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Events of Saturday, May 8, 1948

5-7-1948 5-9-1948 5-8-1947 5-8-1949

STL A 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 9 16 0 BOS A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 7 3

BOX+PBP WP: Sanford (3-1) LP: Harris (1-2) HR: Zarilla (1), Williams (5), Spence (2)

DET A 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 (1) NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hutchinson (2-1) LP: Lopat (1-3) HR: Mullin (2), Berra (2)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1 (2) NY A 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 x - 9 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Raschi (1-1) LP: Newhouser (1-4) SV: Page (4) HR: Mullin (3)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 10 2 PHI A 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 x - 16 15 0

BOX+PBP WP: Scheib (3-0) LP: Grove (1-2) HR: Scheib (1)

CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 12 0 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1

BOX+PBP WP: Bearden (1-0) LP: Hudson (1-2) SV: Christopher (2) HR: Doby (3)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 CHI N 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 x - 6 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Schmitz (1-3) LP: Sloat (0-1)

BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 7 0 CIN N 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Barrett (2-1) LP: Vander Meer (1-3) SV: Prendergast (1)

NY N 5 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 12 15 1 PIT N 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 - 5 12 5

BOX+PBP WP: Jansen (3-1) LP: Lombardi (0-2) SV: Trinkle (3) HR: Rigney (1), Thomson (3), West (2), Westlake (2)

PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 STL N 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 x - 5 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Brecheen (3-0) LP: Donnelly (1-2) HR: Jones (3)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 8, 1948

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Giants 17 11 6 0 .647 - 106 75 St. Louis Cardinals 14 9 5 0 .643 0.5 61 49 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 9 6 0 .600 1.0 76 70 Brooklyn Dodgers 16 8 8 0 .500 2.5 88 80 Boston Braves 17 8 9 0 .471 3.0 66 66 Philadelphia Phillies 17 7 10 0 .412 4.0 65 94 Cincinnati Reds 18 7 11 0 .389 4.5 71 94 Chicago Cubs 16 6 10 0 .375 4.5 65 70

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Athletics 15 10 5 0 .667 - 77 56 Cleveland Indians 12 8 4 0 .667 0.5 70 51 New York Yankees 15 9 6 0 .600 1.0 73 60 St. Louis Browns 12 6 6 0 .500 2.5 52 59 Boston Red Sox 15 7 8 0 .467 3.0 68 67 Detroit Tigers 18 8 10 0 .444 3.5 77 80 Washington Senators 17 7 9 1 .438 3.5 58 68 Chicago White Sox 14 3 10 1 .231 6.0 48 82

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Steve Braun Migel Puente

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) BRO N John Hall (24)

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Transactions

Cleveland Indians released Elbie Fletcher.

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