At Wrigley Field, the Cubs pummel seven Dodgers hurlers to win a second straight from the Dodgers, 12 – 7. Peanuts Lowrey and Eddie Waitkus, the first two hitters for Chicago, have five hits apiece.
The Giants hit five homers and set a club record of 144 in a split with the Pirates. The Ottmen take the lidlifter, 10 – 2, then lose, 5 – 4. Bobby Thomson has a pair of homers. The Pirates also tie a club record for homers with 86 as Hank Greenberg and Frankie Gustine go deep.
The Giants lose, 8 – 7, but hit their 55th home run of the month, a National League record. Walker Cooper connects against the Reds.
Ewell Blackwell’s 16-game winning streak ends as the Reds are defeated by the Giants in ten innings, 6-5. During the streak, ‘the Whip’ completes every game and throws five shutouts, including a no-hitter
Biz Mackey becomes the oldest player to appear in an East-West Game, when the East manager pinch-hits in the first 1947 East-West Game on his 50th birthday. His team loses, 5 – 2. Gentry Jessup tosses three hitless, scoreless innings for the West.
1947 – Ralph Kiner hits home runs number 24 and 25, breaking the Pirate record of 23 by Johnny Rizzo in 1938 and tied by Kiner as a rookie last year. Trailing home run king Johnny Mize, 14 to 3, at the end of May, Kiner will have 25 to Mize’s 31 by the end of July.
The choice rhubarb of the year occurs when umpire Beans Reardon signals that Ron Northey’s long fly has gone into the stands. Northey jogs around the bases only to discover C Bruce Edwards awaiting him with the ball. The Cardinals’ protest is upheld, but the Dodgers will win the replay.
Freddie Hutchinson of the Tigers shuts out the Yankees, 8 – 0, stopping their winning streak at 19.
The first 5-for-5 game of his career moves Ted Williams among the top hitters in the American League.
Willard Marshall of the New York Giants hits 3 consecutive homers, as Larry Jansen beats the visiting Reds.
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