The Red Sox swat the Orioles twice, winning 7 – 4 and 12 – 3. Reggie Smith is 7 for 9 and stretches his hitting streak to 19 games. Carl Yastrzemski has a homer in each game as the Red Sox total 22 hits in the nitecap, including five by Mike Andrews.

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The Red Sox swat the Orioles twice, winning 7 – 4 and 12 – 3. Reggie Smith is 7 for 9 and stretches his hitting streak to 19 games. Carl Yastrzemski has a homer in each game as the Red Sox total 22 hits in the nitecap, including five by Mike Andrews.

The Cubs score five runs in the 5th inning to beat the Mets, 6 – 2, behind Bill Hands. The win halts the Mets’ seven-game win streak and leaves the New Yorkers in 2nd place by four games.

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The Cubs score five runs in the 5th inning to beat the Mets, 6 – 2, behind Bill Hands. The win halts the Mets’ seven-game win streak and leaves the New Yorkers in 2nd place by four games.

With the Twins hosting Kansas City, the Royals’ Bob Oliver attempts to steal second base with Ellie Rodriguez at bat. Catcher John Roseboro pushes Rodriguez’s bat out of the way and his throw to 2B nails Oliver. After huddling eight minutes with his umpire crew, home plate ump John Rice declares Rodriguez out for interference and orders Oliver back to first base, though the rule states that an out nullifies an interference call. The Royals win, 4 – 3. Harmon Killebrew accounts for all the Twins scoring with a homer.

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With the Twins hosting Kansas City, the Royals’ Bob Oliver attempts to steal second base with Ellie Rodriguez at bat. Catcher John Roseboro pushes Rodriguez’s bat out of the way and his throw to 2B nails Oliver. After huddling eight minutes with his umpire crew, home plate ump John Rice declares Rodriguez out for interference and orders Oliver back to first base, though the rule states that an out nullifies an interference call. The Royals win, 4 – 3. Harmon Killebrew accounts for all the Twins scoring with a homer.

Roberto Clemente’s final assault on 436. Roberto revisits the scene of the crime, as it were, recalling his overwhelming 1966 assaults on the once-seemingly-impregnable 436-foot Forbes Field barricade. “Clemente’s third hit of the game will provide conversation for at least the rest of the week,” reports Bill Christine of the Pittsburgh Press. “It went over the gate in right-center field, just to the right of the light standard and the 436-foot mark.” Charley Feeney of the Post Gazette elaborates: “Clemente’s drive, off Bill (No-Hit) Stoneman, carried well over the wall in centerfield. Few hitters have hit a ball out of the ballpark in this sector, which is to the right of dead center between the exit gate and the light stanchion.”

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Roberto Clemente’s final assault on 436. Roberto revisits the scene of the crime, as it were, recalling his overwhelming 1966 assaults on the once-seemingly-impregnable 436-foot Forbes Field barricade. “Clemente’s third hit of the game will provide conversation for at least the rest of the week,” reports Bill Christine of the Pittsburgh Press. “It went over the gate in right-center field, just to the right of the light standard and the 436-foot mark.” Charley Feeney of the Post Gazette elaborates: “Clemente’s drive, off Bill (No-Hit) Stoneman, carried well over the wall in centerfield. Few hitters have hit a ball out of the ballpark in this sector, which is to the right of dead center between the exit gate and the light stanchion.”

AL East leader Baltimore breaks a 3-game losing streak as Dave McNally (12-0) wins his 14th straight game, 9 – 3 at Detroit. Detroit OF Mickey Stanley plays his 220th straight errorless game and C Bill Freehan picks Paul Blair off third base unassisted. Blair, on third with a triple, strolls too slowly back to the bag after the bat flies out of the hands of Frank Robinson.

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AL East leader Baltimore breaks a 3-game losing streak as Dave McNally (12-0) wins his 14th straight game, 9 – 3 at Detroit. Detroit OF Mickey Stanley plays his 220th straight errorless game and C Bill Freehan picks Paul Blair off third base unassisted. Blair, on third with a triple, strolls too slowly back to the bag after the bat flies out of the hands of Frank Robinson.

The Dodgers take first place in the National League West by sweeping a doubleheader against the Braves in Los Angeles, winning 6 – 7 and 7 – 3.

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The Dodgers take first place in the National League West by sweeping a doubleheader against the Braves in Los Angeles, winning 6 – 7 and 7 – 3.

At Los Angeles, Lee May hits a 2-run homer in the 11th and the Reds beat the Dodgers, 4 – 3. For May, second in the National League to Willie McCovey (27) in dingers, it is his 23rd homer, matching his birth date and uniform number (his younger brother Carlos May will also have his birth date as his uniform number). Wayne Granger, the third Red pitcher in the 11th, stops the Dodger rally.

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On July 3, 1969 At Los Angeles, Lee May hits a 2-run homer in the 11th and the Reds beat the Dodgers, 4 – 3. For May, second in the National League to Willie McCovey (27) in dingers, it is his 23rd homer, matching his birth date and uniform number (his younger brother Carlos May will also have his birth date as his uniform number). Wayne Granger,…

Reds hurler Gerry Arrigo ties a National League record by hitting three Braves in the 2nd inning of a 9 – 4 Atlanta win. Reds hurlers plunk two more and the Braves set a post-19th century major-league record of five hit batters in one game. It won’t be matched till April 19, 2000.

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On July 2, 1969 Reds hurler Gerry Arrigo ties a National League record by hitting three Braves in the 2nd inning of a 9 – 4 Atlanta win. Reds hurlers plunk two more and the Braves set a post-19th century major-league record of five hit batters in one game. It won’t be matched till April 19, 2000.   Source: Baseball Reference July 2