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Three double headers top the 4th of July schedule in the National League in 1957. All three were double header sweeps as Brooklyn took two from the Pirates by scores of 7-2 and 6-2. St. Louis beat the Cubs twice 6-4 and 8-nil. The Phils took two from the New York Giants, beating the Polo Grounders 4-3 and one to nothing. Heroes for the day were Curt Simmons tossing a ten inning, 6 hit shutout, which put Quakers in first place, a half game in front of Milwaukee , who was pasted badly by Cincinnati 15-4. Another great job on the 4th went to Sam Jones, who tossed a six hitter at Chicago, striking out 8 Bruins along the way. In that same game, teammate Ken Boyer hammered two homeruns, which gives him 16 on the year. Kenny hit 19 that year so Mr. Boyer is way ahead of his pace. Another big basher for the day was Roy Campanella who hit two out in game one against Pittsburgh. It was homerun numbers 7 and 8 for Campy. The standings for the first four clubs are as follows, Philadelphia is 48 and 27. Milwaukee is only a half game back with a 48 and 28 mark. In third is Brooklyn with a 45 and 28 slate. That leaves them 2 and a half games off the pace. Cincinnati is 44 and 32 and are 4 and one half games off the front running Phils.