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STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 7 Clippers/82/53/29/.646/—/L1 Mad Dogs/85/50/35/.588/4.5/L3 Peaches/81/42/39/.519/10.5/W1 Naturals/83/43/40/.518/10.5/W3 Terrifics/88/44/44/.500/12/W1 Comets/81/36/45/.444/16.5/L1 Sultans/88/35/53//398/21/L1 Hammers/82/32/50/.390/21/W1 GAME RECAPS: Peaches 4 Comets 3 BANKS TIES HIT STREAK MARK, BUT COMETS LOSE Ernie Banks tied the 22 game consecutive hit streak set by Glenn Wilson(’83 Tigers), but the Comets dropped a 4-3 decision to the Peaches. Banks barely…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 6 Clippers/81/53/28/.654/—/W1 Mad Dogs/85/50/35/.588/5/L3 Naturals/83/43/40/.518/11/W3 Peaches/80/41/39/.513/11.5/L2 Terrifics/87/43/44/.494/13/L1 Comets/80/36/44/.450/16.5/W3 Sultans/87/35/52/.402/21/W1 Hammers/81/31/50/.383/22/L3 GAME RECAPS: Comets 2 Peaches 0 Whitey Ford pitched his second shutout of the season, blanking the Peaches, 2-0. Though Ford allowed only two hits, he did walk four batters and hit two more. Roy Campanella’s fourth inning homerun was…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 5 Clippers/80/52/28/.650/—/W1 Mad Dogs/84/50/34/.595/4/L2 Peaches/79/41/38/.519/10.5/L1 Naturals/82/42/40/.512/11/W2 Terrifics/86/43/43/.500/12/W3 Comets/79/35/44/.443/16.5/W2 Sultans/86/34/52/.395/21/L4 Hammers/80/31/49/.380/21/L2 JULY 6 SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Peaches(Waddell 4-6) at Comets(Ford 6-6) Clippers(Dean 9-5) at Hammers(Marichal 4-5) Sultans(Vance 9-4) at Terrifics(Carlton 8-5) Mad Dogs(Wells 7-4) at Naturals(Lester 3-10)

TWINBILL TALES JULY 5 Peaches 9 Clippers 3 The Peaches upset the first place Clippers in the opener, defeating them, 9-3. Birdie Cree, stepping in for an injured Ty Cobb, in centerfield, led the team, with a 4-5 day at the plate. Ed Walsh pitched seven plus inning, to earn the win. Lou Gehrig socked…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 4 Clippers/78/51/27/.654/—/W1 Mad Dogs/82/50/32/.610/3/W2 Peaches/77/40/37/.519/10.5/L1 Naturals/80/40/40/.500/12/L1 Terrifics/84/41/43/.488/12/W1 Comets/77/33/44/.429/17.5/L1 Sultans/84/34/50/.405/20/L2 Hammers/78/31/47/.397/20/W1 GAME RECAPS: Terrifics 10 Naturals 5 Mike Schmidt scored five runs and drove in four, as the Terrifics won a 10-5 slugfest against the Naturals. Yadier Molina belted two homeruns in the loss. Neither starter was particularly sharp. Loser, Justin…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 3 Clippers/77/50/27/.649/—/L1 Mad Dogs/81/49/32/.605/3/W1 Peaches/76/40/36/.526/9.5/W4 Naturals/79/40/39/.506/11/W1 Terrifics/83/40/43/.482/13/L1 Comets/76/33/43/.434/16.5/W1 Sultans/83/34/49/.410/19/L1 Hammers/77/30/47/.390/20/L2 GAME RECAPS: Naturals 9 Terrifics 3 TROUT HELPS NATS END FOUR GAME SKID The Naturals ended a four game losing steak, with help from Mike Trout, who clubbed a three run homer in the top of the second and also…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 2 Clippers/76/50/26/.658/—/W2 Mad Dogs/80/48/32/.600/4/L1 Peaches/75/39/36/.520/10.5/W3 Naturals/78/39/39/.500/12/L4 Terrifics/82/40/42/.488/13/W3 Comets/75/32/43/.427/17.5/L4 Sultans/82/34/48/.415/19/W1 Hammers/76/30/46/.395/20/L1 SINGLE GAME RECAPS: Peaches 1 Hammers 0 WADDELL SPINS FIRST SHUTOUT WIN FOR PEACHES Rube Waddell earned his first shutout win for the Peaches, as he led his club to a 1-0 victory over the Hammers. Waddell allowed just three…

TWINBILL TALES TERRIFICS AND CLIPPERS EACH WIN BOTH GAMES OF THEIR DOUBLE HEADERS Terrifics 8 Naturals 5 Steve Carlton improves to 8-5, defeating Jon Lester and the Naturals. The Terrifics scored all eight runs over the first four innings, getting big flies from: Foster, Jackson, Bench and Morgan. Terrifics’ shortstop, Larry Bowa pulled a muscle…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 1 Clippers/74/48/26/.649/—/L1 Mad Dogs/79/48/31/.608/2.5/W3 Peaches/74/38/36/.514/10/W2 Naturals/76/39/37/.513/10/L2 Terrifics/80/38/42/.475/13/W1 Comets/73/32/41/.438/15.5/L2 Sultans/81/33/48/.407/17/L1 Hammers/75/30/45/.400/18.5/W1 GAME RECAPS: Terrifics 7 Sultans 6 10 inns. TERRIFICS BEAT SULTANS IN EXTRA INNINGS The Sultans scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at six, but in the top of the tenth, Joe Morgan’s…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 30 Clippers/74/48/26/.649/—/L1 Mad Dogs/79/48/31/.608/2.5/W3 Peaches/74/38/36/.514/10/W2 Naturals/76/39/37/.513/10/L2 Terrifics/79/37/42/.468/13.5/L1 Comets/73/32/41/.438/15.5 Sultans/80/33/47/.413/18/W1 Hammers/75/30/45/.400/18.5/W1 GAME RECAPS: Hammers 10 Clippers 4 HAMMERS END CLIPPERS WIN STREAK WITH ROUT The last place Hammers proved the old adage, “On any given day”, as they blew out the top ranked Clippers, 10-4. Sandy Koufax got the win, despite…