— 1957–Bob Buhl allows 4 hits–one of them an Ernie Banks homer–and goes 2-for-4 with RBI as Braves beat Cubs 6-2 in Milwaukee. Braves` Felix Mantilla collects 3 hits.
— 1967–Off day. Cubs are 20-18, 5th place, 5 games out.
— 1977–Before 39,403 at Wrigley Field, Cubs score 2 in 8th to hand Pittsburgh`s Rich Gossage a 3-2 loss and take a 1 1/2-game lead over 2d-place Pirates in NL East. Manny Trillo singles in a run in the 8th and Jose Cardenal drives in game-winner with sacrifice fly. Willie Hernandez is the winner;
Bruce Sutter gets his 14th save.
SOX
— 1957–After Cleveland`s Vic Wertz hits 2-run homer in 9th off Dixie Howell to tie game 4-4, Indians score 4 in 10th on RBI singles by Hal Naragon, Larry Raines and Al Smith to beat Sox 8-4 in Comiskey Park.
— 1967–Off day. Head for Detroit in 1st place, 24-13, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers.
— 1977–Yankees break up Ken Kravec`s no-hit bid with 3-run 6th inning
–key blows are Thurman Munson`s RBI single and Chris Chambliss` 2-run homer–and go on to beat Sox 5-2 in Yankee Stadium. Ed Figueroa allows Sox only 6 hits.
