The Phils top the Cubs, 5 – 4, on two-run homers by Granny Hamner and Andy Seminick. Jim Konstanty, in relief of Russ Meyer, hurls four hitless innings to save the win. The Whiz Kids trail the Dodgers by a game.
The first-place Dodgers have a contest delayed to New York’s Sunday curfew when their game with the Pirates is halted with one out in the 8th, Brooklyn leading, 19 – 12. Five homers are hit including a Jackie Robinsongrand slam in the 8th. The game will be completed later.
Art Houtteman pitches Detroit to a 4 – 1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra’s homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses its 4th straight and 8th in 12 games. Detroit now leads the American League by three games.
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June 24, 1948 – The Yankees Vic Raschi scatters 6 hits to beat the Indians‚ 6-0 and earn his 9th straight win. Bob Feller also allows six hits but three are Homeruns-by George McQuinn‚ Johnny Lindell‚ and Joe DiMaggio. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
Salisbury Cardinals manager Gene Corbett, who was tossed from the game, instructs bat boy Paul Murrell to tell the umpire to “get in the game and keep your eyes open.” After relaying the message, the 13 year-old also gets ejected from the Class D Eastern Shore League contest.
At Forbes Field, Jackie Robinson steals home in the Dodgers’ 4-2 victory over the Pirates. It is the Brooklyn infielder’s first thievery of the dish, something the rookie will accomplish 19 times during his ten-year career.
A bus Traveling at dusk in a light rain on Washington’s Highway 10 en route to Bremerton, careens off a Cascade Mountain pass road, to avoid an oncoming car approximately sixty miles east of Seattle. The crash kill’s eight members of the Spokane (Western International League) club and there manager Mel Cole. Jack Lohrke, a young infielder, had gotten off the bus 15 minutes earlier at its last stop in at Snoqualmie Pass, before the accident, on orders to report to San Diego. The future Giant and Phil will be known ever after as “Lucky”. Ben Geraghty is also among the survivors.
The Cardinals beat the Pirates, 16 – 0, as Cards hurler Mort Cooper tosses a three-hitter while his teammates pound out 22 hits.
On June 24, 1941 at Yankee Stadium, after going hitless in his first three at-bats vs St. Louis Browns, Joe DiMaggio singles in the eighth inning to extend his hit streak to 36 games off Bob Muncrief helping ignite a 5 run 8th inning. The Yankees and Lefty Gomez coast to a 9-1 victory over…
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