This day in NY sports history
THIS DAY IN NY SPORTS HISTORY
Tuesday, June 6, 1939
Giants hit five homers in an inning
The New York Giants blasted a major league-record five home runs in the fourth inning of a 17-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. Harry Danning's dinger put New York up 7-0, then Frank Demaree hit a three-run homer. They later hit three in succession when Burgess Whitehead smashed a two-run shot, winning pitcher Manny Salvo followed with an inside-the-park homer, and Jo-Jo Moore made it 14-0. Moore later added another homer (his second of the season) and Mel Ott had one to give the Giants a club-record seven in the game. The game lasted just 2 hours, 33 minutes despite all the offense. The Giants went on to hit a National League-high 116 home runs that season.
'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.
