— 1957–Don Drysdale, 20, throws 5-hitter and strikes out 9 as Dodgers beat Cubs and Don Kaiser 5-0 in game played at Jersey City. Loss drops Cubs into cellar.
— 1967–Billy Williams hits 2 homers and Ted Savage, Ernie Banks and Ron Santo one each in 13-3 victory at Philadelphia, ending Phils` 6-game winning streak.
— 1977–Bill Robinson hits 2-run homer and Willie Stargell doubles in 2 runs as Pirates, moving back to within 1/2-game of NL East lead, top 1st-place Cubs 5-4 before 51,580 in Pittsburgh.
SOX
— 1957–Dick Donovan improves record to 5-1 by going the distance to beat Boston 6-2 on 8 hits at Comiskey Park. Sox, 30-12, maintain 5-game lead on 2d-place Yankees.
— 1967–Off day. Sox are 26-18, 2d place, 1 1/2 games behind Detroit. Club leaders: Tommie Agee, 9 homers, 18 steals; Ken Berry, .294 average.
— 1977–Yankees get all their runs on homers from Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Reggie Jackson, Graig Nettles, George Zeber and Bucky Dent to beat Sox and Steve Stone 8-6 at Comiskey Park.
