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Show PIRATES PUT ON SLUGGING STREAK CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (By the Associated Asso-ciated PresB ) The Pittsburg Pirates (were in third place today and making : a hold bid for the higher berths bele by the Giants and Cardinals as a result re-sult of a slugging streak surpassing . I oven the moat violent batting outbursts out-bursts this season and rivalling the best on the record books. By taking a double victory from the Phillies, 19 to 8 and 7 to 3, making It ten in n row, the larruping corsairs brought their hit and run total for the last three games with the Quakers to 68 and 43. respectively, giving the team a batting average of 466 for the series. They made 22 hits in the first game and 27 and 19 In Tuesday'9 contests. A remarkable feature was the fact that every member of team connected for at least one hit in each of the games Red Russell and Tierney se' tho pace with 10 apiece, the former turning In the high mark In the first game of the doubleheader with five ;H bingles, including two doubles and a B homer and five runs in as many time ' I at baL |