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Giants Win as Willie Ties Ted Williams in Chicago
Willie Mays hit his 16th homer of the season to tie Ted Williams for third on the all time list and led San Francisco to a 6-4 win over the Cubs in Chicago. Mays connected off Dick Ellsworth in the first inning as Ossie Virgil and Jim Davenport scored ahead of him. Robinson homered twice for New York in a different report of the same game.
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