1958-Early Wynn, facing his former club for first time since coming to Sox with Al Smith for Minnie Minoso in off-season deal, throws 2-hitter to beat Cleveland 5-0 at Comiskey Park. Minoso goes 0 for 4, Smith 2 for 3. Ted Beard, 37, hits 1st AL homer.
– 1968-Pete Ward hits 2 homers (giving him league-high 8), Bill Melton goes 3 for 5 and Gary Peters works 8 2/3 innings of 5-hit ball to beat A`s 4-2 in Oakland.
– 1978-Rained out in Baltimore. Sox are 7-16, in last place, 10 games out.
CUBS 1958-Wally Moon triples home 2 runs, and ex-Cub Sam Jones strikes out 7 and beats Moe Drabowsky 3-2 in St. Louis. Sammy Taylor homers for Cubs` runs. – 1968-Rocky Colavito, Zoilo Versalles and Bob Bailey all hit home runs to back the 3-hit pitching of Bill Singer as Dodgers blank Cubs 6-0 at Wrigley Field.
– 1978-Larry Cox hits his first major-league home run, and Joe Wallis delivers a 2-run triple in 8-5 victory at San Diego.
