Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5 – 3 loss to the Yankees.
Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5 – 3 loss to the Yankees.
Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5 – 3 loss to the Yankees.
Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit with a first-inning bloop single off Bob Turley in the team’s 5-3 loss at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox outfielder will finish his 19-year Hall of Fame career with 2654 hits.
At Yankee Stadium‚ the third-place Red Sox‚ trailing first-place New York by 4 games‚ manage just 2 hits off Allie Reynolds‚ as the Chief wins, 7 – 0. For Reynolds‚ it’s his 4th two-hitter of the year. Mickey Mantle’s 1st-inning homer‚ off Sid Hudson‚ is all the scoring New York needs‚ but Mantle adds a double in the 4th and a 2-run homer‚ again lefty‚ in the 5th‚ off Ralph Brickner.
At Texas League Park in Tulsa, OK, Bob Turley of the San Antonio Missions strikes out 22 Oilers in a 16-inning game that is called due to darkness with the score tied 3-3. When the Class-AA minor league season ends, the 20 year-old right-hander will join the Browns, making his major league debut for the last-place team on September 29.
In Philadelphia‚ the Giants lose to the Phils‚ as Robin Roberts shuts them out‚ 4 – 0‚ for his 16th win. Putsy Caballero hits his first major league homer‚ off George Spencer, for the Phils.
The Dodgers take the first of two games against the Braves‚ winning, 8 – 1, behind Ralph Branca. The Braves take the nitecap‚ 8 – 4‚ behind Max Surkont and a home run by Sid Gordon. With Red Barber and Connie Desmond making the calls‚ the doubleheader is the first major league game to be telecast in color.
Behind the four-hit pitching of Early Wynn‚ the Indians defeat the White Sox, 2 – 1, in front of a Ladies Night crowd of 70‚119. Wynn’s homer in the 7th breaks the tie created by 2nd-inning homers by Eddie Robinson and Al Rosen. It’s the Tribe’s 9th straight win to stay deadlocked with the Yankees for first place. Loser Joe Dobson‚ who has beaten Wynn twice this year‚ gives up just 6 hits.
Eddie Joost homers in the 9th for the A’s‚ to tie the Yanks 4 – 4‚ but the Yanks win in 11‚ 7 – 4. Sloppy fielding and a two-run single by Yogi Berra account for the scoring. The win goes to reliever Bob Kuzava‚ late of the Senators‚ while Alex Kellner takes the loss.
WCBS-TV televises the first baseball game broadcast in color, a Dodgers’ 8-1 victory over the visiting Braves in the first game of a twin bill. Brooklyn’s announcers Red Barber and Connie Desmond provide the play-by-play commentary for the Ebbets Field contest, detailing Ralph Branca’s victory over eventual 20-game winner Warren Spahn.
Boston P Vern Bickford no-hits the Dodgers in Boston before 29‚008 fans. Bickford has lost only once to Brooklyn since joining Boston in 1948.
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