Ryne Duren goes eight innings and strikes out 12 former teammates to give the Angels a 5 – 3 win over New York. Mickey Mantle drives in all three Yankee runs, two on a home run.

Ryne Duren goes eight innings and strikes out 12 former teammates to give the Angels a 5 – 3 win over New York. Mickey Mantle drives in all three Yankee runs, two on a home run.

* At Los Angeles’s Wrigley Field, Angel reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just one hit in his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th-inning home run to Bill Skowron as New York wins, 8 – 6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier homer, off Ken McBride, and Whitey Ford wins his 13th. Yogi Berra collects his 2,000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out.

* At Los Angeles’s Wrigley Field, Angel reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just one hit in his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th-inning home run to Bill Skowron as New York wins, 8 – 6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier homer, off Ken McBride, and Whitey Ford wins his 13th. Yogi Berra collects his 2,000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out.

Yogi Berra collects his 2000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber, in the Yankees’ 8-6 victory over the Angels. A huge cake is rolled out in Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to celebrate the accomplishment.

Yogi Berra collects his 2000th career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber, in the Yankees’ 8-6 victory over the Angels. A huge cake is rolled out in Wrigley Field in Los Angeles to celebrate the accomplishment.

Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels set a major league record by combining to use 16 pitchers during a 14-inning game
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Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels set a major league record by combining to use 16 pitchers during a 14-inning game

On June 25, 1961, At LA’s Wrigley Field, the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels set a major league record by combining to use 16 pitchers during a 14-inning game. The Orioles win the game, 9-8, on Ron Hansen’s extra-inning home run. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@

Vic Power is the baserunner on first base in the bottom of the 9th, when Chuck Essegian pinch-hits a single. Power, thinking it is a home run, waits to shake hands with Essegian, and is forced out at second base. Detroitand Jim Bunning win, 6 – 3, then Cleveland takes the nightcap, 4 – 3.

On June 25, 1961 Vic Power is the baserunner on first base in the bottom of the 9th, when Chuck Essegian pinch-hits a single. Power, thinking it is a home run, waits to shake hands with Essegian, and is forced out at second base. Detroitand Jim Bunning win, 6 – 3, then Cleveland takes the nightcap, 4 – 3.   Source Baseball Reference…

Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team’s first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

At home, the Cards win, 10 – 5, over the Giants. With two home runs, Stan Musial passes Lou Gehrig on the all-time list for extra-base hits. Babe Ruth remains first.

At home, the Cards win, 10 – 5, over the Giants. With two home runs, Stan Musial passes Lou Gehrig on the all-time list for extra-base hits. Babe Ruth remains first.