Mickey Mantle hits a 1st-inning homer with two on as New York scores five runs on their way to an 8 – 1 win over the Angels. Whitey Ford is the winner.
The Dodgers’ Claude Osteen tops the Pirates, 7 – 1, beating 14-game winner Bob Veale. The Bucs will next lose a pair to the Braves to drop Pittsburgh from the race.
The Twins beat the Red Sox, 8 – 7, but get little help from Bob Allison who strikes out five times.
The Cubs beat St. Louis, 5 – 3, at Wrigley Field, as Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run, a three-run shot off Curt Simmons in the 3rd. Simmons teed up the 400th home run of Willie Mays in 1963. Banks will end the season with 28 home runs and 106 RBI. Ron Santo and Billy Williams will also knock in over 100 runs, the only team with three such sluggers, but the Cubs will finish 8th.
Cincinnati sweeps the Braves 7 – 6 and 2 – 0 to regain first place‚ while the Giants andPhils are rained out. Jim Maloney strikes out 12 in tossing the shutout for the Reds.
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale lose as the Pirates sweep the Dodgers in a doubleheader‚ 3 – 2 and 2 – 1‚ at Pittsburgh. The Pirates are now in 5th place‚ just 2 1/2 games out of first place.
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