At Cincinnati, Phillies starter Joe Bowman gives up his first hit of the game, a leadoff triple in the 9th inning to Kiki Cuyler, and then is relieved by Claude Passeau, who retires the next three batters. The Phils win, 4 – 0.

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At Cincinnati, Phillies starter Joe Bowman gives up his first hit of the game, a leadoff triple in the 9th inning to Kiki Cuyler, and then is relieved by Claude Passeau, who retires the next three batters. The Phils win, 4 – 0.

Chuck Klein is out of the Cubs lineup because of injuries as they beat the Braves, 7 – 4. He is batting .331 with 19 homers and 65 RBI, but will miss much of the second half and never again will return to the high level of performance previously shown.

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Chuck Klein is out of the Cubs lineup because of injuries as they beat the Braves, 7 – 4. He is batting .331 with 19 homers and 65 RBI, but will miss much of the second half and never again will return to the high level of performance previously shown.

The largest crowd in the history of Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis witness a record 32 doubles hit in a double header
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The largest crowd in the history of Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis witness a record 32 doubles hit in a double header

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The largest crowd in the history of Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, 45,715 (in a ballpark with 35,000 seats), creates a travesty and permanently distorts the record for doubles hit in a game. Easy fly balls drop for ground rule doubles among the fans encroaching on the field. There are 32 doubles hit in two games, including 23 in the second game, setting records both for the most doubles in one game and in a doubleheader.

Baseball’s biggest battery is recorded, appropriately, with the New York Giants, as Garland “Gob” Buckeye, a 260-pound pro football lineman in the off-season, makes his National League pitching debut with 250-pound Shanty Hogan behind the plate. The Giants lose to the Cardinals.

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Baseball’s biggest battery is recorded, appropriately, with the New York Giants, as Garland “Gob” Buckeye, a 260-pound pro football lineman in the off-season, makes his National League pitching debut with 250-pound Shanty Hogan behind the plate. The Giants lose to the Cardinals.

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7/12/1917: In the second game of a doubleheader, Reds left fielder Greasy Neale hit an inside-the-park homer with Hal Chase on base. However, base umpire Pete Harrison had called time before the pitch because of a ball loose on the field. Thus, the four-bagger was nullified.

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7/12/1917: In the second game of a doubleheader, Reds left fielder Greasy Neale hit an inside-the-park homer with Hal Chase on base. However, base umpire Pete Harrison had called time before the pitch because of a ball loose on the field. Thus, the four-bagger was nullified.

With the temperature at Fenway Park near 100 degrees, Boston sweeps the White Sox behind complete game wins by Ernie Shore, 2 – 1, and Dutch Leonard, 3 – 1.

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With the temperature at Fenway Park near 100 degrees, Boston sweeps the White Sox behind complete game wins by Ernie Shore, 2 – 1, and Dutch Leonard, 3 – 1.

Philadelphia’s Boardwalk Brown walks 15 Tigers in 7 2/3 innings, but staggers to a 16 – 9 win. Brown has only one walkless inning – the 1st. Ty Cobb, out for a week with an injured knee, plays 2B for the only time in his career, and makes three errors in his five fielding chances.

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Philadelphia’s Boardwalk Brown walks 15 Tigers in 7 2/3 innings, but staggers to a 16 – 9 win. Brown has only one walkless inning – the 1st. Ty Cobb, out for a week with an injured knee, plays 2B for the only time in his career, and makes three errors in his five fielding chances.

In the Highlanders’ 4 – 1 win over the Browns, New York pitcher Jack Warhop swipes home in the 3rd. It is Warhops’s second steal of home in three years.

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In the Highlanders’ 4 – 1 win over the Browns, New York pitcher Jack Warhop swipes home in the 3rd. It is Warhops’s second steal of home in three years.