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We've been hanging in OK, albeit with some incredibly streaky play, until a horror road series at St. Louis in which we need to win the final game to avoid an 0-5 sweep puts paid to whatever faint hopes we might still have had. That leaves us at 29-30 over the sectional and 52-49 overall, well out of contention now at 12 GB.





Little change to our good offence / bad pitching profile, with Sam Jethroe winning July's batter award. He's been by far our best player all year with close on 5 bWAR to this point.





Plenty of jockeying for position across in the AL, with both the Yanks and A's - the latter led by a rampant Willard Brown - putting together long win streaks. They and the Red Sox look the likely trio to fight this out. Meanwhile, the Cubs have put their foot down, going 39-16 since June 1 to take control of the NL.




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Monthly Award Winners

June

American League

• Batter – Whitey Kurowski (Athletics): 379 / 3 HR / 23 RBI
• Pitcher – Eddie Lopat (Yankees): 6-0 / 2.41 / 22 K / 52.1 IP
• Rookie – Ken Gables (Indians): 3-1 / 1.54 / 1 SV / 3 K / 11.2 IP

National League

• Batter – Bill Nicholson (Cubs): 311 / 6 HR / 30 RBI
• Pitcher – Ewell Blackwell (Reds): 5-0 / 1.37 / 32 K / 46 IP
• Rookie – Ewell Blackwell

July

American League

• Batter – Johnny Mize (Yankees): 416 / 5 HR / 28 RBI
• Pitcher – Al Hollingsworth (Yankees): 4-1 / 1.72 / 20 K / 47 IP
• Rookie – Dave Ferriss (Senators): 4-0 / 3.99 / 7 K / 38.1 IP

National League

• Batter – Sam Jethroe (Pirates): 449 / 1 HR / 17 RBI
• Pitcher – Ewell Blackwell (Reds): 4-1 / 0.85 / 33 K / 53 IP
• Rookie – Ewell Blackwell

Milestones and Observations of Note

• Pinky Higgins and our own Arky Vaughan each get his 2000th career hit, while Leroy Matlock notches his 100th save.
• An ACL tear prematurely ends Phillies OF Al Libke’s season.

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