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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1959
Page
9
Chicago Cubs erased a three game slide by scoring five in the eighth inning to defeat the Milwaukee Braves 6-2. The rally featured a batting around sequence as Chicago overturned a deficit and secured the win.
Detroit shut out Kansas City 4 0 as Don Mossi pitched a three hitter and hit his first major league homer. Carl Willey lasted six innings while Mossi and the Tigers broke the tie late in the game.
Red Wilson belted a homer off Charley Maxwell in the eighth to lift the Braves in a game that featured Daley’s third chance at win number 16. The KC pitcher struck out nine in eight innings to lift his season mark to 15-10, while Bob Cerv extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a key double.
Drysdale remains sidelined as doctor orders rest after a two week cold details show he hid illness before Friday setback. He has four straight losses and a lingering cough while Alston weighs another start as Koufax may relieve. Dr. Woods delayed pitching, Drysdale warned to be ready by Tuesday amid friction with coaching staff and ongoing scrutiny from the Giants series.
A damaged OCR item references a transmission or notice on Cherry Avenue area with unclear details. No full names, dates, or locations are readable beyond a street name and generic description. The readable fragment suggests a local report or notice but lacks concrete actions or entities to confirm.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Southern Association and multiple broken names and phrases. The readable items reference a meeting or event with entities like Witham and Gi stu, but concrete actions, dates, or outcomes are unclear. The fragmentary nature limits precise headline or summary extraction.
Dick Stuart powered a dramatic drive to deep center in the tenth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and extending Elroy Face’s season-long 17th straight victory. Pittsburgh had won the opener 2-1 behind Harvey Haddix.
Washington Senators take a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees in a Sunday game. Russ Kemmerer and Truman Clevenger limited the Yanks to five hits. Jim Lemon drove in two runs in the first inning. Bob Allison hit his 29th homer, closing in on the AL rookie record.
Rigney says Red Schoendienst could aid Milwaukee in the stretch drive if the redhead is fit. He has always been the best conditioned infielder, with legs in top shape. The key question is how much illness affected him.
Eddie Kasko roved the former teammates with three runs driving in Reds for a 6 4 win over the Cardinals ending St Louis four game streak. Kasko batted 356 against the Cards this season and plated runs with a fourth inning and a sixth inning singles.
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