Louisville 11, Chicago 7: Jim Lonborg (6-5, 4.42) was hammered for 7 runs, knocked out in the fourth. But the Racers hung an 8-spot on
Len Barker (11-10, 4.12) in the top of the fifth and tacked on late inning runs, helped by 5 1/3 scoreless innings from
Francisco Rodriguez and
Roy Oswalt, whose start five days prior was apparently a one-off.
Jim Lefebvre homered and drove in four, and every Racers starter had a hit.
New York 6, Indianapolis 2: Josh Beckett (10-7, 4.23) allowed only two unearned runs in a complete game win and
Toby Hall smacked his third homer, driving in three, as the Heroes kept pace with Louisville.
Tony Perez had two more hits, driving in two as he continues to scald the ball in the past week.
Erik Bedard (11-11, 4.98) took the loss for Indianapolis.
Boston 5, Sacramento 2: Ginger Beaumont led off the fourth with his 12 home run and
Adam Dunn later added his PBL-leading 37th to support
Tommy John (11-9, 3.32) over
Dave Stewart (12-8, 4.14). The Stingers left 12 men on base, helped by five walks from John, in the loss.
Wichita 8, Charlotte 3: Despite the lowest home run total in the Northern League, Wichita got homers from
Chet Lemon, Frank Chance and
Hub Collins as they knocked around
John Candelaria (14-9, 3.35).
Kid Nichols (3-4, 4.06) went the distance for the Brigade.
| East | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Louisville Racers | 75 | 64 | .540 | - |
New York Heroes
| 71
| 66 | .518 | 3.0 |
Boston Riders
| 71
| 67 | .514 | 3.5 |
| Charlotte Cougars | 69 | 68 | .504 | 5.0 |
| West | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Sacramento Stingers | 77 | 62
| .554 | - |
| Wichita Brigade | 75 | 63 | .543 | 1.5 |