1930 – There are 42 hits in the Phillies’ 19 – 16 loss to the pennant-bound Cardinals. RF Chuck Klein makes his 44th assist, well above the record of 39 set by Mike Mitchell with the Reds in 1907.
The Cards finish a three-game sweep of Brooklyn at Ebbets Field.
The Philadelphia Athletics win the American League championship for the second year in a row, defeating the White Sox, 14 – 10.
The Braves’ Wally Berger adds three home runs in a doubleheader against the Reds en route to a rookie record.
The Robins win their 11th straight, although Babe Herman once again stops to watch a home run disappear for a record second time in one season. This time, Glenn Wright lopes past the awestruck Herman to reduce a homer to a single.
The Cubs split a pair in Philadelphia when Lefty O’Doul pinch-hits a home run to beat the Cubs 12 – 11 in the first game. It is the second consecutive game in which O’Doul has produced a pinch-hit homer. In the second game of the day’s doubleheader, Hack Wilson hits his 50th dinger to pace the Cubs to a 6 – 4 win.
Newspapers carry the story of the disappearance of Cardinals P Flint Rhem on the eve of a crucial series in Brooklyn.
1930 – Brooklyn becomes the third team in three days to lead the National League, beating Cincinnati, 8 – 3, while the Cards split a doubleheader.
The Phillies‚ losers 18 – 5 to the Giants on the 2nd‚ end a 3-day rest by dropping a 22 – 8 decision to the host Robins. The same 4 pitchers – Hap Collard‚ Hal Elliott‚ Buz Phillips and Les Sweetland – are on the mound for the Quakers.
The Cardinals take a pair from the Pirates and go into first place. Brooklyn‚ New York‚ and Chicago are all bunched at the top of the standings with St. Louis. Cincinnati takes a pair from the Cubs‚ winning‚ 5 – 0‚ behind Red Lucas‚ and‚ 2 – 1‚ behind Benny Frey.
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