Rip Sewell, now throwing his blooper pitch some 25 feet high, loses to the Cardinals after 11 straight wins. He has won 18 already but will get only three more victories the rest of the season.

On August 6, 1943 —  Rip Sewell, now throwing his blooper pitch some 25 feet high, loses to the Cardinals after 11 straight wins. He has won 18 already but will get only three more victories the rest of the season.