TeamW/LPctGB
Brooklyn Royal Giants76-53.589
Homestead Grays66-65.50411
Philadelphia Stars64-66.49212.5
Ottawa Mounties62-67.48114
New York Gothams62-69.47315
Effa Manley Division | 27 August

#Brooklyn Royal Giants

Ron Cey hit 2 out and Fernando Valenzuela put in another fine effort as the Royal Giants topped the Gothams, 9-1. Valenzuela improved to 12-4 on the year with the complete game effort.

Cey did it again, reaching 36 homers on the year with 2 more deep balls. Here, his second was a walkoff in a 4-2 win over the Gothams. Then it was John Briggs‘ turn, who hit 2 out in a 5-3 win over Ottawa.

And then it was 2 from Duke Snider in a 14-2 rout of Ottawa. Orel Hershiser fanned a dozen, improving his record to 17-5 and lowering his ERA under 4.00. Roy White, Beals Becker, and Mike Piazza also went deep in the dominant victory.

#Homestead Grays

Ricardo Rincón was recalled from his rehab assignment.

Goose Goslin hit out 2 to no avail as the Grays fell to Philadelphia, 7-2.

#New York Gothams

The Gothams gave up 3 hits, but unfortunately 2 of them were 2-run homeruns as they fell to Brooklyn, 4-2.

Larry Doyle hit 2 out of the park as the Gothams doubled up Kansas City, 8-4.

#Ottawa Mounties

Gary Carter hit 2 out, but the Mounties fell to Birmingham, 13-4.

#Philadelphia Stars

Scott Rolen hit 2 homeruns leading the Stars to a come from behind win over Kansas City, 8-7 in 11 innings.

Aaron Judge had himself a day, going 5 for 6 with 2 homeruns and 6 RBIs as the Stars trounced the Grays, 18-7. Philadelphia hit 7 homeruns on the day, with Ted Kluszewski, Rico Carty, Art Fletcher, Scott Rolen, and Bill Dickey all also knocking one over the fence.