Show CARDS CONTINUE STREAK IN DEFEATING PHILLIES Ed Brandt Silences Cub Batters BaUers as Braves Win rin Travis Jackson Leads Giants in Triumph By S. S FULLERTON JR Associated Press Sports Writer The St. St Louis Cardinals riding the crest of a hitting wave ae that has supplanted theIr supposedly invIncible pitching now are arc justifyIng the predictions made for th m b for the e National league season started Alter After losing seven s o of their first nine games the Cards began hitting and an 8 triumph over o the Phillies Thursday made it five In a row and gave them a average for the first time since the second day of the earn cam In the course of this streak they have collected 60 hits and 34 runs to make victories possible although only one pitcher has gone the route Thursdays Thursday's contribution was 11 blows off Phil CollIns of which Joe Med wick collected two singles and his fourth home run PHILADELPHIA ST. ST LOUIS I AD JI 0 A B II 0 A Bartell ss 3 1 2 6 MartIn Marlin S 5 2 0 2 Ruble rf 4 2 2 I 0 Rothrock rf nO 4 2 1 0 lr 5 3 1 0 Frisch b 0 6 2 hurst lb Ib 4 1 17 7 1 kif 4 3 1 10 0 AlI Allen n ci 5 2 5 0 lb 3 1 6 GO 0 Wilson c c. c 4 1 1 2 c c. c 3 0 7 3 3 1 5 d 4 0 3 0 HopkIns 3 1 0 1 Durocher as 55 4 1 3 5 Chiozza lb 0 0 0 0 Rhem P 0 0 0 1 P. P 2 1 1 1 p 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Haines p 0 0 0 0 1 I 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Totals 35 14 24 13 Totals 35 11 27 13 for Hopkins In eighth for p. p Collins In ninth z for Rhem In third Philadelphia Ott 7 St. St LouIs so 8 Summary Errors Errors-Bartell 3 3 Ruble Runs batted In ls 3 3 Medwick 5 6 Allen J J. J Collins 2 Ruble 2 V. V Davis ls Two Two- base bOose hits Rothrock J. J Collins Wll- Wll son sen Ruble Home runs runs-Medwick Allen P. Sacrifice Collins Double plays pian-Du- rather rocher to FrIsch to Collins 2 2 Bases Dases on balls P Collins 3 nhem 2 P. P Dean 2 2 llamas i. i Struck out P. Collins 2 P. P Dean 3 3 HaInes I. 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Davis by p. p Collins Winning P. pitcher Dean I Brandt Shuts Out I Chicago Cubs I IThe The Boston Braves the only team the they had a chance to oust from the top four Thursday came through with a smashing 60 6 victory over Chicago's Chicago's Chi Chi- cagos cago's Cubs and md went into a tie with the defeated Pittsburgh club a half game ahead of the Cards Ed Dutch Brandt Brandl added to the southpaw plague that has bothered the Cubs recently by holding the Chicago Chi Chi- cago sluggers to two puny singles to shut them out for lor the first time The Braves meanwhile smacked Pat Malone Ma lone for nine blows blos including homers by Marty McManus and Wally Ben ger Chica Chicago's os o's troubles started even before the game when Billy Jurges regular shortstop was carted off to the hospital with a mild attack o of appendicitis BOSTON CHICAGO O as 5 II 1 3 2 Galan lb 3 0 0 Ai 1 Jordan Jordon lb 3 5 1130 12 0 b 4 1 2 7 Berger ci 4 3 2 0 Klein 10 4 0 4 0 Wit l rf 3 0 5 2 g 0 Cuyler I tr rf 3 0 g 3 y 1 Whitney 4 2 0 3 d cf 3 0 3 1 lb 4 1 0 7 English as 3 0 1 4 Mowry g ul if 3 0 4 b 0 Grimm fM lb 3 0 81 c. c 4 1 3 0 Hartnett c. c 3 1 4 0 p. p 4 0 1 1 Malone p. p 2 0 0 2 Lee p. p p 1 g 0 8 0 g 0 Ward Vard p. p 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 9 27 13 Totals 29 6 x Batted for Lee In the Boston 2006 6 Chicago 0 Summary Runs batted In Berger 2 Whitney I 3 McManus a Two base hits hits-Ber- ger 2 eW WhItney 1 t Error w. Herman H Hs Home runs runs-Ber s- s er McManus Sacrifice dan Double g play play-Cuyler to 3 Grimm fA Bases on Brandt balls 1 Malone 2 Lee I. I Struck out Brandt 3 1 Malone 3 lone M 9 in 7 7 Lee noen In 1 1 Ward none In 1 Losing pitcher I Travis Jackson Leads Giant Win The New York Giants improved their position at the top of the stand ing by defeating the Pirates 53 a as Travis Jackson accounted for four runs with a triple with loaded sacks and a homer NEW YORK BHO A. A Moore It If 5 3 0 0 cC 5 1 3 0 Critz 6 5 1 3 3 rf 4 3 3 0 Terry Ib lb 5 53 3 32 12 0 It If 3 0 4 0 Ott if 4 1 0 0 Vaughan as 4 0 1 3 9 jackson k n ss as S 3 g 2 g 5 Suhr g lb 3 I A B 2 LeIber ct Cf 1 0 1 0 Lavagetto 3 0 2 I 1 d. d 4 0 5 0 Thc enow Its 4 0 1 2 Verges 4 0 1 14 4 Padden C c. c 3 1 4 0 Richards C c. c 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 Clark P. P I 0 0 0 French i P. P 0 0 1 0 Sell Bell P. P 2 1 0 1 Smith P. P 2001 1 1 1000 0 0 0 Hoyt P. P 0 0 0 0 I 1 1 0 0 Totals Tot 38 12 27 14 Totals 34 8 27 9 Batted z-Batted for Smith In the seventh Batted az-Batted for Paden In the ninth New York 5 Pittsburgh 3 I Dodgers Take Close One Brooklyn and Cincinnati battled through seven scoreless innings be fore the Dodgers got to Ray Kop Kolp for three runs enough to win 3 2 In the thee e eighth BROOKLYN CINCINNATI l BoYle rf ii S 1 2 0 I Adams lb 4 0 1 3 Frey 3 1 0 3 Moore rf nO 1 1 0 Taylor ci 4 1 2 0 Comorosky O If 4 0 1 0 Wilson ff If 4 0 1 g 0 Hafey ef lt 4 0 g 2 8 0 Chapman If 0 0 0 0 lb 3 1 15 0 Lesue lb g 3 2 1 13 g 0 Piet I b. b 4 Pi 1 2 g 2 3 0 0 2 OFarrell c. c 3 0 4 1 c. c 4 2 6 1 Slade ss s. 3 1 1 4 Jordan ss 4 1 3 3 p. p 2 0 0 5 Benge p. p 4 1 1 0 5 1 7 1 g 0 0 keley 0 0 0 0 P. P 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 34 9 27 14 Totals 32 5 21 15 5 Batted 2 for Kolp In the el eighth Ran 25 for tor Lombard In the eighth Rain wiped out all lour four American league games gamec |