Minnesota’s Joe Altobelli hits a one-out 7th inning homer, the only hit off Washington’s Dick Donovan, who wins, 4 – 1. Jim Kaat loses his 16th.
The Phils’ Wes Covington hits a solo homer in the 16th inning to top Pittsburgh’s Elroy Face, 5 – 4. Face also gives up an extra-inning homer to Felipe Alou on the 11th. Bobby Malkmus earlier homered for the Phils. Jack Baldschun pitches 7 1/3 innings of shutout relief for the win.
An ailing Mickey Mantle’s career-high 54th home run, his last of the regular season, helps New York beat Boston, 8 – 3. Whitey Ford leaves the game in the 5th inning, but wins his 25th.
Jim Gentile hits his fifth grand slam of the year to tie the major league record established in 1955 by Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks. Each of the Orioles’ first baseman’s four-run homers has come with Chuck Estrada pitching for Baltimore.
1961 – At New York, Roger Maris is held hitless in four at bats, as the Orioles win, 5 – 3, behind Jack Fisher’s 3-hitter. All the runs off him are unearned. Maris is the only Yankee regular to play the entire game.
In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular season game played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, a venue originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.
1961 – The 155th Yankees game of the season (including a tie) is Roger Maris’ last chance to beat the 60 home run mark set by Babe Ruth in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick’s statement, for the record to be broken Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris’ 59th home run of the year, off Jack Fisher, is short of the record, but helps the Yankees beat Baltimore, 4 – 2 to clinch their 26th American League pennant.
1961 – The Giants clobber Warren Spahn for four home runs, one of them a grand slam by Willie Mays, and then rally in the 8th and 9th to top the Braves, 11 – 10. The two teams combine for eight home runs and 57 total bases, but the short ball wins it – Harvey Kuenn’s tie-breaking single in the 8th, and Ed Bailey’s sacks-full single in the 9th.
1961 – In Detroit, Roger Maris triples off Terry Fox in the 7th to put the Yanks ahead. Detroit ties it and, then in the 12th, Maris faces Fox again with Tony Kubek on second base. Maris steps out of the box to watch a long skein of Canadian geese fly over Tiger Stadium, then steps in a belts the first pitch for his 58th homer of the year.
The Senators acquire P Claude Osteen from the Reds for 1B Dave Sisler and cash.
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