1958-Turk Lown saves Billy Pierce`s 7-4 Game 1 victory at Yankee Stadium with 3 shutout innings (5 strikeouts), but Jerry Lumpe`s bases-loaded single off Bob Keegan gives Yankees a 5-4, 11-inning win in Game 2.
– 1968-Get 13 hits but Yankees, on homers by Tom Tresh and Joe Pepitone, win 4-2 for Mel Stottlemyre in Comiskey Park.
– 1978-Wilbur Wood throws 6-hitter and Claudell Washington hits 2-run homer as Sox beat Yankees 6-1 in New York. Reggie Jackson`s 8th-inning homer wrecks Wood`s shutout bid.
CUBS 1958-Behind pitching of Johnny Briggs and Dave Hillman, Cubs sweep Pirates 3-2 and 2-1 before 30,415 at Wrigley Field. Cubs` Lee Walls drills 7 straight hits, including his 19th homer.
– 1968-Al Spangler`s 11th-inning pinch single scores Glenn Beckert (18-game hitting streak) with decisive run as Mets fall 2-1 in New York.
– 1978-Gaylord Perry pitches 5-hit ball into the 9th, and rookie Broderick Perkins goes 3 for 4 with his 1st big-league homer as San Diego wins 5-2 at Wrigley Field.
