July 6. Gm# 72 Forbes Field St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1
KINER’S HOMER ONLY RUN IN PIRATES 2-1 LOSS
The Cardinals scored two runs off Rip Sewell(4-7) in the top of the first. St. Louis starter, Red Munger then kept Pittsburgh off the board until Ralph Kiner hit his 32sd home run in the bottom of the seventh.
Sewell, Tiny Bonham and Elmer Riddle then kept the Cards from scoring the rest of the way, but the Pirates could generate no further offense.
National League scores: Boston 7 Brooklyn 5; Cincinnati 23 Chicago 4; Philadelphia-New York Ppd-rain.
Standing of the Clubs
St. Louis/74/46/28/.622
Brooklyn/74/45/29/.608
New York/73/39/33/1/.541
Philadelphia/76/39/37/.513
Boston/77/39/37/1/.513
Pittsburgh/72/31/41/.431
Cincinnati/71/30/41/.423
Chicago/75/26/49/.347
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