Behind by ten runs entering the final frame, the Giants score nine times in an unforgettable 11-10 loss to Pittsburgh. With the bases loaded, pinch-hitter Don Taussig pops out to end both the game and San Francisco’s amazing attempted comeback at Seals Stadium.

ByTom

Behind by ten runs entering the final frame, the Giants score nine times in an unforgettable 11-10 loss to Pittsburgh. With the bases loaded, pinch-hitter Don Taussig pops out to end both the game and San Francisco’s amazing attempted comeback at Seals Stadium.

Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career home run and shortstop Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game

Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career home run and shortstop Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game

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At the Los Angeles Coliseum, Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career home run and shortstop Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game in a 7 – 6 loss to the Cubs.

1958 – Frank House of the Kansas City Athletics scores two runs as a pinch hitter in an eight-run 8th inning, as the Athletics trim the Cleveland Indians, 9 – 4. House’s feat is just only the sixth occurrence in major league history.

1958 – Frank House of the Kansas City Athletics scores two runs as a pinch hitter in an eight-run 8th inning, as the Athletics trim the Cleveland Indians, 9 – 4. House’s feat is just only the sixth occurrence in major league history.

ByTom

1958 – Frank House of the Kansas City Athletics scores two runs as a pinch hitter in an eight-run 8th inning, as the Athletics trim the Cleveland Indians, 9 – 4. House’s feat is just only the sixth occurrence in major league history.

Vada Pinson connects on Grandslam in his second game
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Vada Pinson connects on Grandslam in his second game

ByTom

VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia April 18, 1958 – In his 2nd major league game‚ Vada Pinson‚ 19 (Total Baseball will list Pinson’s birth year as 1938: Macmillan and Bill James Abstract will list it as 1936) belts a grand slam in the 3rd inning off Ron Kline to account for all the Reds…

The Los Angeles Dodgers play their first game at the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of 78,672. Carl Erskine gets the win, besting Al Worthington and the San Francisco Giants, 6 – 5.

The Los Angeles Dodgers play their first game at the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of 78,672. Carl Erskine gets the win, besting Al Worthington and the San Francisco Giants, 6 – 5.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers play their first game at the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of 78,672. Carl Erskine gets the win, besting Al Worthington and the San Francisco Giants, 6 – 5.