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There have been some memorable performances over the last few days worth nothing without submitting box scores.

Homer Bailey has been electric since coming over to the Cincinnati Reds and he hurls a 1 hit shutout against the Paris Swingers at Great American Ballpark. The Reds won the game 6-0 as the only hit by Paris was garnered by Billy Bryan. Bailey fanned 10 and walked none and was helped by a three run homer by Larry Doby. Reds are 97-37 in first place in the NL Central, with a 3 game lead over the Chicago Cubs.

Another 1 hitter was tossed as Bob Moose of the Jacksonville Beach Bums limited the Albany Warcats to just one hit in an 8-0 beating on the road at Mario Cuomo Field. Albany's lone hit was by NHL Defenseman Roman Josi. Moose fanned 9 and walked none and got his offense from Ichiro Suzuki with 3 hits and 3 RBI's. Jacksonville is 85-49 but that is only good for 3rd place in the AL Atlantic behind the Richmond Gamecocks by 17 games.

Multi Cy Young award winning Noodles Hahn had a 16 strikeout game for the Utah Saints over the Cheyenne Black Aces at home. Hahn improved to 23-2 and fanned 16 in 7 1/3 innings while Utah won the game 5-2 behind 3 hits from Bill Dickey and a 2 run homer by George Davis. Utah is 104-30 and has a comfortable first place lead of 17 games over the Houston Astros in the AL West

The San Bernardino Butchers triumphed over the Peoria Oil Barons 7-3 on the road in Peoria today as Chandler Bing went 5 for 5 to raise his batting average to .367 The wise cracking Manhattan-ite crossed the plate 3 times in the win batting in front of Mickey Cochrane and Del Bissonette who each drove in 3 runs. San Bernardino is in 6th place and much improved with a 77-57 record in the NL Pacific but 33 games behind the insane Los Angeles Dodgers.

How insane are the Los Angeles Dodgers, they have won 27 games in a row and possess a 110-24 record on the year as they built a huge lead over the Honolulu Riptides in the NL Pacific by 12 games. Dodgers are carried by Dusty Miller with 40 homers and 127 RBI's, and a solid 1-2 pitching punch of rookie Rube Kisinger and Bill Gullickson. They are managed by the comical Larry Andersen who did not have a big career as he entered the league late but is making up for it as a manager.