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On This Date: (June 23, 1970)

June 23, 1970 — Dick Peiffer pitches a shutout and Lehighton snaps a scoreless tie late to eventually post a 7-0 Lehigh Valley Legion victory over Northwestern. Peiffer scatters eight hits in his nine innings of work to earn the win. With the score knotted 0-0 after seven frames, Lehighton tallies four times in the eighth. Joe Kalista delivers the key hit, connecting for a bases-loaded double. W. Kunkle and Ziegenfuss both finish with two hits and a pair of runs for the winners while Kalista ends with a pair of hits and a run. D. Kunkle chips in with a hit and a run.