New manager Pie Traynor paces the Pirates to a 6 – 5 win over the Braves, stopping a losing skein of five games. Traynor laces three doubles and a single and scores the winning run in the 9th inning. Arky Vaughan is 4 for 4 for the winners to raise his average to .363, two points off the leaders. Wally Berger keeps the Braves in the game with a two-run homer in the 1st and a game-tying homer in the 9th. Leon Chagnon, in relief of Red Lucas, is the winner.

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On June 20, New manager Pie Traynor paces the Pirates to a 6 – 5 win over the Braves, stopping a losing skein of five games. Traynor laces three doubles and a single and scores the winning run in the 9th inning. Arky Vaughan is 4 for 4 for the winners to raise his average to .363, two points off the leaders. Wally Berger keeps the Braves in the game with a two-run homer in the 1st and a game-tying homer in the 9th. Leon Chagnon, in relief of Red Lucas, is the winner.