Monday, June 3, 1957 Transactions list: Pittsburgh pitcher Red Swanson returned to the mound on 06/04/1957 following his injury (?) of 05/11/1957 Note: A light day today in the schedule because it is a travel day. The AL East teams are all heading westward and most of the NL West teams are heading eastward (and all we be on the east coast by mid-week). Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia (H) 2 Duke Snider hit two homeruns and Johnny Podres (6-2, 2.81) muzzled the Phillies attack with only four hits allowed. This win put the Dodgers back at within one game of .500 and within one game of fifth-place Philadelphia. Bill Virdon Pittsburgh (H) 6 New York (NL) 3 The Pirates kept rolling by scoring four times in the third and then adding two more in the fourth, two-run homeruns by third baseman Gene Freese and center fielder Bill Virdon being the big hits. Vern Law (5-2, 2.66) allowed the Giants to creep back into it late, but ended ...