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– 1970-Off-day in Chicago. Cubs are 50-48, in 3rd place in NL East, 4 games behind Pittsburgh, 3 games back of New York. Billy Williams is hitting .320 with 29 home runs and 93 runs batted in. Jim Hickman is at .338 with 23 homers and 74 RBIs. Ron Santo, though hitting just .244, has 68 RBIs with 13 home runs.

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– 1960-Trailing 4-2, Sox get 5 runs in the 7th-the tying and go-ahead runs scoring on Nellie Fox`s bases-loaded double-and go on to win 10-4 in Boston. Gerry Staley blanks Red Sox over final 3 innings to save the win for fellow reliever Turk Lown. Sox are 54-38, in 1st place, 1 1/2 games ahead of New York.