San Francisco, Aug. 10.
Squeezing out a 4-3 victory over the Oakland nine, the San Diego Padres to-day clung to their three-came lead in the Pacific Coast Baseball League.
The Padres needed the victory, as their closest rivals, the Sacramento Senators, scored a similar victory over the Missions, The Padres pounded out thirteen hits against the Oaks, but experienced difficulty converting. In addition they miscued twice, while the Oaks played perfect ball. With the latter converting six hits into three runs th Padres were lucky to win The Sacs were even luckier, Getting only eight hits to nine for the fissions, Sacramento won only as a result of three Mission errors.
Portland downed San Francisco by a 5-4 margin, amassing thirteen hit in nine innings, while the Seals acquired ten. The Beavers fielded perfectly, while the Seals were charged with one bobble.
Los Angeles and Seattle postponed their game until later in the season. the Angels holding fourth place in the standings and the Indians remaining in seventh Strong U.S. Group Chosen:
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