Ernie Banks and Chuck Tanner of the Cubs both hit inside-the-park homers at spacious Forbes Field. The Cubs nip Pittsburgh, 6 – 5.
Gene Woodling of the Indians throws out two Washington runners from LF in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Washington wins, 4 – 0.
1955 – Newly-acquired Jim Wilson of Baltimore two-hits the White Sox, 3 – 0.
The National League awards a forfeit victory over the Cards to the Phils for a stall that follows a 1st-inning brawl featuring Phils manager Terry Moore and 1B Earl Torgeson, and Cards C Sal Yvars. The Cardinals are under the impression that local ordinances prevent lights being turned on to continue a game. Down 8 – 1 in the 5th inning of game two, St. Louis begins stalling.
After winning 13 in a row, the Yankees lose the second game of a doubleheader to Detroit, 8 – 6. They now trail Cleveland by half a game.
In the fifth inning at Sportsman’s Park, Babe Pinelli forfeits the second game of the twin bill to the visiting Phillies. The umpire makes the rare call when the Cardinals, trailing 8-1 in the not-yet-official contest and darkness approaching, delay the game by bringing in three new pitchers during the inning.
Dodger backup 1B Wayne Belardi scores two runs in the 8th inning, one on a pinch-hit grand slam. His slam is the third Dodger grand slam in three games (Gil Hodges connected on the 16th, and Billy Cox, on the 17th). The Dodgers’ 8 – 6 win over the Cardinals puts Brooklyn three games ahead of Milwaukee.
1B Whitey Lockman, 3B Hank Thompson and CF Bobby Thomson hit 1st-inning homers, as the Giants beat the Cubs, 12 – 7, to move into fourth place.
The Cardinals, trailing 11-0 after three innings against Sal Maglie, pull off a major comeback, defeating the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 14-12. The rally equals the largest come-from-behind win in National League history.
Congressman Emanuel Celler says that President Harry Truman backs his probe of the reserve clause and sports status under the antitrust legislation.
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