1959-Three Senator errors key 3-run 7th inning, Luis Aparicio steals his 51st base and Bob Shaw (15-6) pitches a 7-hitter as the Sox win 5-1 at Washington, cutting their magic number to 12. Sox recall OF Johnny Callison and Joe Hicks, 1B Ron Jackson, 3B J.C. Martin, C Camilo Carreon and P Gary Peters from Indianapolis. Sox are 87-52, in 1st place, 4 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland.
CUBS
1969-A crowd of 58,436 at Shea Stadium sees Tom Seaver fire a 5-hitter, a black cat walk in front of the Cub dugout, Fergie Jenkins drop his 13th game of the year, Art Shamsky and Donn Clendenon hit their 13th homers of the season and the Mets rout the Cubs 7-1. The Cubs` losing streak reaches 6. Cubs are 84-58, still in NL East lead, but just a 1/2-game ahead of New York.
