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– 1960-Off-day in Chicago before taking on the last-place Kansas City A`s in a 4-game weekend series. Sox are 61-47, in 3rd place, 2 1/2 games behind 1st-place New York, 1 1/2 back of Baltimore. Minnie Minoso and Al Smith are tied for AL batting lead at .317, and Roy Sievers is 6th at .309. Sievers is 4th in homers with 22, Minoso 3rd in RBIs with 75.
CUBS
– 1970-Joe Pepitone makes his Cub Wrigley Field debut and collects 2 doubles in 4 trips to help Fergie Jenkins (14-13) beat the Giants 4-1 before a crowd of 33,931. Jenkins fires 3-hitter and fans 6. Ron Santo makes up for dropped popup and 2 strikeouts with a 2-run homer in the 8th. Cubs are 59-56, in 3rd place in NL East, 4 1/2 games out.
