The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees, 4 – 3, behind P Billy Pierce. 

The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees, 4 – 3, behind P Billy Pierce. 

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1959 – The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees, 4 – 3, behind P Billy Pierce. Al Smith, with a two-run home run in the 8th, provides the winning margin. The Sox will go 13-9 against the Yankees this year, the first time since 1925 that Chicago is over .500 for the season against the Bombers.

The Dodgers move into first place on Roger Craig’s 2 – 0 win. Joe Pignatano and Don Zimmer hit solo home runs. A year ago on this date the Dodgers were in last place.

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The Dodgers move into first place on Roger Craig’s 2 – 0 win. Joe Pignatano and Don Zimmer hit solo home runs. A year ago on this date the Dodgers were in last place.

Against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron reaching for a wide throw, collides with Tiger runner Coot Veal. Skowron’s arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win, 9 – 8, when Yogi Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle on. Prior to the Yogi home run, Bobby Richardson and Fritz Brickell hit their first major league homers for New York. Berra’s home run erases five Yankee errors, three by 3B Hector Lopez.

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Against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron reaching for a wide throw, collides with Tiger runner Coot Veal. Skowron’s arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win, 9 – 8, when Yogi Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle on. Prior to the Yogi home run, Bobby Richardson and Fritz Brickell hit their first major league homers for New York. Berra’s home run erases five Yankee errors, three by 3B Hector Lopez.

1959 – With Ty Cobb in the stands, the Tigers make 15 hits to beat the Senators, 11 – 2. Harvey Kuenn, the American League’s leading hitter, is 4 for 4 and scores four runs. Jim Bunning allows four hits to win.

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1959 – With Ty Cobb in the stands, the Tigers make 15 hits to beat the Senators, 11 – 2. Harvey Kuenn, the American League’s leading hitter, is 4 for 4 and scores four runs. Jim Bunning allows four hits to win.

1959 – Veteran Bobby Avila, in his first game with Milwaukee, hits a two-run 9th inning home run off the Reds’ Jim O’Toole, to help give the Braves a 5 – 4 win.

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1959 – Veteran Bobby Avila, in his first game with Milwaukee, hits a two-run 9th inning home run off the Reds’ Jim O’Toole, to help give the Braves a 5 – 4 win.

1959 – The Tigers drop game one to the Orioles, 5 – 2, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap, 2 – 0, despite getting just two hits off Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Joe Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O’s catchers Ginsberg and Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.

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1959 – The Tigers drop game one to the Orioles, 5 – 2, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap, 2 – 0, despite getting just two hits off Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Joe Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O’s catchers Ginsberg and Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.

Chicago’s Early Wynn and the Yankees’ Ralph Terry match zeros for eight innings at Yankee Stadium, before Chicago’s Jim McAnany collects the first Sox hit in the 9th. Jim Landis adds a second hit to drive home two runs to give the Sox the 2 – 0 win. Wynn matches Terry by also allowing just two hits.

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Chicago’s Early Wynn and the Yankees’ Ralph Terry match zeros for eight innings at Yankee Stadium, before Chicago’s Jim McAnany collects the first Sox hit in the 9th. Jim Landis adds a second hit to drive home two runs to give the Sox the 2 – 0 win. Wynn matches Terry by also allowing just two hits.

After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first place. New York wins the opener when Yogi Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 7 – 5, in the 10th with a two-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 4 – 0. New York is 5 1/2 games out of first.

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After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first place. New York wins the opener when Yogi Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 7 – 5, in the 10th with a two-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 4 – 0. New York is 5 1/2 games out of first.

The Red Sox sweep their five-game series with New York with a 13 – 3 rout featuring a big 6th inning. Gene Stephens pinch-runs for Ted Williams and, when the Sox bat around, then hits a grand slam.

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The Red Sox sweep their five-game series with New York with a 13 – 3 rout featuring a big 6th inning. Gene Stephens pinch-runs for Ted Williams and, when the Sox bat around, then hits a grand slam.

Roberto Clemente’s walk-off wall-banger makes it 19 straight for Elroy Face. At Forbes Field, the Pirates reliever blows a four-out save against St. Louis, thanks to Bill White’s RBI single, but gets out of trouble and settles down long enough to reap the benefits of the Bucs’ bats. “The Pirates won their 12th of 13 extra-inning games,” reports the Associated Press, “when Roberto Clemente smashed a hit off the right-field wall with the bases filled in the 10th.” Face’s record goes to 14-0 with the win; his streak will extend to 22 before he takes his first and only loss of the year, en route to an unprecedented 18-1 season.

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Roberto Clemente’s walk-off wall-banger makes it 19 straight for Elroy Face. At Forbes Field, the Pirates reliever blows a four-out save against St. Louis, thanks to Bill White’s RBI single, but gets out of trouble and settles down long enough to reap the benefits of the Bucs’ bats. “The Pirates won their 12th of 13 extra-inning games,” reports the Associated Press, “when Roberto Clemente smashed a hit off the right-field wall with the bases filled in the 10th.” Face’s record goes to 14-0 with the win; his streak will extend to 22 before he takes his first and only loss of the year, en route to an unprecedented 18-1 season.