Dodger Gene Hermanski hits three successive home runs to offset six Brooklyn errors as the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 6 – 4. The win moves the Dodgers into 2nd place. Carl Erskine starts his first game and earns his 3rd win.

On August 5, 1948 — Dodger Gene Hermanski hits three successive home runs to offset six Brooklyn errors as the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 6 – 4. The win moves the Dodgers into 2nd place. Carl Erskine starts his first game and earns his 3rd win.

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