The Archive · 1938

Travis Hot Pace

Cecil Travis, the American League's leading"batter, kept up his hot pace by connecting for a double and two singles to lead the Senators to 7-5 over the Boston Red Sox. The Washington team won when it scored two runs in the eighth inning. Jimmy Foxx rapped out a home run for the losers.

Cutting loose for five runs in the seventh inning, the Chicago White Sox crushed the St. Louis Browns, 8-2. Lawrence Rosenthal led the batters with a triple and a single.

The Indians finished off the Tigers by scoring four runs in the eighth inning, winning eventually, 6-0. again went into action and bagged their next five runs.

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