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BATTING LEADERS THROUGH JUNE 13 Note: Leaders are based off on base percentage. PLAYER/AT BAT/RUNS/RBI/HITS/ON BASE PCT. Hornsby, Sltns./202/38/30/78/.468 Cabrera, Ntrls./197/44/44/70/.438 Williams, T., Clprs./189/23/50/59/.435 Foxx, Clprs./197/49/53/69/.421 Ruth, Sltns./172/31/47/49/.419 Speaker, Sltns./197/32/12/64/.402 Carew, Trfcs./207/31/16/67/.391 Cobb, Pchs./217/29/26/78/.391 Musial, Clprs./220/47/39/63/.387 Mantle, Cmts./191/31/35/55/.380 HOME RUN LEADERS McGwire, Mdgs. 22 Cabrera, Ntrls. 21 Ruth, Sltns. 21 Williams, T., Clprs. 20 Mays,…

TWINBILL TALES JUNE 13 Naturals 4 Peaches 2 The Naturals managed a sweep of the Peaches. They took the first game, 4-2, behind Max Scherzer, who worked eight innings, allowing just five hits, while fanning seven. Miguel Cabrera homered for the second straight day and now has 21 on the season. WP-Max Scherzer(9-4). LP-Eddie Plank(1-3).…

NEWS JUNE 12 The Clippers(5 straight losses) and the Mad Dogs(2 straight losses) both lost, so things remain the same at the top of the standings. Today’s games featured two blowouts and two one run games. Pudge Rodriguez was hit by a Juan Marichal pitch and will miss the next four games. He will be…

NEWS: JUNE 11. The Mad Dogs ended up splitting a doubleheader with the Hammers, but the Clippers lost again, so there is a tie for first place. The Clippers have a .630 to .617 percentage point advantage, due to a disparity in games played. Eddie Collins got hit by a pitch in the Peaches-Naturals contest…

NEWS JUNE 10. The surging, Mad Dogs, who have won five straight, beat the first place Clippers, 7-3 and are now just a half game back in the standings. The Sultans have displaced the Hammers for the cellar spot after splitting a doubleheader with the Peaches; while the Hammers edged the Terrifics, 4-3. STANDINGS END…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, JUNE 9 Clippers/52/34/18/.654/—/L2 Mad Dogs/57/35/22/.614/1.5/W4 Naturals/56/31/25/.554/5/L1 Terrifics/59/29/30/.492/8.5/W1 Comets/53/24/29/.453/10.5/W1 Peaches/54/24/30/.444/11/W2 Sultans/58/23/35/.397/14/L4 Hammers/53/21/32/.396/13.5/L1 JUNE 9 GAME RESULTS Comets 1 Naturals 0 Whitey Ford outdueled Max Scherzer, earning a 1-0 win with a four hit shutout. It was Ford’s first whitewash of the season. Ernie Banks homered in the top of the fourth, for…

JUNE 8 NATURALS USE FIVE RUN FIFTH INNING TO BEAT COMETS Naturals 8 Comets 5. The Naturals trailed the Comets, 4-3, when a Mike Trout triple and an error by Early Wynn, led to a five run, fifth inning. Bryce Harper opened the scoring with a three run homerun, in the first. Norm Siebern and…

JUNE 7 Hammers 10 Sultans 3 Hammers 3 Sultans 2 There were just two teams in action today. The Hammers took both ends of a doubleheader against the Sultans. The first game was a, 10-3 blowout, in which the Hammers got two homeruns from Willie Mays and another from Hank Aaron. Brooks Robinson had a…

JUNE 6 Sultans 3 Hammers 2 In one of two matchups that was not a doubleheader, the Sultans got by the Hammers, thanks to a pair of Babe Ruth homeruns. Ruth’s second blast, in the bottom of the eighth, proved to be the difference. WP-Red Faber(1-3). LP-Sam McDowell(2-2). HR-Willie Mays(18); Babe Ruth 2(20). STANDINGS END…

JUNE 6 Clippers 4 Naturals 3. 11 inn. Clippers 4 Naturals 1. The first place Clippers remain red hot, having took both games of a doubleheader against the Naturals, to give them ten straight wins. In the first contest, Ted Williams homered in the top of the eleventh inning, his second of the game, against…