The Los Angeles Dynamos took advantage of two Wizards mistakes, beating them 5-3 and ending the St. Louis winning streak at 7. Dynamos #9 hitter, Dave Bancroft, homered in the 3rd to put LA on the board. Ted Simmons hit a solo shot to tie the game in the 6th. In the bottom of the inning, After a 2-out Johnny Mize single, Wizards starter Juan Marichal struck out Frank Robinson. Simmons couldn’t hold onto the ball, allowing Robinson to reach 1st and extending the inning. Bancroft came up with a clutch RBI single, scoring Mize, and Joe Morgan followed with another single, putting LA up 3-1. St. Louis slugger Rogers Hornsby hit a 2-run homer off LA’s starter Don Sutton to tie things back up. However, Eddie Mathews hit a solo shot in the bottom of the 7th to give the Dynamos the lead again. Oscar Charleston misplayed a WIllie Mays flyball, and Mize hit an RBI single to add an insurance run. Tom Glavine pitched a shaky 8th to hold the lead, and Gossage put up a scoreless 9th for his 3rd save. It was just the 2nd loss this season for the Wizards. LA improved to 6-7.