Hitters Crush Pitchers With 22 Home Runs In A Day
Baseball fans saw power on Memorial Day as 22 home runs were hit in six major league games. Ernie Banks homered three times for the Cubs in Milwaukee, while the Braves beat Chicago 11 9. Detroit pounded Baltimore 12 4 and Pittsburgh rallied to top St Louis 7 6. Banks led the fireworks, adding his 14th homer of the season.
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Milwaukee Braves
Chicago Cubs
Ernie Banks
Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Cub
Billy Williams
Bobh Wills
George Altman
Braves
Joe Torre
Joe Adcock
Amado Samuel
Burdette
Bob Buh
Pirates
Cardinals
Don Leppert
Don Hoak
Curt Flood
Tom Sturdivant
Bobby Shann
Major Leagues Probable Pitchers and Thursday Schedule
National League features Koufax and Podres for Los Angeles at New York with Hook and Miller matching up. Marichal and O Dell start for San Francisco at Philadelphia against McLish and Hamilton. Cincinnati at Milwaukee with OToole and Drabowsky facing Curtis and Piche. St Louis at Pittsburgh with Washburn vs Friend. Houston at Chicago Golden vs Koonce. Tuesday night games list two showdowns including Los Angeles at New York and San Francisco at Philadelphia. American League shows New York at Minnesota with Stafford and Sheldon against Bonikowski and Pascual. Boston at Los Angeles with Monbouquette and Conley opposing Chance and Bowsfield. Washington at Kansas City, Chicago at Detroit, Cleveland at Baltimore. Thursday games include Wash at Kane City, Chicago at Detroit, Cleveland at Baltimore.
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Koufax
Podres
Hook
Miller
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Philadelphia
Marichal
O'Dell
McLish
Hamiton
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O'Toole
Drabowsky
Curtis
Piche
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Friend
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Koonce
Tousday
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Stafford
Sheldon
Bonikowski
Pascual
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Twinight
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Conley
Chance
Bowsfield
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Kansas City
Osteen
Cheney
Bass
Kakow
Detroit
Horlen
Buzihardt
Regan
Jones
Cleveland
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Ramons
Laiman
Estrada
Brown
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