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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1958

Page

17

Musial 3000th Hit Lifts Cardinals Past Cubs

Stan Musial belted his 3000th major league hit as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 2 in a seven straight win. Pinch hittner Dastily joined in a four run rally with a double to spark the comeback. The Cubs offense faltered in a sunlit game as Musial, benched earlier, improvised a bat and delivered the key blow.

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Roberts Stopped Braves in Phillies Victory

Robin Roberts earned his 191st win as Philadelphia edged Milwaukee 5 2. A two run homer by Willie Jones and a late push sealed the upset, snapping Milwaukee’s seven game streak and dropping the Braves from first in the NL.

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Dodgers Concessions Drive Huge Baseball Profits Across Leagues

The Dodgers look to net a record profit in their first Los Angeles season buoyed by concession revenues at the Coliseum. Industry-wide, food and drink stands have produced multi‑million gains for teams like Milwaukee, the Yankees, Cubs and Giants, with Dodgers leading in five-year concessions profits and anticipating around three-quarter million this year.

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Bugs Top Pirates in 6-3 Win over Reds

Pittsburgh built a 6-3 victory at Cincinnati behind six hits including Bill Mazeroski's homer Bill Virdon's triple and a Kluszewski double. Lefty ref pitcher Ron Kline earned his fourth straight win with Mazeroski's defensive plays securing the margin.

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Wynn Leads White Sox Past Kansas City 9-2

Chicago White Sox improve to 8-8 as they draw walks and timely hits to defeat the Kansas City Athletics 9-2. Wynn pitched well for the second straight start while Lehman and Rice contributed key hits and RBIs in a solid team win.

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Hawks Face Iowa Ghosts Next In Softball Night

The Long Busch Nite Hawks host the Iowa Colored Ghosts in their second game of the season Friday night at Park Ave Field. Admission is 50 cents. The Ghosts, famed for clown antics, are among softball’s top names. The Nitehawks opened with an 11 inning win over the Whittier Impalas.

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World famous Coliseum Relays set for Friday night

The Coliseum hosts the 11th annual Relays with a fast paced program including six opening running events, five open field events and four open relays. A key feature is the mile with Australian runners Merv Lincoln and Stan Elliott, who have traded wins recently. Early arrivals can watch the disc throwers at 6 with other field events from 5 after ceremonies at 7:15. Tickets 250 cents for reserved and general admission at Coliseum and Proctos’s Sporting Goods, 128 W Broadway.

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Jensen's Grand Slam Beats Nats

Washington 6, Boston 9 as Jackie Jensen hits a grand slam and Boston ends a four game skid. Bob Smith gains the win before relief by Delock. Neil Chrisley hits a two run homer in the ninth for Washington.

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Giants slug Dodgers in Coliseum homer spree

The San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 16 to 9 in a high scoring Coliseum game powered by nine homers. Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer led the Giants with multi hit days and two homers each, while Carl Furillo and Gil Hodges homered for the Dodgers. The night featured a Coliseum record 63 homers in 21 games, and Mays posted a seven for ten stretch with five extra base hits over the latest meeting. The Dodgers depart for an 18 game road trip as Erskine faces Brosnan in Chicago.

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Hamey blasts Phillies as amateurs after rough stretch

General Manager Roy Hamey accused the Philadelphia Phillies of staggering around "like amateurs" after a rough stretch, warning more players may be dropped beyond the three needed by Thursday to meet the May 19 roster limit.

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Sports Card From Fragmented Page Read

A damaged OCR fragment references a sports card note at a venue labeled Veterans Stadium and lists partial names and numbers. The readable items include a park, a team tag, and a numeric token 720, with uncertain spellings and no clear event outcome.

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Unclear sports radio update and scores

Fragmentary sports radio note lists baseball game references and times with line garbling. Key names, teams, or results are unreadable, preventing a reliable summary or identifications of participants or outcomes.

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