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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1957
Page
18
New York AP reports Pittsburgh Pirates rout Giants in a Sunday doubleheader 10-6 and 8-1. Dick Groat belts two homers and a bases loaded triple while Willie Stargell or not. Thomas hits three homers across the two games and reaches base nine times in ten plate appearances.
Manager Walter Alten of Brooklyn plans to start a left handed pitcher to face the American League lineup led by Jim Bunning of Detroit and Bill Loes of Baltimore. Casey Stengel weighed Early Wynn of Cleveland but Wynn pitched poorly in the nightcap of a doubleheader with the White Sox. Johnny Ans and Curtella noted as top NL hitters. Stengel’s All Star record contrasts with season end World Series success with the Yankees.
Detroit outfielders Al Kaline and Charley Maxwell drove home all five runs in a 5-2 win over Kansas City. Paul Foytack earned his ninth victory, allowing seven hits as Lon Skirus and Tim Thompson provided the lone Kansas City highlights with a homer and a double.
Floyd Patterson stopped Louis Holmes in the first round at the Long Pond Inn Greenwood Lake New York as part of tune up for a July 29 title defense against Tommy Jackson at the Polo Grounds. Holmes was unable to continue after the left right combination.
Hank Foiles belted a two run homer in the eighth inning of the second game to boost the Pirates to victory, giving Foiles seven total homers on the day. Dick Rand also homered in the first game, as Hob Friend notched his sixth win behind strong support from the bullpen. Swanson won the first game with late relief from Nelson King.
Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina won the Grand Prix of France in Rouen though the event was marred when a stairway collapsed injuring about thirty people. Seven finishers completed the 77 laps of the 915.7 mile course as Fangio averaged around 100 mph in Maserati.
In Shreveport, the home team blanked San Antonio 4 to 0. Fort Worth defeated Dallas 7 to 4 with Adslin at Fort Worth contributing. Oklahoma City routed Dallas 16 to 1 in a high scoring game. Houston & Adslin referenced.
Nashville edged Atlantis 4 to 0 while New Orleans 40 Memphis 7 went extra innings. Birmingham 4 faced Chattanooga 5 in a 10‑inning thriller, Little Rock 5 Mobile 3.
New York Yankees beat Washington 7 to 5 as Yogi Berra crushed a three run double in the eighth inning breaking a 4 4 tie while Roy Sievers homered for the Senators. Kubek and McDougald opened the eighth with singles and Berra delivered the decisive blow off Camilo Pascual.
Lew Burdette pitched a six hitter for his first win since May 18 as the Milwaukee ace shut down the Cubs in a standout performance. The right hander limited Chicago to six hits and secured a decisive victory, continuing his resurgent stretch on the mound.
Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 4 to 2 to salvage the final game of a three game series. Attendance surpassed one million for the fifth straight year as Burdette, after early trouble, shut down the Cubs with late-inning dominance while his teammates plated three runs in the first inning.
San Pedro High edged Alamitos Bay 8 to 7 to break a second place tie in the 19th District Southern League. Bob Vitalleh doubled with the bases loaded in the sixth to spark a five run rally for San Pedro, with key plays from multiple players as the junior legion game unfolded at San Pedro High.
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Tokyo University, champion of the Tokyo Six University League, defeated the touring Alabama nine 14 in a Sunday game. The upstart squad showcased strong pitching and timely hitting against the U S visitors in Tokyo.
Dick Carmody of Lakewood shot a 73 in first round qualifying for the National Public Links Championship at Montebello. The final 18 holes are set for Brookside Park Saturday with Mike Fargo of Montebello leading the field of 60 vying for seven spots. Other contenders include Craig Olson, Bob DeGidio of Meadowlark, and Bill Connor of Recreation Park in a crowded leaderboard contending for advancement.
Salt Lake City player Joe Cowley upset top seed Rudy Hernando of Detroit to win the USLTA junior hardcourt title with scores of 6-1 6-2 6-2 in Burlingame California on Sunday.
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