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Cubs Blast Four Dodger Pitchers to Win, 9 to 4 By the United Press The Chicago Cubs blasted four Dodger hurlers for 13 hits, incluuding home runs by Ralph Kiner and Hank Sauer, before 12,513 fans yesterday for a 9 to 4 victory to knock Brooklyn three full games behind the league-leading Milwaukee Braves. .me ni/tuijr gave i/uub wie Aive-gaxne series, 3 to 2, and it was their fourth in nine games with Brooklyn this year. The scoring burst also gave hard-luck hurler "Warren Hacker his third triumph of the season . against 10 defeats, although Dutch Leonard pitched the last inning in relief after Hacker had given up six hits and all the Dodgers runs in eight frames. The Dodger starter, Carl Erskine, gave up seven Cub runs and eight hits and suffered his fourth defeat against five wins. Joe Black, Johnny Podres and Ralph Branca also hurled for Brooklyn.
