Braves 5, Giants 4: Buck Herzog's single capped a two-out bases-empty rally in the bottom of the 9th inning as Boston brought the city to its feet with the climax to a game that saw them trail early, take a mid-game lead and then throw that away in the late innings. The Giants scored twice before the Braves even touched their bats, with a walk, stolen base, single and double leading to a pair of 1st-inning runs. It was tough sledding in the early innings for the Boston hitters against Red Causey, but they finally made a mark in the 5th when Walter Holke led off with a free pass, stole second and took third on a wild throw, and scored on Art Wilson's base hit. It was in the next inning, though, that the Braves really figured Causey out - Herzog started the inning with a triple and and Ray Powell singled him across, then a walk and Jim Riggert's knock scored another. When Larry Doyle failed to corral Rabbit Maranville's grounder with two outs and Bostons on second and third, another run crossed the plate and it appeared as if the home side were in the clear behind Dick Rudolph, who had held the Giants scoreless since the opening inning. But, in the 8th, NY struck back after the first three men reached on safe hits and Benny Kauff hit a run-scoring fly ball that tied the game. Fred Toney retired the first two Braves in the 9th, but pinch-hitter Johnny Rawlings singled, as did Joe Kelly, and a wild pitch moved the runners up by ninety feet. With Rawlings dancing off of third base, Herzog rapped one down the line and off the first-base bag into shallow right field to end the game. [box]
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| Buck Herzog, Boston |
Robins 9, Phillies 3: Zack Wheat's four hits and Ed Konetchy's three RBI led a Brooklyn attack that roughed up Philadelphia pitching for thirteen hits while the Phillie defense was chipping in four errors. The game was tied at two through four innings before the Robins scored four times in the 5th with the help of three Philadelphia miscues, Wheat singling home one run and scoring another. Three walks led to another Brooklyn run in the 6th, and Konetchy homered to lead off the 7th while Jeff Pfeffer was coasting home aside from Gavy Cravath's pinch-hit homer in the 9th. [box]
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