Robins 7, Braves 6: Brooklyn scored four times in the bottom of the 9th to force a tie, and then Lee Magee coaxed a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 11th to complete an improbable comeback in front of the Ebbets Field faithful. Boston had jumped out to a 3-0 lead behind a pair of RBI from Ray Powell, and then piled on three more in the 8th (Joe Riggert two-run triple) to distance the Robins by a score of 6-1. But the home side got one back in the 8th on Magee's two-out RBI double, and then the first three men reached in the bottom of the 9th to score two runs and chase Boston starter Dick Rudolph. Larry Cheney did't provide much in the way of relief as he walked the first man he faced and then two singles which tied the score. The extra frames were quiet until Lew Malone started the last of the 11th with a single and then Rabbit Maranville fumbled Ernie Krueger's ground ball. Ivy Olson walked to fill the bases, and Cheney could not find a way to fool Magee as the Brooklyn keystone man watched a fourth ball go past to force the walk-off run home. Joe Kelly, Powell, Olson and Magee each had three hits on a day that saw twenty-seven safeties struck. [box]
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| Lee Magee, Brooklyn |
Reds 1, Cardinals 0: Dutch Ruether allowed only a single base hit, and this epic performance was barely enough to enable the Reds to edge the Cardinals at Robison Field. Gene Paulette singled with a runner on first and one out in the 2nd inning for the only St. Louis safety of the afternoon and, in fact, the home team only had two men reach base at all over the final seven innings. But the Cardinal hurling was nearly as good - Oscar Horstmann allowed only one unearned run in 6.2 innings and Marv Goodwin held the door for the final two innings, but the game was decided as Edd Roush scored in the 7th inning after a leadoff walk, when on Rogers Hornsby's two-out fielding miscue. [box]
Giants 9, Phillies 0: Larry Doyle pounded out four hits to drive in three runs, and Jesse Barnes twirled a two-hitter as New York easily overcame Philadelphia. The early part of the contest was a fairly tight affair between Barnes and Milt Watson, as NY led only 3-0 through seven innings, but Hal Chase and Doyle had consecutive two-run singles to drive a five-run 8th inning that put the Phils away. Barnes pitched perfect baseball other than the 5th inning, when he allowed two-out hits to Doug Baird and Possum Whitted, retiring the final thirteen Phillies in succession. The home club did not help its own cause in the field, committing five errors that led to seven unearned runs. [box]
Pirates 5, Cubs 2: A fielding error by the usually tidy Charlie Hollocher opened the doors to a four-run 7th inning that brought Pittsburgh from behind to win at Forbes Field. Zab Terry walked to start the inning for the Pirates and Max Carey followed with a single. Casey Stengel then bounced one up the middle which Hollocher reached but could not entice to enter the glove cleanly as Terry scored the game-tying run. Lefty Tyler whiffed George Cutshaw and got Tony Boeckel to fly out to shallow right field, and it looked as if the Cubs might escape, but Carson Bigbee singled in one run and Fritz Mollwith doubled home two more. Erkine Mayer allowed the tying run to come ot the plate with two away in the 9th but forced pinch-hitter Les Mann to sky out to center field to end the game. [box]
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