The 2nd-place Yankees split with the White Sox, winning, 6 – 1, on Johnny Allen’s two-hitter, before falling, 4 – 3. Les Tietje, in his big league debut, stops the Bombers in the nitecap. Lou Gehrig clubs home runs #28 and #29: Jimmie Foxx leads the American League with 45.

The Cards put off the Giants’ flag conquest by attacking Carl Hubbell in the 8th to win, 4 – 3. Tex Carleton is the winner when Leo Durocher drives home the last run with a triple.

Lefty Grove wins his 30th game, beating the White Sox, 3 – 1, on five hits. He is the first to win 30 since Jim Bagby of Cleveland in 1920 and will be the last American League hurler to do so until Denny McLain in 1968.

In a 4 – 3 loss to the Cardinals, the Giants’ Mel Ott is beaned by Burleigh Grimes in the 5th inning. Ott suffers a brain concussion and, with the Cardinals clinching the pennant, he sits out the rest of the season.

The Philadelphia Athletics win the American League championship for the second year in a row, defeating the White Sox, 14 – 10.

The Cards finish a three-game sweep of Brooklyn at Ebbets Field.

1929 – A Pirates loss to the Braves clinches the National League pennant for the Cubs.

1928 – The Braves and Cubs combine for National League-record eight double plays between them, but the Cubs win the game, 8 – 3. Sheriff Blake is the winner over Johnny Cooney.

1926 – At Dunn Field, the Indians win their 4th in a row, defeating the Yankees, 3 – 1, behind George Uhle. The win cuts the Yanks’ American League lead to 2 1/2 games over the Tribe.