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Stellar Performances - Charlie Gehringer (June 14, 1929)

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 6/14/1929 Detroit Tigers (27-29) at New York Yankees (25-24) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9              R  H  E ---------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --               -- -- -- Tigers            2  4  0  0  0  4  0  1  0             11 15  0 Yankees       0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  1              3  6  1 Charlie Gehringer (DET) The Yankees are on full tilt, dropping their 6th straight game today in the Bronx.  Charlie Gehringer led the Tigers charge, smacking 2 home runs (his third and fourth of the season) and knocking in 4 runs.  Gehringer has been...

Stellar Performances - Eppa Rixey (June 11, 1929)

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 6/11/1929 New York Giants (31-15) at Cincinnati Reds (22-27) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Giants         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0          1  6  2 Reds            0  2  0  2  1  2  0  0  x          7 10  1 Eppa Rixey (CIN) Reds pitcher Eppa Rixey did enough today, both on the mound and at the plate, to beat the first-place New York Giants by himself - he pitched a complete game, giving up 1 run and 6 hits, while going 3-4 at the plate and driving in 3 runs.  While the Reds remain 10.5 games behind the Giants in the Nat...

Stellar Performances - Jimmie Foxx (June 11, 1929)

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 6/11/1929 Chicago White Sox (22-30) at Philadelphia Athletics (31-15) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- White Sox     0  2  0  0  0  1  0  1  0         4  9  2 Athletics       3  9  0  0  4  0  0  0  x        16 16  2 Jimmie Foxx (PHA) The Philadelphia Athletics are clearly the class of the American League and Al Simmons appears to be the best player on this A's team...unless Jimmie Foxx keeps up performances like these.  Today at Shibe Park, the A's absolutely obliterated the White Sox, winning 16-4 and pushing their record to 31-15.  The A's now ...