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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1959

Page

12

Aaron Must Beware of Stumps in Cool Coliseum Night

In a cool evening at the Coliseum, pressure surrounds Duke Snider and Hank Aaron. Gerry Coleman watches the Yankees and Snider trade speculation while Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi seeks answers. Bobby Thomson hits his 1,600th NL hit as Walter Alston rests his jaw after a wisdom tooth extraction. Rogers Hornsby praises Aaron's hitting, noting his adjustment to night baseball, eye for the strike zone, and wrist-driven power, as Aaron aims to extend a hot streak and chase the 400-homer benchmark.

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Wilhelm Shuts Out Yankees In Four-Hitter For Orioles

Hoyt Wilhelm stretched his AL record shutout streak to 21 innings with a four-hit effort guiding the Baltimore Orioles to a 5 6 victory over the last place Yankees. The 35 year old lefthander improved to seven wins on the season and extended his winning streak to eight in a row, a majors best.

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Phils Hold Off Reds In Narrow 4 3 Victory

Philadelphia defeats Cincinnati 4 to 3 as the Phillies rally late but fail to tie, with key players contributing in a tightly contested game. Reds threaten in multiple innings but come up short in a pitchers duel.

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Cubs Rally Past Dodgers in 7-5 Win Behind Banks Homer

Cubs surge to a 7-5 victory over the Dodgers as Banks belted a three run homer to give Chicago the lead. Dodger starter Hodges homered in the sixth before Banks connected again in the seventh to seal the comeback, with McDevitt pitching for the Dodgers and Dra jbowsky set to start the final game.

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Giants buy Speake from Phoenix farm club

The San Francisco Giants on Thursday purchased the contract of Bob Speake from their Phoenix farm club exactly three weeks after sending him down. Speake batted .323 with four home runs in 13 games during his brief stay in Phoenix.

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