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, ; 4 Rhodes Hits 3 Homers As Giants Beat Cards NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug.. 26 UP. Jim "Dusty? Rhodes, who entered the game with a .167 batting: average, staged the seasons greatest individual home run. V outburst .today, blasting three to lead the New, York Giants to a 13-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Rhodes feat marked the first time this season a player hit three homers in one game and was" the 101st time in modern baseball history that it had ben performed. The powerfully built right fielder had an opportunity to equal the all-time Major league record of four homers in a game when he came to bat in the eighth inning, but he struck out on a 3-2 pitch by Alpha Brazle.
