June 29, 1961 In the first game of a doubleheader, Willie Mays hits three round-trippers at Philadelphia — one a 10th-inning shot to win 8 – 7 — Mays becomes the 4th major league player with three or more home runs twice in one season. In the nightcap, Manager Gene Mauch's efforts to conceal his starting pitcher and force Al Dark's hand has a Phillies lineup including hurlers Don Ferrarese (batting leadoff, playing CF), Jim Owens (3rd, RF), Chris Short (7th, C), and Ken Lehman (9th, P) against San Francisco. When Dark sends a lefty to the mound, Mauch replaces Ferrarese. Dark then replaces Billy O'Dell with Sam Jones. Mauch replaces Lehman with Dallas Green after two batters. All the maneuvering takes three hours and 20 minutes. The Giants then take the nightcap, 4 – 1, as Mays triples and doubles home two runs and completes a double play with a throw home.

Today's Daily Highlights

In 1990, Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela threw no-hitters on the same day — something that hadn't happened since 1917. Also: Joe DiMaggio breaks George Sisler's AL hitting-streak record on his way to 56, Harmon Killebrew's birthday, 11 classic broadcasts, and today's Vintage Commercial: Coleman.

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Dave Stewart has 38 broadcasts in our library — including from his historic 1990 no-hitter season.