The Pirates’ Roy Sanders and Boston’s Bunny Hearn battle for 16 innings before the Bucs win‚ 3 – 2‚ on a bases-loaded squeeze play. Sanders allows one hit over the last 8 innings.

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On June 11, 1918 The Pirates’ Roy Sanders and Boston’s Bunny Hearn battle for 16 innings before the Bucs win‚ 3 – 2‚ on a bases-loaded squeeze play. Sanders allows one hit over the last 8 innings.

Lefty Tyler allows 2 hits but the Giants win‚ 1 – 0‚ on a fluke homer in the 1st inning by George Burns. He hits a line single to Max Flack who falls down and the ball skips by for an inside-the-park homer. The Cubs’ 9-game win streak ends.

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On June 11, 1918 Lefty Tyler allows 2 hits but the Giants win‚ 1 – 0‚ on a fluke homer in the 1st inning by George Burns. He hits a line single to Max Flack who falls down and the ball skips by for an inside-the-park homer. The Cubs’ 9-game win streak ends.

The franchise owners in the Southern League vote to suspend operations on June 28. Transportation difficulties‚ increasing rail rates‚ and lack of interest in some cities are the reasons cited. In 9 days, the 6-team Texas League will vote not to add New Orleans and Beaumont for the remainder of the year. The stumbling block is New Orleans‚ which wants the right to pull out for next year in case the Southern League reorganizes.

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On June 11, 1918 The franchise owners in the Southern League vote to suspend operations on June 28. Transportation difficulties‚ increasing rail rates‚ and lack of interest in some cities are the reasons cited. In 9 days, the 6-team Texas League will vote not to add New Orleans and Beaumont for the remainder of the year. The stumbling block is New Orleans‚ which wants