Frank Thomas, pinch-hitting for Roy McMillan, strokes a two-out, two-run homer off Curt Simmons, giving the Mets a 4–3 victory over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium. The round-tripper comes in the outfielder’s first at-bat in five weeks, due to being sidelined by a glandular infection.

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Frank Thomas, pinch-hitting for Roy McMillan, strokes a two-out, two-run homer off Curt Simmons, giving the Mets a 4–3 victory over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium. The round-tripper comes in the outfielder’s first at-bat in five weeks, due to being sidelined by a glandular infection.

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Johnny Callison’s two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning gives NL the All Star Game Win

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On July 7, 1964, the National League defeats the American League, 7-4, on Johnny Callison’s two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Philadelphia Phillies’ right fielder connects against Boston Red Sox relief ace Dick Radatz, ending the game at Shea Stadium… All-Star Game History All-Star Games All-Star Game MVP All-Star…

The National League and its umpires settle on a contract lasting until December 1969. The league provides increased pension and insurance payments.

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The National League and its umpires settle on a contract lasting until December 1969. The league provides increased pension and insurance payments.

Dennis Bennett beats Juan Marichal, 2 – 1, to give the Phillies a 3-game sweep of the Giants at Candlestick Park. The Phils hold a 1 1/2 game lead at the All-Star break.

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Dennis Bennett beats Juan Marichal, 2 – 1, to give the Phillies a 3-game sweep of the Giants at Candlestick Park. The Phils hold a 1 1/2 game lead at the All-Star break.

Kansas City’s Manny Jimenez, who didn’t homer in 1963, connects for three in a 6-6 tie with the Orioles. The game is stopped by a special Baltimore curfew to permit a fireworks show to take place.

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Kansas City’s Manny Jimenez, who didn’t homer in 1963, connects for three in a 6-6 tie with the Orioles. The game is stopped by a special Baltimore curfew to permit a fireworks show to take place.

Manny Jimenez, who went the entire 1963 season without a home run, hits 3, and goes 4 for 4 for Kansas City against Baltimore. The game ends in a 6 – 6 tie when halted by a special curfew so a fireworks display can take place in Baltimore.

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Manny Jimenez, who went the entire 1963 season without a home run, hits 3, and goes 4 for 4 for Kansas City against Baltimore. The game ends in a 6 – 6 tie when halted by a special curfew so a fireworks display can take place in Baltimore.

Birdie Tebbetts returns to limited duty as manager of the Indians.

Birdie Tebbetts returns to limited duty as manager of the Indians.

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Five thousand cabbies and their families are on hand at Yankee Stadium to celebrate ‘Taxi Day’ at the Bronx ballpark. Billy Bryan’s 11th inning solo home run is the decisive blow in Kansas City’s 5-4 Wednesday afternoon victory.

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Five thousand cabbies and their families are on hand at Yankee Stadium to celebrate ‘Taxi Day’ at the Bronx ballpark. Billy Bryan’s 11th inning solo home run is the decisive blow in Kansas City’s 5-4 Wednesday afternoon victory.

Say It Ain’t So… Juan. While the Giants’ Juan Marichal is reducing his ERA from 2.54 to 2.44 in the course of a 2 – 1 win over Bob Veale and the Pirates, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente resume their personal war for National League hitting honors. Clemente singles twice, drives in the Pirates’ only run, and finishes at .349. Mays doesn’t have much of a chance to close ground; after his first-inning home run, the Bucs’ moundsmen walk him the next three times up. However, the one hit jumps him from .344 to .347. Ironically, the Pirates’ only run is driven in by Clemente when Marichal resorts to a quick pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth. Clemente speaks with Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “‘I was trying to smooth out the dirt around the plate,’ Clemente said, ‘not looking, when I hear someone on the bench yell at me. I look up and see the ball, and I try to just punch at it with one hand.’ He got just enough of it to drive it into the ground in front of the plate and bounce it so high that Orlando Cepeda had to wait helplessly for it to come down as the run scored and Clemente fled across the base. Clemente laughed in reminiscence. ‘I don’t remember anybody try to quick-pitch me since Don Bessent do it with Brooklyn. ‘I punch it for double.'”

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Say It Ain’t So… Juan. While the Giants’ Juan Marichal is reducing his ERA from 2.54 to 2.44 in the course of a 2 – 1 win over Bob Veale and the Pirates, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente resume their personal war for National League hitting honors. Clemente singles twice, drives in the Pirates’ only run, and finishes at .349. Mays doesn’t have much of a chance to close ground; after his first-inning home run, the Bucs’ moundsmen walk him the next three times up. However, the one hit jumps him from .344 to .347. Ironically, the Pirates’ only run is driven in by Clemente when Marichal resorts to a quick pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth. Clemente speaks with Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “‘I was trying to smooth out the dirt around the plate,’ Clemente said, ‘not looking, when I hear someone on the bench yell at me. I look up and see the ball, and I try to just punch at it with one hand.’ He got just enough of it to drive it into the ground in front of the plate and bounce it so high that Orlando Cepeda had to wait helplessly for it to come down as the run scored and Clemente fled across the base. Clemente laughed in reminiscence. ‘I don’t remember anybody try to quick-pitch me since Don Bessent do it with Brooklyn. ‘I punch it for double.'”

At Crosley Field, the Reds score four runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the Cubs, 5 – 5. Pete Rose ends the game with a 10th-inning homer.

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At Crosley Field, the Reds score four runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the Cubs, 5 – 5. Pete Rose ends the game with a 10th-inning homer.