The Gas House Gang

July 17, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 13, Phillies 5  (47-40)

The Cardinals blew out the Phillies as they slowly inched their way up the National League standings.  They still trailed second place Pittsburgh by a half game and the first place Reds by two and a half games, but they were moving up.

The big inning for the Cardinals was the sixth, in which they scored seven runs to run the score up to 12-2.  Wattie Holm had four hits and three runs and Jim Bottomley finished the game with three hits and three runs.

Flint Rhem picked up the win.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks with one strike out.