The Cubs put the pennant race in a tie by blasting the Dodgers, 12 – 2, at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tally 18 hits in chasing Johnny Podres.

1959 – The Phillies P Humberto Robinson says that gambler Harold Friedman offered him $1,500 to throw a game with the Redlegs. The pitcher ignores him and hurls a 7 – 2 win. Friedman is held on bail. Commissioner Ford Frick later commends Robinson for promptly reporting to him.

1959 – The Cubs continue to dash the Giants’ pennant hopes as Cal Neeman’s 10th-inning home run gives Chicago a 9 – 8 win. The Cubs won the day before, 5 – 4, on George Altman’s 9th-inning, two-run home run.

The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.

Dodger SS Maury Wills goes 5 for 5 in a 10-inning, 8 – 7 win over the Braves.

The Giants whip Warren Spahn and the Braves 13 – 6 behind Jack Sanford. Willie Mays has 4 hits and 5 RBI. The Giants are now 2 games in front with 8 to play.

Carl Yastrzemski plays for Minneapolis (American Association), but the game is protested by Omaha because Yaz is not eligible to play until OF Lee Howell leaves for military duty on the 18th.

Glen Hobbie of the Cubs stops Ken Boyer’s hitting streak at 29 games. He was 41 for 117 for a .350 mark over the course of his streak. Hobbie allows just 4 hits in shutting out the Cards, 8 – 0.

The Braves’ Red Schoendienst returns to the line-up for the first time since being diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis last November.

At Memorial Stadium, two twenty year-old Oriole hurlers throw complete-game shutouts in a twin bill sweep against the White Sox. Jack Fischer wins the opener 3-0, and Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings, beating the Pale Hose in the nightcap, 1-0.