May 8. Gm #’s 19 and 20. Braves Field Boston 8 Pittsburgh 3; Boston 4 Pittsburgh 2
BRAVES TAKE BOTH ENDS OF DOUBLE HEADER FROM PITTSBURGH
The Pirates fell further down in the standings after dropping both games of a twinbill against the Boston Braves. Pittsburgh has now lost five in a row.
Pirate pitching has been horrendous of late. Bill Werle(1-2) lost game one, in which Pittsburgh used four pitchers. Del Crandall led the way for Boston, with a 4-5 day and three runs scored. Al Dark also had three hits.
Bob Chesnes(1-2) was the losing pitcher in the second game. The only bright spot for the Bucs was that Ralph Kiner hit his 9th home run. Eddie Bockman had a double and a triple.
Bob Elliott had a homer and three hits for Boston.
National League scores: Brooklyn 8 St. Louis 7; New York 10 Chicago 1; Cincinnati 14 Philadelphia 7; Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 1
Standing of the Clubs
Boston 21 12 8 1 .595
Brooklyn 19 11 8 0 .579
New York 20 11 8 1 .575
Philadelphia 21 12 9 0 .571
St. Louis 17 8 9 0 .471
Pittsburgh 20 9 11 0 .450
Cincinnati 19 8 11 0 .421
Chicago 17 5 12 0 .294
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