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AL Highlights
(May)
May 5 ...
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Yankees first baseman Buddy Hassett scored four runs in New
York's 15-4 win over Washington.
May 15 ...
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Washington swiped four bases in a 9-7 win over the Yankees.
May 17 ...
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Red Sox third baseman Jim Tabor struck out four times in Boston's
6-4 win over the A's.
May 22 ...
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The Cleveland Indians clouted four home runs in a 6-1 win over Boston.
May 25 ...
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In one of the season's sloppiest played games, the New York Yankees
committed five errors in a 4-1 loss to Detroit. The Tigers committed two
of their own for a total of seven miscues.
May 26 ...
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Senators hurler Bobo Newsome (1-6) dropped his fourth straight
decision, a 2-1 loss to Boston.
May 27
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The Chicago White Sox turned five double plays in a 2-1 loss to New
York. Chicago's starter Jake Wade walked nine in eight innings of
work.
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A's shortstop Jack Wallaesa committed three errors in a 5-1 loss
to Detroit.
May 29 ...
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Red Sox hurler Joe Dobson fanned 10 in a rain-shortened 11-0 win
over St. Louis that went 7 1/3 innings. The win extended Boston's
winning streak to five games.
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Tigers hurler Dizzy Trout improved his record to 6-0 with a 9-7
win over the White Sox.
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A's shortstop Pete Suder extended his hitting streak to 13 games
in a 5-4 loss to New York.
May 31 ...
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The Chicago White Sox collected 23 hits in handing the Wahington
Senators their 9th straight loss, 15-6. Senators starter Sid Hudson
got hammered for 10 earned runs in 2 1/3 innings of work.
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NL Highlights
(May) May
5 ...
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The New York Giants won their ninth straight with a 7-2 win over the
Chicago Cubs.
May 9 ...
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Giants first baseman Johnny Mize went hitless against Johhny
Vander Meer and the Reds, snapping a 17-game hitting streak.
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St. Louis starter Max Lanier walked nine but the Cardinals
hammered out 21 hits in a 21-5 shellacking of Pittsburgh. Whitey
Kurowski homered twice and drove in five runs in the Cards
win.
May 15 ...
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants combined for 33 hits as New
York downed the Pirates, 15-11 Pirates starter Rip Sewell allowed
21 hits and 10 earned runs in 8 2/3 innings.
May 16
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The Pittsburgh Pirates suffered their 10th straight loss, bowing to
Brooklyn, 7-3. May
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St. Louis outfielder Enos Slaughter went 5 for 5, with two
triples and an RBI, in the Cardinals' 5-4 loss to the Reds.
May 20 ...
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Dodgers lefthander Kirby Higbe fanned 12 while shutting out
Philadelphia, 3-0. May
29 ...
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Reds catcher Ray Lamanno drove in seven runs with four hits, including a home run, in a
24-hit barrage that routed the Philadelphia Phillies, 18-3, in the first
game of a twin bill at Shibe Park.
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Chicago Cubs hurler Hi Bithorn (1-8) dropped his eighth straight
decision, a 5-3 loss to Pittsburgh.
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The New York Giants turned a triple play in a 7-1 win over the Braves in
the second game of a doubleheader in Boston. In the opener, Boston
homered four times off of Giants starter Carl Hubbell but came up
short, 7-5.
May 30 ...
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New York Giants slugger Mel Ott extended his hitting streak to 14
games with a pair of hits, one of them a home run, in an 8-7 win over
Chicago.
May 31 ...
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Dodgers southpaw Kirby Higbe improved his record to 9-0 with a
5-2 win over Philadelphia.
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