Lou Gehrig, veteran yankee, cracked out a homer for the American League leaders, who downed the Tribe by, a §-3 margin, Red Ruffing, hurling for New York, yielded seven hits which he kept well-scattered, while the Yanks got, to Mel Harder and Lloyd Brown for eight, which they bunched nicely, Joe DiMaggio, Gehrig's youthful team-mate, collected a double and a single.
The Tigers had a narrow squeeze with Washington. in their opening game at the capital city, but finally emerged victorious byy a 3-2 count efter each team had collected seven hits. Rudy York clouted a home run for the Bengals with tye men abroad to account for all his team's scoring. In the night-cap, however, the Senators won by the same one-run margin, 8-7, getting fifteen hits to twelve for their. opponents. The Washington club won the game in the ninth inning when a single by Rob Millies scored Johnny Stone with the deciding run,
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