Phillies 5, Giants 4: Gavy Cravath blooped a game-winning hit into left field with one away in the bottom of the 9th as Philadelphia avoided an epic collapse in its home opener at the Baker Bowl. The Phillies held a 4-1 lead into the 9th inning behind the fine pitching of Elmer Jacobs, six stolen bases and a two-run home run by Cy Williams but Jacobs couldn't finish off New Yrok. Art Fletcher led off the final inning for the visitors with a home run and Lew McCarty followed with a single to bring the tying run to the plate. That run was represented by pinch-hitter George Kelly, and "High Pockets" drove a ball into the left-field sets to tie the game before Jacobs had recorded an out in the inning. The young right-hander retired the next three men, and then his teammates went to work. With Jean Dubuc taking the mound in relief of Jesse Barnes, Phils backstop Bert Adams drilled a one-out triple past to outstretched glove of CF Bennie Kauff and the slugging Cravath was called upon to hit for Jacobs. The long ball was not the biggest worry for the NY outfield, but they were paying deep enough for the five-time home run king that his dying quail fell onto the grass well in front of the charging George Burns and Adams skipped home with the winning run. [box]
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Robins 3, Braves 0: Burleigh Grimes allowed just three hits, and Tommy Griffith belted a two-run 1st-inning homer to get the Robins rolling in Boston. The visitors took those two early runs and added a third in the 3rd on Zack Wheat's two-out RBI single, and the rest was up to Grimes. After a 1st-inning single by Buck Herzog, who Grimes then picked off of first, Boston did not tally another safe hit until Joe Kelly singled to begin the 7th. Grimes then set down the next nine Braves and, after Herzog singled again to begin the 9th, put away the final three batters including a swinging third strike of Joe Riggert for the contest's final out. Dana Fillingim pitched fairly well for Boston, but was the victim of Grimes and the resulting poor offensive support. [box]
Reds 3, Cardinals 0: Dutch Ruether dominated the St. Louis lineup, allowing only one hit over the final six innings on his way to a complete-game shutout victory. Cincinnati got a two-out RBI hit from Larry Kopf in the 4th and took advantage of three free passes from Jakie May in the 6th to score on another RBI single from Kopf and Bill Rariden's sacrifice fly. Ruether allowed but one Cardinal baserunner over the last three frames, a two-out walk to Austin McHenry in the 9th, to polish off the masterpiece on only 97 pitches. [box]
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