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Week 6 Summary 05/20/1957 - 05/26/1957

Week 6 is in the books and the 1957 replay is as fun-filled as ever. All teams have passed the thirty-games-played mark and we have a full week ahead of us, including a Memorial Day full of doubleheaders. The highlight of this past week was a no-hitter by veteran White Sox pitcher Jim Wilson in New York. This was the second no-hitter of the replay, and no, I still don’t understand why I have so many no-hitters. 1957 Cinncinati Reds All eyes are on the pennant race in the NL. Pittsburgh swept a doubleheader in Philadelphia on Sunday and find themselves tied for first with St. Louis, both teams a half-game ahead of Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Milwaukee may be in fifth place but paced by Hank Aaron's 20 homeruns in only 33 games, are only one full game out of first. I am convinced I couldn’t have scripted this any better even if I wanted to. Even Brooklyn, now out of seventh and back into sixth place, has started to show signs of life recently, so it is still anyone's pennant...

Week 6 Results 05/20/1957 - 05/26/1957

Monday, May 20, 1957 Transaction list:   St. Louis first baseman Tom Alston was reported as ill on 05/19/1957 and did not return to play until 09/02/1957   Baltimore pitcher Art Houtteman (team debut 05/24/1957) was purchased from Cleveland on 05/20/1957   Kansas City pitcher Hal Raether made his final major leaguer appearance on 05/19/1957   Detroit third baseman (and Quincy, IL native) Jim Finigan returned to play on 05/21/1957 following his injury (?) of 04/31/1957   Brooklyn outfielder Bob Kennedy (team debut 05/25/1957) was claimed off waivers from Chicago (AL) on 05/20/1957   Cleveland first baseman Eddie Robinson (team debut 05/24/1957) was signed as a free agent on 05/20/1957   Baltimore (H) 3 Kansas City 2 (11)   A tight one all the way to the end, the winning scored after Baltimore shortstop Jim Brideweser doubled to lead off the bottom of the eleventh, pitcher Connie Johnson (3-2, 2.17) was allo...