Don Gullett strikes out six straight batters and pitches four innings with no runners reaching base in beating the host Mets, 7 – 5. Gullett strikes out eight in the last four innings. The Reds win on Jimmy Stewart’s 3-run pinch homer off Tom Seaver.

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Don Gullett strikes out six straight batters and pitches four innings with no runners reaching base in beating the host Mets, 7 – 5. Gullett strikes out eight in the last four innings. The Reds win on Jimmy Stewart’s 3-run pinch homer off Tom Seaver.

Hal Lanier’s 8th-inning single is the only hit Ken Holtzman allows in the Cubs’ 15 – 0 mauling of the Giants. Gaylord Perry gives up eight runs in 1 1/3 inning to seal the outcome for the Giants. Joe Pepitone and Billy Williamseach have a double, homer, and score three runs.

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Hal Lanier’s 8th-inning single is the only hit Ken Holtzman allows in the Cubs’ 15 – 0 mauling of the Giants. Gaylord Perry gives up eight runs in 1 1/3 inning to seal the outcome for the Giants. Joe Pepitone and Billy Williamseach have a double, homer, and score three runs.

Defensive replacement Chuck Hinton drives in the Indians’ winning run in the 10th as the Tribe tops the A’s, 6 – 5. The Indians hit four homers – one by Vada Pinson in the 1st and three consecutive homers by Duke Sims, Graig Nettles, and Eddie Leon in the 6th.

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Defensive replacement Chuck Hinton drives in the Indians’ winning run in the 10th as the Tribe tops the A’s, 6 – 5. The Indians hit four homers – one by Vada Pinson in the 1st and three consecutive homers by Duke Sims, Graig Nettles, and Eddie Leon in the 6th.

1970 – Fergie Jenkins homers and his teammates add another six as Chicago coasts over San Diego, 12 – 2. Jim Hickman (2), Glenn Beckert, Johnny Callison, Joe Pepitone, and Billy Williams also hit round trippers for Chicago. Six of the Cub homers are solo shots and San Diego adds a solo homer: the seven solo homers by two teams sets a National League record and ties the major league mark set on April 29, 1962.

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1970 – Fergie Jenkins homers and his teammates add another six as Chicago coasts over San Diego, 12 – 2. Jim Hickman (2), Glenn Beckert, Johnny Callison, Joe Pepitone, and Billy Williams also hit round trippers for Chicago. Six of the Cub homers are solo shots and San Diego adds a solo homer: the seven solo homers by two teams sets a National League record and ties the major league mark set on April 29, 1962.

Bernie Brewer leaves his perch for the first time in 40 days

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Down 3 – 0 in the 8th, the Brewers score four runs, three of them on a Danny Walton bases-loaded double, to beat the Indians, 4 – 3. Gus Gil’s single drives in the last run. The biggest crowd of the season, 44,387, is on hand for bat day, allowing Bernie Brewer to leave his perch in right field after 40 days. Bernie had vowed to stay there until the crowd topped 40,000, and when the attendance is announced, Bernie slides down his slide.

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1970 – Don Wilson hurls a 16-hitter during a 7-3 victory in Montreal. That’s no typo. Wilson caps a five-run first inning with an RBI single and this lead lets him stay in the game as he dodges Montreal’s bullets all day. Fred Gladding is summoned to get the final out after Wilson allows three straight hits with two out in the ninth.

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1970 – Don Wilson hurls a 16-hitter during a 7-3 victory in Montreal. That’s no typo. Wilson caps a five-run first inning with an RBI single and this lead lets him stay in the game as he dodges Montreal’s bullets all day. Fred Gladding is summoned to get the final out after Wilson allows three straight hits with two out in the ninth.