Bucky Walters pitches the first-place Reds to a 3 – 2 win over the lowly Phillies. Bucky wins his 18th, driving in two runs with a homer and single. Ancient – 40 in December – Syl Johnson then holds the Reds to three hits to win the nitecap, 6 – 1.

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On August 26, 1940 — Bucky Walters pitches the first-place Reds to a 3 – 2 win over the lowly Phillies. Bucky wins his 18th, driving in two runs with a homer and single. Ancient – 40 in December – Syl Johnson then holds the Reds to three hits to win the nitecap, 6 – 1.

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