June 3, 1960 & June 3, 1985

June 3, 1960

TOPEKA REDS......3
FOX CITIES FOXES 1

Cal Ripken, Sr. homered in the third inning to tie the game 1-1. But, the Reds scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning for the win. This ended the Foxes 7-game winning streak.

Ripken went 2-for-4 with his second homer of the season.

Dean Chance lost for the first time and his record fell to 3-1.

The Foxes are 17-12.

June 3, 1985

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FOX CITIES FOXES 301 240 000 – 10 10 3
MADISON MUSKIES..012 000 300 –..6..7 3

Mike Taylor and Tom Forrester each drove in four runs. Forrester hit a pair of homers. He has homered in three consecutive games. Forrester, who had hit a homer in his final at bat on June 2, homered in his first two at bats in this game.

Taylor homered once, but it was a grand slam.

Ken Oswald won his seventh game of the season.

Quotes from the June 4 Post-Crescent:

Sal Rende, Foxes’ manager: Our hitting is starting to come around. We’ve had outstanding pitching the last month, but now we’re starting to make contact.

Jim Nettles, Muskies’ manager: We’ll need help and quickly. We haven’t been hitting the ball very well.

The Foxes are 34-16 after this win and moved back to 3.5 games in front of the Muskies in the Northern Division of the Midwest League.