The Kansas City Athletics score 2 runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another 2 runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.

On May 23, 1956 — The Kansas City Athletics score 2 runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another 2 runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.

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The Kansas City Athletics score 2 runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another 2 runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.

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The Kansas City Athletics score 2 runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another 2 runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.

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Babe Ruth hits his 50th career home run, the first of the 659 round-trippers he will collect playing for the Yankees. The New York right fielder also contributes a double in the team’s 6-0 victory over the Red Sox at the Polo Grounds, the ballpark they share with the National League’s Giants.

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