Johnny Schmitz leads the Cubs to a 1 – 0 win over the first-place Braves at Wrigley Field. Schmitz allows just six hits, including two triples, but doubles and scores the game’s only run in the bottom of the 9th. Johnny Saintakes the loss.

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Johnny Schmitz leads the Cubs to a 1 – 0 win over the first-place Braves at Wrigley Field. Schmitz allows just six hits, including two triples, but doubles and scores the game’s only run in the bottom of the 9th. Johnny Saintakes the loss.

Hank Majeski of the Athletics hits six doubles in a doubleheader against the Browns, pacing the dogged A’s to wins of 6 – 0 and 9 – 1. He is the third American League player to collect six long hits in an afternoon and just the second to do it in two regulation length games. Hal McRae, on the same date in 1974, will do it next in the AL.

Hank Majeski of the Athletics hits six doubles in a doubleheader against the Browns, pacing the dogged A’s to wins of 6 – 0 and 9 – 1. He is the third American League player to collect six long hits in an afternoon and just the second to do it in two regulation length games. Hal McRae, on the same date in 1974, will do it next in the AL.

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Hank Majeski of the Athletics hits six doubles in a doubleheader against the Browns, pacing the dogged A’s to wins of 6 – 0 and 9 – 1. He is the third American League player to collect six long hits in an afternoon and just the second to do it in two regulation length games. Hal McRae, on the same date in 1974, will do it next in the AL.