The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 – 0, in 10 innings

The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 – 0, in 10 innings

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1930 – Brooklyn’s collapse begins. The Cardinals tie for first place when Bill Hallahan outduels Dazzy Vance, 1 – 0, in 10 innings. Flint Rhem returns to the Cardinals with an improbable story that he was kidnapped by gamblers and forced to drink bootleg whiskey.

Red Faber beat the Yankees, 6 – 4

Red Faber beat the Yankees, 6 – 4

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The first-place Indians top the A’s, 9 – 3, while the White Sox, behind Red Faber, are again beating the Yankees, 6 – 4. Faber gets 1st-inning help from Eddie Collins, Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch who all hit two-out triples: Collins and Jackson triple later as Chicago totals an American League record six triples. The 3rd-place Sox are 1 1/2 games back.

Pete Alexander wins help to pull Phillies to within a game and a half of Brooklyn.

Pete Alexander wins help to pull Phillies to within a game and a half of Brooklyn.

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At the Baker Bowl, Grover Cleveland Alexander is coasting with a two-hit, 6 – 0 lead in the 8th over the Cubs, when weak-hitting Steve Yerkes lines a single followed by manager Joe Tinker’s only hit of the year. On a double play grounder, 1B Fred Luderus pulls his foot off the bag and Chicago goes on to score three runs. Second-place Philadelphia wins, 6 – 3, to pull with 1 1/2 games of Brooklyn.