Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
– 1969-After finishing a 5-4 victory (in game suspended June 15), Cubs rout Tony Cloninger and the Reds in Cincinnati as Don Kessinger collects homer and RBI double and Oscar Gamble gets his 1st big-league RBIs (on a single and 2-run triple). Fergie Jenkins ups his record to 19-11. Cubs are 84-52, in NL East lead, 5 games ahead of New York.
SOX
– 1959-Before crowd of 43,237 at Comiskey Park, Sox sweep twi-nighter from Detroit, winning opener 7-2 behind Dick Donovan (4-hitter) and nightcap 11-4-getting all 11 runs in the 5th inning. Al Smith homers and singles in a run and Nellie Fox delivers bases-loaded triple in the big inning. Sox are 82-50, in 1st place, 5 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland.
