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Ed Bouchee had a "Walk off" homerun in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. It was his tenth homerun of the season. Fast Eddie is hitting a red hot .362, an average he has carried for the whole season. Gene Freese had a perfect day going 4 for four in the Pirates win over first place Milwaukee. The Bucs beat Brave's Ace Warren Spahn and gave the Braves their second straight loss. Freese drove in 2 runs and had a triple to go along with 3 singles. Gene is now batting .275 after wallowing in the low two hundreds for most of the last four weeks. In other league news, Whitey Lockman led a Giant's on slaught of the St. Louis Cardinals, hitting two homeruns ( five so far this season) as the New Yorkers finally started to take advantage of their "band box" stadium (the Polo Gounds), hitting 6 homeruns off the shell shocked St. Louie Cards. Jarry Jackson was tagged for a "hat trick" while Lloyd Merritt gave up 2 in two-thirds of an inning. The Giants flexed their muscles in the bottom of the 7th inning putting a seven spot on Cards and coasting to easy win 11-5. "Wow, did we need a game like that, said Giant Skipper Bill Rigney. We've been on the receiving end of those games, it was nice to dish some of that out on yhe other team...hope this can get us going now", he added