Cleveland 3B Max Alvis is stricken with spinal meningitis. He will be disabled for six weeks but will make the All-Star team in 1965. Texas native will rebound nicely, making the American League All-Star team next season and in 1967.

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On June 27, 1964 Cleveland 3B Max Alvis is stricken with spinal meningitis. He will be disabled for six weeks but will make the All-Star team in 1965. Texas native will rebound nicely, making the American League All-Star team next season and in 1967.

Roberto Clemente’s two-run, tape-measure double finds its way out of Forbes Field at its farthest point, touching off Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind, 8th-inning, game-winning rally off Cincinnati’s Bob Purkey and Bill Henry. Dick Schofield singles, Bill Virdon doubles and both score on Clemente’s ground-rule double that bounces over the center-field wall. The game is thus deadlocked and, one out later, Clemente will score the deciding run ahead of Manny Mota’s home run off Henry.

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On June 27, 1964 Roberto Clemente’s two-run, tape-measure double finds its way out of Forbes Field at its farthest point, touching off Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind, 8th-inning, game-winning rally off Cincinnati’s Bob Purkey and Bill Henry. Dick Schofield singles, Bill Virdon doubles and both score on Clemente’s ground-rule double that bounces over the center-field wall. The game is thus deadlocked and, one out later, Clemente will score the deciding run ahead…