Stan Musial announces his retirement, effective at the end of the season, at the St. Louis Cardinals’ annual team picnic.
Stan Musial announces his retirement, effective at the end of the season, at the St. Louis Cardinals’ annual team picnic.
In the second game of doubleheader, Auburn’s Paul Alspach strikes out 24 New York-Penn League Pirate batters en route to a 1-0 victory at Batavia’s MacArthur Stadium. The 21 year-old Mets farmhand’s performance breaks the NYPL’s strikeout record of 20, previously shared by Jerry Kleinsmith (Jamestown, 1948) and Ron Owen (Hornell, 1955).
In the second game of doubleheader, Auburn’s Paul Alspach strikes out 24 New York-Penn League Pirate batters en route to a 1-0 victory at Batavia’s MacArthur Stadium. The 21 year-old Mets farmhand’s performance breaks the NYPL’s strikeout record of 20, previously shared by Jerry Kleinsmith (Jamestown, 1948) and Ron Owen (Hornell, 1955).
Paul Alspach of the Batavia Pirates strikes out 24 Geneva Senators in a 1 – 0 victory.
Paul Alspach of the Batavia Pirates strikes out 24 Geneva Senators in a 1 – 0 victory.
In the second game of doubleheader, Auburn’s Paul Alspach strikes out 24 New York-Penn League Pirate batters en route to a 1-0 victory at Batavia’s MacArthur Stadium. The 21 year-old Mets farmhand’s performance breaks the NYPL’s strikeout record of 20, previously shared by Jerry Kleinsmith (Jamestown, 1948) and Ron Owen (Hornell, 1955).
In the second game of doubleheader, Auburn’s Paul Alspach strikes out 24 New York-Penn League Pirate batters en route to a 1-0 victory at Batavia’s MacArthur Stadium. The 21 year-old Mets farmhand’s performance breaks the NYPL’s strikeout record of 20, previously shared by Jerry Kleinsmith (Jamestown, 1948) and Ron Owen (Hornell, 1955).
Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole to hit three home runs in the same game. The Baltimore first baseman’s offensive output accounts for half of the runs in the Birds’ 6-5 victory over Washington at D.C. Stadium.
Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole to hit three home runs in the same game. The Baltimore first baseman’s offensive output accounts for half of the runs in the Birds’ 6-5 victory over Washington at D.C. Stadium.
In the A’s 6 – 3 win, A’s pinch-hit star George Alusik suffers a broken wrist when hit by the Indians’ Pedro Ramos’s pitch.
In the A’s 6 – 3 win, A’s pinch-hit star George Alusik suffers a broken wrist when hit by the Indians’ Pedro Ramos’s pitch.
Benched for poor hitting, Brooks Robinson sees his streak of 463 straight games at third stopped. Brooks pinch hits in the 8th inning, however, as the Senators edge the Orioles, 6 – 5. Boog Powell smashes three homers in a losing cause.
Benched for poor hitting, Brooks Robinson sees his streak of 463 straight games at third stopped. Brooks pinch hits in the 8th inning, however, as the Senators edge the Orioles, 6 – 5. Boog Powell smashes three homers in a losing cause.
Jim Hickman hits a walk off grandslam ending his lossing streak at 18 games
One loss shy of tying the major league record of 19 consecutive defeats, Roger Craig switches his uniform number to 13 in an attempt to change his luck. The move appears to work when Jim Hickman lofts a short fly ball in the ninth inning with two outs and the bases-full in a tie game, that just ticks the upper-deck overhang in left field at the Polo Grounds for a walk-off grand slam, giving the Mets an improbable 7-3 victory over the Cubs.
The longest game in 12 years, again at Forbes Field, takes place between the Colt 45’s and the Pirates. Rain delays the start of the two games by an hour, then Houston outlasts the Bucs, 7 – 6, in 15 innings. The second game is another struggle, this time the Pirates winning, 7 – 6, in 11 innings, on a bases-loaded single by Roberto Clemente. Only 300 fans are on hand when the curtain comes down at 2:30 a.m.
The longest game in 12 years, again at Forbes Field, takes place between the Colt 45’s and the Pirates. Rain delays the start of the two games by an hour, then Houston outlasts the Bucs, 7 – 6, in 15 innings. The second game is another struggle, this time the Pirates winning, 7 – 6, in 11 innings, on a bases-loaded single by Roberto Clemente. Only 300 fans are on hand when the curtain comes down at 2:30 a.m.
In the 5th inning‚ Frank Howard and Moose Skowron pinch-hit back-to-back home runs for the Dodgers‚ only the second time this has ever occurred in the National League. Cub pitchers Bob Buhl and Don Elston are the victims. But the Cubs hold on to win, 5 – 4, at Wrigley Field.
In the 5th inning‚ Frank Howard and Moose Skowron pinch-hit back-to-back home runs for the Dodgers‚ only the second time this has ever occurred in the National League. Cub pitchers Bob Buhl and Don Elston are the victims. But the Cubs hold on to win, 5 – 4, at Wrigley Field.
