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TWINBILL TALES Peaches 4 Naturals 2. The Peaches took two from the Naturals, beginning with a 4-2 win in the opener, behind Rube Waddell, who earned his first complete game win. Rube allowed a two run single to Troy Tulowitski, in the top of the second, but otherwise, allowed only three other hits, while striking…

TWINBILL TALES Comets 4 Sultans 3. The Comets and Sultans split a pair of one run games, beginning with the Comets, 4-3 win in the opener. Norm Siebern’s big bat let the way for the Comets, as his eighth inning, two run triple was the difference in the comeback victory. Siebern also homered earlier in…

TWINBILL TALES Terrifics 7 Clippers 2. #1 The Terrifics ended a four game skid, by defeating the first place Clippers, in the first of two games. Winner, Tom Seaver, pitched a solid eight innings. A four run, fourth inning was too much for the Clippers to overcome. WP-Tom Seaver(6-8). LP-Mel Parnell(5-6). HR-Mike Schmidt(19); Jimmie Foxx(19).…

JUNE 19 NEWS WILD 9TH INNING HIGHLIGHTS CLIPPERS WIN OVER TERRIFICS JOE JACKSON’S TWO HOMERS LEAD SULTANS PAST COMETS HONUS WAGNER’S ERROR IN 9TH COSTS PEACHES MAD DOGS & HAMMERS COMBINE FOR 7 HOMERUNS Clippers 5 Terrifics 3 Clippers’ starter, Schoolboy Rowe, entered the top of the ninth, with a 2-1 lead. He retired Johnny…

JUNE 18 NEWS Carl Hubbell improves to 9-0 as Clippers take sole possession of first place. Hammers end five game skid with win over second place, Mad Dogs. Hapless Lefty Williams drops eighth pitching decision. Peaches and Naturals moving in opposite directions. GAME RECAPS Clippers 12 Terrifics 4. The Clippers put up a seven spot…

JUNE 17 NEWS: Mad Dogs pummel struggling Dizzy Dean and Clippers to move back into tie for first place. Hammers suffer fifth straight loss at hands of Sultans. Yadier Molina injured in Naturals’ blowout loss to Comets. He will miss four days, Buster Posey will do the backstop duties during that time. Bob Gibson stunned…

JUNE 16 NEWS: Three of the four games ended in walkoff fashion in the bottom of the ninth. The Clippers beat the Mad Dogs to take over sole possession of first place by one game. GAME RECAPS: Clippers 6 Mad Dogs 3. Lou Gehrig belted a walkoff, three run homerun, as the Clippers defeated the…

JUNE 15 NEWS The Clippers destroyed their arch rivals, the Mad Dogs, 16-6, to move into a tie for first place. The other games were comparatively close. STANDINGS END OF PLAY, JUNE 15 Clippers/58/36/22/.621/—/W1 Mad Dogs/64/39/25/.609/L1 Naturals/62/36/26/.581/W2 Terrifics/65/33/32/.508/6.5/W2 Peaches/60/26/34/.433/11/L3 Comets/59/25/34/.424/11.5/W1 Sultans/66/28/38/.424/12/W1 Hammers/60/24/36/.400/13/L3 GAME RECAPS: Clippers 16 Mad Dogs 6. The Clippers poured it on against…

JUNE 14 NEWS In the only game on the slate, the Comets ended a four game losing skid by pounding the Sultans, 9-4, in a 23 hit attack. RECAP: Comets 9 Sultans 4 Mickey Mantle was 4-6, with a pair of homeruns; Carl Furillo was 3-5; Gil Hodges went 3-5, with a homer and a…

PITCHING LEADERS THROUGH JUNE 13. Leaders are based on WHIP Pitcher/Won/Lost/ERA/WHIP Vance, Sltns./106/8/4/2.38/.875 Carlton, Trfcs./111.1/7/3/2.19/.882 Kershaw,Ntrls./95/6/4/2.75/.958 Scherzer, Ntrls./104/9/4/2.16/1.029 Hubbell, Clprs./87/8/0/2.90/1.080 Veale, Hmrs./89/2/6/2.63/1.157 Dean, Clprs./88/8/4/3.27/1.159 Maddux, Mdgs./80/6/4/3.49/1.187 Koufax, Hmrs./78/3/6/4.65/1.192 Ford, Hmrs./85.1/5/4/3.70/1.257 STRIKEOUTS Veale, Hmrs. 103 Carlton, Trfcs. 101 Clemens, Mdgs. 99 Vance, Sltns. 97 Kershaw, Ntrls. 93 Koufax, Hmrs. 93