Benched for poor hitting, Brooks Robinson sees his streak of 463 straight games at third stopped. Brooks pinch hits in the 8th inning, however, as the Senators edge the Orioles, 6 – 5. Boog Powell smashes three homers in a losing cause.

In the A’s 6 – 3 win, A’s pinch-hit star George Alusik suffers a broken wrist when hit by the Indians’ Pedro Ramos’s pitch.

Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole to hit three home runs in the same game. The Baltimore first baseman’s offensive output accounts for half of the runs in the Birds’ 6-5 victory over Washington at D.C. Stadium.

The longest game in 12 years, again at Forbes Field, takes place between the Colt 45’s and the Pirates. Rain delays the start of the two games by an hour, then Houston outlasts the Bucs, 7 – 6, in 15 innings. The second game is another struggle, this time the Pirates winning, 7 – 6, in 11 innings, on a bases-loaded single by Roberto Clemente. Only 300 fans are on hand when the curtain comes down at 2:30 a.m.

In the 5th inning‚ Frank Howard and Moose Skowron pinch-hit back-to-back home runs for the Dodgers‚ only the second time this has ever occurred in the National League. Cub pitchers Bob Buhl and Don Elston are the victims. But the Cubs hold on to win, 5 – 4, at Wrigley Field.

At the Polo Grounds, Jim Hickman becomes the first Met in franchise history to hit for the cycle, accomplishing the feat in the very rare natural order. The New York leadoff batter’s single in the first inning, double in the second, fourth-frame triple, and a sixth-inning solo shot all contribute to the Amazins’ 7-3 victory over St. Louis.

At Chicago, Sandy Koufax locks horns for the second time this year with Dick Ellsworth, a battle that ends in a 1 – 1 draw. Koufax is removed with one out in the 10th inning, while Ellsworth is replaced after the 10th. The Dodgers go on to win, 3 – 1, over the Cubs with neither starter getting a decision.

Stan Williams of the Yankees one-hits the Senators, giving up a double to Don Blasingame.