At Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox sweep two from the Yankees, winning 1 – 0 and 7 – 2. Mickey Mantle’s homer in the second game, off Dennis Bennett, is the only bright spot for New York.
The Reds score three runs in the 9th to edge the Phillies, 5 – 4. Deron Johnson drives in the last two runs with a single.
1964 – The Yankees overcome two homers by Ken Harrelson to beat the host A’s, 9 – 7, in 10 innings. Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard hit back-to-back homers in the 4th inning for New York. With the Orioles losing today, Baltimore (81-54) and Chicago (82-55) are virtually tied for first, with New York (77-56) three games back.
1962 – Houston finally defeats Philadelphia, 4 – 1, in their final meeting of the season. The Phillies had won all 17 previous contests.
Roberto Clemente leads the Pirates to a 9 – 4 win over the Cardinals. After doubling and scoring the first of three 1st-inning Pirate runs, Clemente greets newly-inserted reliever Al Cicotte with a line-drive home run worth three more runs. Les Biederman writes in the Pittsburgh Press: “Clemente’s homer was one of the longest and hardest shots he ever delivered.” Jack Hernon of the Post Gazette adds: “The ball sailed into the second row in the center field bleachers, some 425 feet away. It is a rarity for a ball to be hit into that section of Busch Stadium.”
In Minnesota, the White Sox and Twins split a pair of 9 – 5 decisions in a day-night doubleheader. Harmon Killebrew hits his 39th homer in the opener to back Al Schroll’s six innings of spotty pitching. Al Smith has four hits and four ribbies in the nitecap. Numberless rookie Joe Horlen makes his major league debut in relief and picks up the win. The only road uniform available has no number on it.
Mickey Mantle misses the Labor Day doubleheader with a painful and swollen forearm, but the Yanks don’t need him as they sweep a pair from the Senators, 5 – 3 and 3 – 2. The sweep moves the Yanks six games up on the slumping Tigers, who lose, 6 – 3, to the Orioles and trail, 4 – 1, in a game that is suspended. Mantle’s replacement, Johnny Blanchard, breaks a 3 – 3 tie in the opener with an 8th-inning homer.
At Los Angeles, Don Drysdale stops the Giants, 4 – 0, allowing just two hits. The Dodgers are now two games in back of the first-place Reds.
After losing, 4 – 3, the A’s outkick the Angels, 13 – 7, in the second game of a doubleheader, using an 11-run 6th inning. Kansas City collects seven hits, four walks, three errors and a stolen base for their big inning. Norm Siebern and winning pitcher Joe Nuxhall homer in the frame.
On September 4, 1960, the playing streak of future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox comes to an end at 798 games. The slick-fielding Chicago White Sox’ second baseman is hospitalized with a virus and is replaced in the lineup by Billy Goodman. Fox would have gone 1,072 straight games had manager Marty Marion not rested…
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