In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City, 10 – 8. It is the Orioles’ 23rd straight win over the Royals over a 2-year span, a major league mark.
At Memorial Stadium, the Orioles score five times in the first inning and hold on to beat the Royals, 10-8. The win marks Baltimore’s 23rd consecutive victory against Kansas City over two years, setting a major league mark.
Trailing by three runs entering the bottom of the ninth inning, the Phillies score four times in the bottom of the frame without recording an out in their unlikely 7-6 victory over the Giants. Tony Taylor ends the Connie Mack Stadium contest with a walk-off grand slam off of Mike Davison.
After attending a tryout camp, Frank White is signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent. The 19 year-old infielder, one of the few successful graduates from the Baseball Academy the team operated in the early 1970s, will play his entire 18-year career in Kansas City, having his number retired by the franchise in 1995.
Bobby Tolan of the Reds celebrates his new son, born just before today’s game, by driving in the winning run in the 11th inning to beat the visiting Cubs, 4 – 3.
After trailing 4 – 2, the Reds score four in the 8th to defeat the Cubs, 6 – 4. Johnny Bench and Ty Cline each drive in two runs in the 8th.
At California, Boston’s Sonny Siebert beats the Angels, 2 – 0, on one hit, a 3rd-inning single by Jay Johnstone.
The Reds lose a doubleheader to the visiting Cubs, 7 – 1 and 11 – 7, and lose rookie star Wayne Simpson, who tears the rotary cuff in his pitching arm. Simpson will come back, but will never be the same, going 22-28 in the rest of his career.
Hank Aaron cracks two home runs and drives in five runs to lead the Braves to a 9 – 7 come-from-behind win over the visiting Cardinals. Hal King also homers to match three round trippers by St. Louis.
The Cubs purchase 1B/OF Joe Pepitone from the Astros. Pepitone will drive in 31 runs in his first 31 games for his new team.
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