At Los Angeles, the Dodgers top the Cubs, 8 – 3, behind Don Drysdale. Cal Koonce takes the loss. Maury Wills helps with a 4th inning triple and then steals home.
With his sixth home run in three consecutive games, Frank Thomas ties a National League record when he goes deep off Cincinnati’s Joey Jay in the bottom of the seventh inning of a Mets 8-6 loss at the Polo Grounds. The right-handed slugger, who equaled the mark with a pair of round trippers in each game, will add another homer to his club leading total in tomorrow’s contest.
In the largest shutout score in a National League night game, the Pirates beat the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park, 19-0. Harvey Haddix throws a four-hit complete game for the Bucs in a game that takes only two hours and thirty-six minutes to play.
Frank Lane trades managers with Detroit GM Bill DeWitt. The Indians’ Joe Gordon (49-46) is dealt to the Tigers for Jimmy Dykes (44-52).
Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers make an unusual trade
In the second All-Star Game played this summer, Yogi Berra’s two-run home run off Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale in the third inning at the LA Memorial Coliseum proves to be the difference in the American League’s 5-3 victory over the Senior Circuit. The home run will be the last one hit by a Bronx Bomber in a Mid-Summer Classic game for 41 years until Derek Jeter goes deep in 2001.
Bobby Bragan hears on the radio he has been fired as the Pirates’ manager and replaced by Philadelphia third base coach Danny Murtaugh. Pittsburgh general manager Joe L. Brown leaked news of the hiring before informing his disposed skipper.
Frank Lary of the Tigers beats Washington, 3 – 0 on a 2-hitter.
With his record at 18-1, the Dodgers’ Don Newcombe loses a 1 – 0 game to the Cubs’ Sam Jones.
The Dodgers bench Roy Campanella again for his ailing left hand. He will play only sparingly for the rest of the season.
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