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– 1970-Henry Aaron hits his 26th homer of the year and the 580th of his career, and Phil Niekro throws a 2-hitter as Atlanta hammers the Cubs 9-0 before 31,555 at Wrigley Field. Billy Williams gets both of the Cubs` hits. Orlando Cepeda goes 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs for the Braves. Cubs are 49-47, in 3rd place in NL East, 4 1/2 games out.
SOX
– 1960-Off-day in Boston. Sox are 52-38, in 1st place, 1 game ahead of New York, 3 up on Baltimore, 3 1/2 up on Cleveland. Roy Sievers, in his last 27 games, is hitting .398 with 10 home runs and 27 RBIs. Minnie Minoso is 2nd in the American League in batting at .323, Al Smith is 3rd at .322 and Sievers 9th at .305. Minoso is 4th in RBIs with 61.
