On July 14, 1979 The Chicago White Sox’s Claudell Washington has three home runs and five RBI in a 12 – 4 defeat of the Detroit Tigers.
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Baseball Reference July 14
Ernie Banks voluntarily takes the bench as a sore knee brings his 717 consecutive games played streak to an end. The streak started August 26, 1956. The Bank-less Cubs still win, 5 – 3, over the Braves at Wrigley Field. Joe Adcock, who applied the hidden ball trick last August 31st to George Altman, nabs another Cub, Billy Williams, in the 8th.
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June 23, 1961
