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GM#’S 67, 68 JUNE 29, 1941 VS. BOSTON RED SOX ATHLETICS BACK IN WIN COLUMN AFTER TWINBILL SWEEP OF RED SOX BOS. 5 11 1 PHI. 6 10 0 WP-BUMP HADLEY(5-3) LP-EARL JOHNSON HR-JIM TABOR, BOBBY DOERR BOS. 1 5 0 PHI. 10 16 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(14-1) LP-JOE DOBSON HR-TED WILLIAMS; JOSH GIBSON 2(23) The…

GM# 66 JUNE 28, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES YANKS GAINING GROUND ON ATHLETICS WITH 5-4 WIN AND SERIES SWEEP N.Y. 5 10 1 PHI. 4 8 0 WP-ATLEY DONALD LP-BULLET BOB FOSTER(8-3) SV-JOHN MURPHY HR-CHARLIE KELLER 2; JOSH GIBSON(21), BOB JOHNSON(6) Charlie “King Kong” Keller, homered twice and drove in every one of the…

GM# 65 JUNE 27, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS DROP THIRD STRAIGHT GAME; LOSE TO YANKS, 9-1 N.Y. 9 11 0 PHI. 1 6 1 WP-MARV BRUER LP-JOE ROGAN(6-4) HR-TOMMY HEINRICH The Athletics have reached a bump in the road, having lost three games in a row for the first time this season. They…

GM# 64 JUNE 26, 1941 VS. DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS BULLPEN FOLDS LIKE A CHEAP SUIT AS TIGERS ROLL, 11-4 DET 11 13 1 PHI 4 6 0 WP-TOMMY BRIDGES LP-JOE WILLIAMS(0-4) HR-RUDY YORK, PAT MULLIN Satchel Paige started the game and left after six innings, with a 4-2 lead. Things went quickly south, though, as…

GM#63 JUNE 25, 1941 VS. DETROIT TIGERS TIGERS BEAT CALIGIURI 5-2, HIS FIRST LOSS ALSO ENDS TEAMS WIN STREAK DET 5 9 1 PHI 2 10 1 WP-SCHOOLBOY ROWE LP-FRED CALIGIURI(10-1) Two winning streaks ended today. First, the Athletics’ season high, eight game winning streak ended, with a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers and…

JUNE 23, 1941 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 23, 1941 TEAM/GAMES/WON/LOST/TIED/PCT/GAMES BEHIND PHILADELPHIA/61/44/17/0/.721/— NEW YORK/63/34/27/2/.540/10 CLEVELAND/65/34/31/0/.523/12 BOSTON/60/31/28/1/.517/12 CHICAGO/61/31/30/0/.508/13 DETROIT/64/29/35/0/.453/16.5 WASHINGTON/62/23/38/1/.371/21 ST. LOUIS/58/21/37/0/.362/21.5

GM#’S 60, 61 JUNE 22, 1941 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX ATHLETICS SWEEP OF INDIANS IN TWINBILL GIVES THEM 7 STRAIGHT WINS CHI 0 3 0 PHI 2 5 1 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(13-1) LP-TED LYONS HR- JOSH GIBSON(20) Satchel Paige tossed a three hit shutout in the opener, his fifth of the year. Josh Gibson stayed red…

GM# 59 JUNE 21, 1941 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX CALIGIURI IMPROVES TO 10-0, AS ATHLETICS HOLD OFF WHITE SOX, 3-2 CHICAGO 2 5 0 PHILA 3 6 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(10-0) LP-JACK HALLETT HR-JOSH GIBSON(19) Fred Caligiuri went the distance, holding off a pesky Chicago White Sox team, to improve his won-lost record to 10 and…

JUNE 20, 1941 ATHLETICS IDLE TODAY; STILL HOLD SOLID LEAD OVER YANKEES IN STANDINGS Philadelphia and Chicago did not play. New York beat Detroit, 14-4; Boston defeated St. Louis, 4-2 and Washington got by Cleveland, 7 to 6. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 20, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/58/41/17/0/.707 NEW YORK/61/33/26/2/.541 CHICAGO/58/31/27/0/.534 BOSTON/57/30/26/1/.526 CLEVELAND/63/33/30/0/.524 DETROIT/62/28/34/0/.452 WASHINGTON/60/22/37/1/.367…

GM# 58 JUNE 19, 1941 VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS INDIANS KRAKAUSKAS WALKS IN WINNING RUN IN 4-3 ATHETICS WIN CLEVE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 PHILA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 WP-TOM FERRICK(2-2) LP-JOE KRAKAUSKAS With the game tied at three, Cleveland…