22 hits including a homer by Orlando Cepeda that is one of the longest in Wrigley Field history. The Cubs come back in the nitecap to win, 3 – 2, overcoming Willie Mays’s 300th homer.
