The Gas House Gang

July 4, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park

Reds 7, Cardinals 2 (39-34)

The Cardinals failed to turn things around on Inpendence Day and they lost their fourth straight game, this time at the hands of the first place Reds.  Cincinatti jumped all over Bill Sherdel and tagged him for three runs in the first inning.  The Reds went on to score four more but those first three were all they needed.

Chick Hafey and Bob O’Farrell led the way with the bats.  They both had two hits and scored a run a piece.  The rest of the team managed only four hits and the Cardinals didn’t score their first run until the eighth inning.