Giants 10, Phillies 0: New York rapped seventeen hits and took advantage of four Philadelphia fielding errors, yet Rube Benton needed almost none of it as he spun a two-hit shutout at the Phillies. The home team managed only singles in the 1st by Davey Bancroft and the 7th by Gavy Cravath, and could coax only two free passes from the hard-throwing left-hander while sending just four men over the minimum 27 to the plate. Although they didn't quite know it yet, the Giants put the game away with two-spots in the 2nd and 3rd, Benton chipping in with an RBI single and Hal Chase hitting for three bases and scoring a run. The Phils began to phail in the phield in the late innings, making errors in the 5th, 7th and 8th that led to five unearned runs as NY piled on to reach double digits on Heinie Zimmerman's two-run single in the penultimate inning. George Burns had four of the Giant hits, and Zimmerman, Larry Doyle and Art Fletcher had three apiece. [box]
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Cubs 6, Pirates 3: Fred Merkle tripled to spark a two-run 5th, and then reached on a 7th-inning error that opened the gates to two more Chicago runs as the Cubs ran past the Pirates at Weeghman Park. The visitors had struck first, scoring twice in the 3rd on a balk and Billy Southworth's two-out RBI single, but Les Mann homered with Max Flack aboard in the bottom of the frame to quickly level the scores. It remained a 2-2 tie until the 5th - with two Cubs retired, Dode Paskert singled and then Merkle lined one to the outfield wall for three bases and the go-ahead run. Charlie Pick then singled for the third of his four hits to give the Cubs a two-run cushion. Wilbur Cooper fell victim to defensive indifference in the 7th as, with two out and no one on, Paskert walked and Merkle hit a hopper which George Cutshaw couldn't corral at second. Pick and Pete Kilduff followed with base hits, the latter plating two more runs, and Hippo Vaughn kept the Pittsburghers in check the rest of the way. [box]
Reds 8, Cardinals 1: Cincinnati rode three hits and three walks to four runs in the 4th inning, and Red Fisher went the distance on a five-hit performance in which he walked no one and fanned five. Fisher retired the first ten Cards and allowed only one man to reach scoring position, when two singles and a groundout produced the solitary St. Louis score in the 4th, and he also had a pair of hits and scored two runs. Jack Smith had three of the five Cardinal hits. [box]
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