Chicago’s Dick Allen becomes the 4th major league player to hit one into the CF bleachers in Comiskey Park 

Chicago’s Dick Allen becomes the 4th major league player to hit one into the CF bleachers in Comiskey Park 

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Chicago’s Dick Allen becomes the 4th major league player (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson are the others) to hit one into the CF bleachers in Comiskey Park when he connects off New York’s Lindy McDaniel. The 2-run homer in the 7th ices the 5 – 2 win for the Sox. This year, all the Chicago Wednesday games are in the afternoon, and Harry Caray announces them while sitting in the CF bleachers. Allen’s drive misses Caray by just a few rows.

Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates posts his second consecutive five-hit game
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Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates posts his second consecutive five-hit game

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  On August 23, 1970 — Roberto Clemente compiles his second straight 5-hit game during an 11 – 0 pasting of Los Angeles. He is the first major leaguer this century to collect 10 hits in two consecutive games. John Wiebusch of the Los Angeles Times reports: “In the Saturday marathon – the 16-inning struggle…

Don Gullett strikes out six straight batters and pitches four innings with no runners reaching base in beating the host Mets, 7 – 5. Gullett strikes out eight in the last four innings. The Reds win on Jimmy Stewart’s 3-run pinch homer off Tom Seaver.

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Don Gullett strikes out six straight batters and pitches four innings with no runners reaching base in beating the host Mets, 7 – 5. Gullett strikes out eight in the last four innings. The Reds win on Jimmy Stewart’s 3-run pinch homer off Tom Seaver.

1968 – Stan Bahnsen outpitches Earl Wilson to give the host Yankees a 2 – 1 win over Detroit. The two teams then battle for 19 innings, before the second game is suspended by curfew with the score 3 – 3. The game will be finished tomorrow. In the long tie, Lindy McDaniel retires 21 straight Tiger batters, six on strikeouts. In his last three relief appearances, he has retired 30 batters in a row.

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1968 – Stan Bahnsen outpitches Earl Wilson to give the host Yankees a 2 – 1 win over Detroit. The two teams then battle for 19 innings, before the second game is suspended by curfew with the score 3 – 3. The game will be finished tomorrow. In the long tie, Lindy McDaniel retires 21 straight Tiger batters, six on strikeouts. In his last three relief appearances, he has retired 30 batters in a row.

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1967 – Jim Wynn cracks his 30th home run of the season during a 9-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Clay Carroll is the victim. Wynn is the first Houston player to reach that plateau and no other Astro would join him until Glenn Davis in 1986. 

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1967 – Jim Wynn cracks his 30th home run of the season during a 9-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Clay Carroll is the victim. Wynn is the first Houston player to reach that plateau and no other Astro would join him until Glenn Davis in 1986. 

Twelve year-old Robert Stratta throws the eighth no-hitter in Little League World Series history when Chicago’s Roseland North team beats Rota, Spain in the quarterfinals, 1-0. The future transplant surgeon doesn’t allow the ball to leave the infield, retiring the last 11 batters he faces, eight on strikeouts.

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Twelve year-old Robert Stratta throws the eighth no-hitter in Little League World Series history when Chicago’s Roseland North team beats Rota, Spain in the quarterfinals, 1-0. The future transplant surgeon doesn’t allow the ball to leave the infield, retiring the last 11 batters he faces, eight on strikeouts.

Don Larsen tosses a five-hitter in the Texas heat to best Warren Spahn It is Larsen’s first complete game in five years.
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Don Larsen tosses a five-hitter in the Texas heat to best Warren Spahn It is Larsen’s first complete game in five years.

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1964 – Don Larsen, of World Series no-hit fame, tosses a five-hitter in the Texas heat to best Warren Spahn and the Milwaukee Braves, 7-1. It is Larsen’s first complete game in five years. Bob Aspromonte and Walt Bond launch solo bombs to pace the Colts. Rookie catcher Jerry Grote adds two hits, including a two-run double.

Mets pitcher Willard Hunter picks up half his career wins (4) today as New York sweeps the Cubs, 2 – 1

Mets pitcher Willard Hunter picks up half his career wins (4) today as New York sweeps the Cubs, 2 – 1

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Mets pitcher Willard Hunter picks up half his career wins (4) today as New York sweeps the Cubs, 2 – 1, in 10 innings, and 5 – 4 in the nitecap. No one has ever won a pair more efficiently as he totals 1 2/3 innings of work. Bob Buhl and Don Elston pick up losses. The Cubs lose Ernie Broglio, who woke up with a locked elbow and will need surgery to repair the ulnar lateral ligament damage in his elbow. He’ll be 1-6 in 1965.

New York tops host Boston, 4 – 3, as Mickey Mantle starts the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning off Earl Wilson. New York will win 26 of their next 33 games.

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New York tops host Boston, 4 – 3, as Mickey Mantle starts the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning off Earl Wilson. New York will win 26 of their next 33 games.

1B Lee Thomas of the Angels ties a major-league record by participating in six double plays in a 17 – 0 romp at Washington. 3B Felix Torres starts four of them to tie a record. Ken McBride is the recipient of the outburst while Steve Ridzik is the loser.

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1B Lee Thomas of the Angels ties a major-league record by participating in six double plays in a 17 – 0 romp at Washington. 3B Felix Torres starts four of them to tie a record. Ken McBride is the recipient of the outburst while Steve Ridzik is the loser.