— 1957–Rookie Dick Drott (7-7) celebrates his 21st birthday by blanking Reds 6-0 on 4 hits, striking out 8, at Wrigley Field. Walt Moryn helps out by going 3-for-4 with homer and double as Cubs jump on Cincinnati starter Joe Nuxhall for 5 runs in 4 innings.
— 1967–Ron Santo hits two homers and Ted Savage one as Rich Nye (7-3)
and Chuck Hartenstein combine to 6-hit Cincinnati 6-3 at Wrigley Field for Cubs` 5th straight victory–and 16th in last 18th games–to move within 1/2- game of 1st-place St. Louis.
— 1977–Larry Dierker, with relief help from Rawley Eastwick, beats Cubs and Mike Krukow 3-1 in St. Louis. Cubs are limited to 5 hits, 2 by Steve Ontiveros. Cubs commit 3 errors–by Manny Trillo, Ivan DeJesus and Bill Buckner.
SOX
— 1957–Al Kaline homers off Jim Wilson to break 2-2 tie and Tigers win 5-2 before 40,933 at Detroit, dropping Sox 2 games out of 1st. Billy Pierce, Minnie Minoso added to All-Star team.
— 1967–Oak Park`s Marv Staehle, just up from Indianapolis, goes 2-for-5 with run-saving catch, Tommy McCraw hits 2-run homer and Ron Hansen gets 2-run double and solo homer as Sox win 6-5 in Detroit to up AL lead to 5 1/2 games. Hoyt Wilhelm goes 2 1/3 shutout innings, extending scoreless streak to 20 2/3, to save win for Joe Horlen (10-1).
— 1977–The ”Na-Na” chant is born at Comiskey Park as Richie Zisk hits 2 homers and drives in all Sox runs in 5-2 win over Minnesota, putting Sox in 1st by percentage points ahead of Twins. Winner is Chris Knapp (7-4).
