Cubs 3, Cardinals 2: Dode Paskert's sacrifice fly sent Max Flack home with the winning run in the bottom of the 13th inning as Chicago outlasted St. Louis after escaping defeat at the last regulation hurdle. The winless Cards got out front first, scoring twice in the 2nd when Gene Paulette and Joe Schultz singled and later scored on Jakie May's two-out triple. But that was the last noise that St. Louis would make against Hippo Vaughn, and Chicago had room to work its way back into the game. Les Mann homered to lead off the 4th to cut the deficit in half, but May matched Vaughn's zeros through the middle innings; he pitched out of a bases-loaded mess in the 8th, but would not be so fortunate in the 9th. After a walk, a single and a sacrifice, the Cubs had the tying and winning runs in scoring position with one out and Branch Rickey decided to walk Mann to load the bases and set up the force at any base. But May could not keep the ball over the plate, and Paskert worked a walk that tied the game. One batter too late, perhaps, May got Fred Merkle to bounce into a 5-2-3 twin killing to send the game to extra frames. St. Louis got two on with two outs in the top of the 13th without scoring and the home team got to work quickly in the bottom of the inning. Max Flack drew a walk to start, and stole second base immediately. Charlie Hollocher singled him to third and, one out later, Paskert lifted the ball to deep center field and the Cardinals could only watch as the winning run tagged for home. [box]
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| Dode Paskert, Chicago |
Robins 10, Phillies 3: Zack Wheat had four hits, and Lee Magee and Ed Konetchy had three each, as Brooklyn pounded Philadelphia for seventeen hits and ran away to a win in the middle innings. The score was 2-2 after five innings, but the first five Robins reached in the 6th (doubles by Magee and Hi Myers) and Konetchy drove in two of what became a five-run Brooklyn inning. Leon Cadore had what he needed to go the distance, and then some, although the Robins continued to pad the scoreline in the late innings. [box]
Pirates 2, Reds 0: The Pirates took advantage of Red Fisher's wildness to score two late runs and had Cincinnati its first loss of the season. With the game scoreless after six, Fisher issued his fourth free pass of the game to Carson Bigbee to start the 7th. Fritz Mollwitz bunted him to second, and Walter Schmidt drove a base hit to center that scored the game's first run. In the 8th, Fisher walked two men and gave up a single to George Cutshaw that loaded the bases with one out. Bigbee then hit a high chopper at shortstop which left Larry Kopf no choice but to throw to first, allowing the second run to score. Wilbur Copper carried the baton to the line, setting the Reds down without a hit over the final two innings. [box]
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