Orlando Cepeda’s third homer in three days and Felipe Alou’s run-scoring hit in the 9th, give the Giants a 6 – 5 win over the Braves. San Francisco now leads the Braves by a half game.
P Lew Burdette of Milwaukee hits two homers and beats the Dodgers, 8 – 4.
On Capitol Hill, Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle appear in front of the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee which is investigating the baseball monopoly power in regards to sport’s antitrust exemption. After ‘The Old Perfessor’ gives 45 minutes of rambling and confusing testimony, Senator Estes Kefauver laughs when Mickey Mantle answers his inquiry about the topic with, “My views are just about the same as Casey’s.”
Senator Carl Mundt proposes legislation to curb franchise shifts.
At Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, in a contest which features no extra-base hits (13 singles), the American League edges the Senior Circuit, 4-3. Giants hurler Billy O’Dell pitched a perfect final three innings of the Silver Anniversary of the All-Star Game.
National League President Warren Giles appoints a committee to study the possible expansion of the league to 10 teams. At the meeting, William Shea outlines plans for a $12 million stadium at Flushing Meadows, the eventual site of Shea Stadium.
A day after he walks outfielder Willie Kirkland with the bases loaded to give the Giants a 5 – 4 victory, Cardinal reliever Larry Jackson hits Jim Davenport with the bases full in the ninth inning to again force in the winning run.
Cubs pitchers Dick Drott and Don Elston combine on a one-hit, 6 – 2 win over the Dodgers. Jim Gilliam’s single in the seventh is the only Los Angeles safety.
In their 35th home date in L.A., the transplanted Dodgers reach the one million mark in attendance. Last season, the team drew only 1,028,258 fans, playing in Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.
On July 2, 1958 Major League Baseball reinstates 1B Ed Bouchee of the Phils, who was suspended on a morals charge. Source: Baseball Reference July 2
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