Reds 2, Cubs 1: Greasy Neale doubled and Heinie Groh tripled with one out in the 10th inning to break a low-scoring deadlock and propel Cincinnati to a tense victory in Chicago. The home club had scored early, getting a 1st-inning run when Charlie Hollocher singled, stole second, and scored on Turner Barber's base hit, but the Reds drew even in the 5th in much the same fashion - Rath pilfering second after reaching on a fielder's choice, then scoring when Groh singled with two away. But, apart from those two incidents, the pitchers were in command as Ray Fisher and Pete Alexander took turns leaving the batters frustrated. The closest either side came to scoring in the late innings was when Rath singled and Neale reached on an error with two outs in the 7th, but Alexander retired the dangerous Groh on a fly ball to center. Rath's hit was the last one Cincinnati would record until the fateful 10th when Neale lined one down the right field line for two bases and Groh then muscled one through the left-center gap and all the way to the fence to score the lead run. Fisher allowed a one-out single to Barber in the bottom of the inning, but retired Dode Paskert and Fred Merkle on weak ground balls to turn that lead run into a winning one. [box]
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| Ray Fisher, Cincinnati |
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