Within a game of the. third place Lodis Cardinals, whom they defeated in a slug fest, fourteen to nine, The Cards were leading nine to three when they blew up completely in the eighth inning. Arky Vaughn's homer with one aboard and Dominic DiMaggios homer with two on stole the game away from the Gas House Gang.
In the only double header played yesterday in the major, the Boston Bees buried the Philadelphia Phillies deeper in the cellar with a twin victory, three to two, in ten innings, and' three to one, in the nightcap. Glousup's single scored Moore with the winning run in the matinee, while a homer by Max West, with two mates aboard in the third, clinched the nightcap for the Bees.
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