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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…

JUNE 6. Mad Dogs 10 Comets 3 The Mad Dogs earned a sweep of the Comets. They cruised in the opener, 10-3, behind Greg Maddux. They got three run homers from Alex Rodriguez and Chipper Jones, in the rout. WP-Greg Maddux(5-5). LP- Warren Spahn(6-6). HR-Alex Rodriguez(12), Chipper Jones(9), Ken Griffey, Jr.(12). Mad Dogs 1 Comets…

NOTE: There are three doubleheaders scheduled for today, June 6, so I will report on each twinbill separately. Peaches 7 Terrifics 3 In this game, Rube Waddell set a new mark for strikeouts in a nine inning game with sixteen. That broke the old record of 15, set by Nolan Ryan. Ty Cobb paced the…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, JUNE 5 Clippers/48/32/16/.667/—/W8 Mad Dogs/53/31/22/.585/3.5/L1 Naturals/52/30/22/.577/4/L1 Terrifics/55/27/28/.491/8.5/L2 Comets/49/23/26/.469/9.5/W1 Peaches/50/21/29/.420/12/W2 Sultans/53/22/31/.415/12.5/L1 Hammers/48/18/30/.375/14/W1 JUNE 5 GAME RESULTS Peaches 3 Terrifics 2 Peaches 8 Terrifics 3. The Peaches took both ends of a doubleheader against the Terrifics. Game one saw Walter Johnson beating Fergie Jenkins. Honus Wagner homered for the Peaches, Graig Nettles, for…

JUNE 4 HEADLINES SCHERZER STAYS RED HOT WITH 3 HIT SHUTOUT PEACHES SET NEW FUTILITY MARK WITH 10TH STRAIGHT LOSS CARLTON IMPROVES TO 7-2 WITH FIRST SHUTOUT WIN CLIPPERS JUGGERNAUT KEEPS ROLLING WITH 16-4 ROUT OF SULTANS Naturals 3 Hammers 0. In his last three starts, the Naturals’ Max Scherzer has pitched three complete games,…

STANDINGS END OF PLAY, JUNE 3 Clippers/46/30/16/.652/—/W6 Mad Dogs/51/30/21/.588/2.5/W2 Naturals/50/29/21/.580/3/L1 Terrifics/52/26/26/.500/7/W1 Comets/47/22/25/.468/8.5/L1 Sultans/50/21/29/.420/10.5/L2 Peaches/47/19/28/.404/11.5/L9 Hammers/45/17/28/.378/12.5/W1 JUNE 3 HEADLINES KOUFAX BECOMES FIFTH TO PITCH ONE HIT SHUTOUT PEACHES TUMBLE TO 9TH STRAIGHT LOSS COMETS HOLD OFF TERRIFICS IN 4-3 WIN DEAN LEADS FIRST PLACE CLIPPERS TO EASY WIN Hammers 4 Naturals 0 Sandy Koufax has had…