Sanford's 6th Shutout Sparks 5-0 Braves Win
Jack Sanford earned his ninth win for Francisco with a 5-0 shutout of Milwaukee as Pittsburgh, LA Dodgers, and Philadelphia also posted wins. Don Drysdale and Fred Green each threw four-hitters in support of their teams. Earl Torgeson delivered key pinch hits for Chicago White Sox, while Washington beat Detroit in 15 innings to seize fifth place.
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Chicago White Sox
Chicago
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White Sox
New York Yankees
Drysdale Tops Reds Rookie In Pitching Duel
Los Angeles pitcher Don Drysdale threw a four hitter to beat the Cincinnati Reds 2 0. Reds rookie Jim Maloney allowed one run on six hits through seven innings but received no run support. Jim Turner, managing in the minors, praised Maloney as a future star drawing comparison to Bucky Walters. He advised Maloney to aim for a small target in the strike zone.
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Jim Marshall
Giants
Lew Burdette
Don McMahon
Drysdale
Sanford
Los Angeles
Major Leaguers Retain All Star Doubleheader for 1961
Major leaguers vote to keep the All-Star doubleheader through 1961 with two games spaced apart. Tentative dates July 11 in San Francisco and August 8 in Boston. NBC television rights add 250000 to cover a second game. Five percent of receipts support the pension fund.
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San Francisco
Boston
Kansas City
NBC
Players’ Pension Fund
Red Wings sweep Jets in IL. seven straight wins
Rochester keeps rolling with 7 game winning streak in the International League. Ben Matevsky Leon Wagner and Jim Frey power 6-3 and 4-3 wins over Columbus Jets. Montreal tops Miami 6-5 as other game washed out. Frey homers twice, Matevsky hits key shots to seal wins.
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Wings
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Leon Wagner
Jim Frey
Columbus Jets
Montreal
Miami
RED Wings
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Columbus
Diomedes Olivo
Matevsky
Willard Schmidt
del Rice
Olivia
Wagner
Chicago and Milwaukee Playoff Aspirations With Narrow Losses
Standings show Chicago at 10 4 and Milwaukee at 53 37 with midseason splits and postseason hopes. Wednesday results include Philadelphia 7 Chicago 5 and Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 3, while Cincinnati routed Los Angeles 9 to 2 in another late game.
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St. Louis
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1964 American League and National League batting leaders
Batting leaders include Skowron .333 and Smith .322 in the American League with Mantle 80 runs and Maris 79 RBIs. In the National League Mays leads at bats with 342, while Banks and Aaron share 28 homers. Pitching leaders feature Coates 92 decisions and Bunning 125 strikeouts.
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New York
Smith
Chicago
Mantle
Maris
Minoso
Allison
Washington
Robinson
Baltimore
Fox
Aparicio
Becquer
Lemon
Landis
Coates
Perry
Cleveland
Bunning
Detroit
Bell
Pascual
Mays
San Francisco
Larker
Los Angeles
Mathews
Milwaukee
Banks
Aaron
Pittsburgh
Pinson
Cincinnati
Cunningham
St. Louis
White
Bruton
Kirkland
DeJohn Wins Welsh Fight Amid Ring Riot
Mike DeJohn of Syracuse defeated European heavyweight champion Dick Richardson by disqualification in the eighth round after warnings for batting. A riot followed in Porthcawl as fans hurled bottles chairs newspapers and umbrellas in the rain soaked outdoor arena. DeJohn had floored Richardson three times in the first and sixth rounds, with a wrestling style bout overall.
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Wales
Mike DeJohn
Syracuse
N. Y
Dick Richardson
Eugene Henderson
DeJohn
Richardson
Ump Thumbs Hatch Out After Savage Dodgers Row
In Los Angeles manager Fred Hutchinson of the Cincinnati Reds argued with umpire Vinnie Smith over a sixth inning out call on Vada Pinson at second. As Neal tagged Pinson and dropped the ball, Smith called Pinson out for interference, drawing Hutchinson’s wrath and prompting umpires to separate them. Don Newcombe was later chased from the Reds' bench for heckling.
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Dodgers
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Hutchinson
Vada Pinson
Smith
Charlie Neal
Gus Bell
Pinson
Don Newcombe
Reds
Welsh bout ends with disqualification in eighth round
Mike De John from Porthcawl, Wales defeats Dick Richardson of Syracuse N Y by 210 percent to 204 percent but Richardson is disqualified in the eighth round for batting.
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Wales
Mike DeJohn
Syracuse
N. Y
Dick Richardson
Richardson
Toronto and rivals clash in tight standings report
Standings show Toronto 67 33 .670 leads, Richmond 57 47 .548 and others like Rochester 50 49. Buffalo sits 52 4 S15 15% with Montreal 44 57 .436. FP at Columbus. Schedule lists Toronto at Jersey City and Montreal at Miami with Buffalo at Columbus and Rochester at Richmond.
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Richmond
Buffalo
Rochester
Jersey City
Montreal
Columbus
Miami
Baseball scores from multiple leagues and games
Denver 6 8 Charleston 3 3 in doubleheader second game 10 innings Houston 4 4 Dallas Fort Worth 3 5 second game 10 innings Louisville 3 St Paul 0 Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis 5 Pacific Coast Vancouver 7 Sacramento 4 Tacoma 9 Portland 2 Seattle 7 San Diego 2 Salt Lake 8 Spokane 6 International League Rochester 6 Columbus 3 3 Montreal 6 Miami 5 Other games postponed.
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