The hot Giants sweep a pair from the National League-leading Reds, winning 12 – 2 and 5 – 3. Visiting SF features 20 hits in the opener to back Mike McCormick. Orlando Cepeda’s 35th home run, NL high, starts the scoring in the nitecap, as Sam Jones and Stu Miller combine. Willie Mays has his 32nd and 33rd homers in the twinbill.

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The hot Giants sweep a pair from the National League-leading Reds, winning 12 – 2 and 5 – 3. Visiting SF features 20 hits in the opener to back Mike McCormick. Orlando Cepeda’s 35th home run, NL high, starts the scoring in the nitecap, as Sam Jones and Stu Miller combine. Willie Mays has his 32nd and 33rd homers in the twinbill.

In their first appearance in Boston since moving to Milwaukee, the Braves defeat the Red Sox, 4 – 1

In their first appearance in Boston since moving to Milwaukee, the Braves defeat the Red Sox, 4 – 1

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1961 – In their first appearance in Boston since moving to Milwaukee, the Braves defeat the Red Sox, 4 – 1. Warren Spahn pitches the first inning, striking out rookies Chuck Schilling and Carl Yastrzemski. The exhibition gameis for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund.

In the second game of a doubleheader, the Phillies snap a 23-game losing streak when the Braves beat the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 7-4. The winning pitcher John Buzhardt, who wears jersey #23, throws a complete game, ending the team’s skid at 23 straight losses, a major league mark for the most consecutive defeats by a team.

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In the second game of a doubleheader, the Phillies snap a 23-game losing streak when the Braves beat the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 7-4. The winning pitcher John Buzhardt, who wears jersey #23, throws a complete game, ending the team’s skid at 23 straight losses, a major league mark for the most consecutive defeats by a team.

The Cubs and Pirates tie a National League record by playing their third straight extra-inning game. The Cubs take this one, 1 – 0. Chicago wins two of the three 11-inning games.

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The Cubs and Pirates tie a National League record by playing their third straight extra-inning game. The Cubs take this one, 1 – 0. Chicago wins two of the three 11-inning games.

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Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in the twinbill sweep.

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At Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in the twinbill sweep. Mantle’s 1st-inning three-run homer, and Maris’s in the 3rd inning, make it easy for Ralph Terry. In the nightcap, Bill Skowron hits his 21st in the 2nd inning and the Yanks win, 5 – 2.

The Phils rally in the 9th, but strand 11 and lose, 4 – 3 to Milwaukee. For the hapless Quakers, it is their 22nd loss in a row. For the Braves, it is their 9th win in a row. The Phils have 13 hits off Tony Cloninger, the winner, while Frank Sullivan allows just 7. The Braves score all their runs in the 3rd, the big blow being Frank Thomas’s two-run homer.

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The Phils rally in the 9th, but strand 11 and lose, 4 – 3 to Milwaukee. For the hapless Quakers, it is their 22nd loss in a row. For the Braves, it is their 9th win in a row. The Phils have 13 hits off Tony Cloninger, the winner, while Frank Sullivan allows just 7. The Braves score all their runs in the 3rd, the big blow being Frank Thomas’s two-run homer.

The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 – 3, as the two teams combine to hit into eight double plays, tying the major-league record for nine innings.

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The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 – 3, as the two teams combine to hit into eight double plays, tying the major-league record for nine innings.

The Reds surge to a three-game lead in the National League by topping the Cards, 3 – 1, behind Joey Jay. The Reds get on the board in the 6th on Wally Post’s homer, his 16th. He has now homered this year in every NL park.

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The Reds surge to a three-game lead in the National League by topping the Cards, 3 – 1, behind Joey Jay. The Reds get on the board in the 6th on Wally Post’s homer, his 16th. He has now homered this year in every NL park.