Giants 7, Phillies 6: Ross Youngs had four hits, stole four bases, drove home the tying run and scored the winning one in the bottom of the 9th of a wild affair at Brush Stadium. the 22-year-old outfielder's eventful day began in the 1st inning when he singled with one out, stole second, took third on Hal Chase's single and scored on a sacrifice fly from Larry Doyle. He singled and scored again in the 3rd as New York scored three times to push its lead to 4-0 but Philadelphia, which had been punchless for seven innings against Rube Benton, came to life with a vengeance in the 8th. The first three Phillies reached safely against Benton, the third of those being Fred Luderus' two-run triple that chased Benton from the box. Gavy Cravath grounded out against Jesse Winters to bring home another and the visitors went into tho the 9th needing just two runs to tie the game. Bevo LeBourveau led off with a pinch-hit single and went to third one out later when Cy Williams hit safely. Dave Bancroft then grounded one up the middle, and Doyle had no play other than to flip to Al Baird for the force while LeBourveau scored the tying run. But the Phillies were not satisfied with the tie; Luderus ht a slow tapper down the third-base lane which Doug Baird scooped but rushed a wild throw to first, with Bancroft moving to thrid and the batter to second. John McGraw then ordered and intentional pass to Cravath to load the bases, and Irish Meusel pinged a bloop hit into center field for two runs and a Philadelphia lead. Gene Packard took the pill for Jack Coombs in the last of the 9th and Lew McCarty greeted him with a base hit. George Kelly sacrificed the tying run over to second and the dangerous George Burns grounded out to shortstop with the runner unable to advance. That brought Youngs to the plate and he fisted one over the second base bag and into shallow center, allowing McCarty to score the tying run. Youngs then pilfered second and kept on going to third when Bert Adam's throw skipped past second base. Hal Chase then stood in and, like the man before him, didn't make the most solid contact but found the outfield grass in front of CF Williams as Pep scored for the third time on the day to make the Giants winners. [box]
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Robins 6, Braves 4: Hi Myers piled up four base hits and Brooklyn jumped out to 5-0 lead through only three innings, but the Robins were forced to hold on at the death to outlast the Braves at Ebbets Field. Myers singled and scored in the 2nd, and singled in the fifth Brooklyn run in the 3rd, but Boston scored three times in the 8th (keyed by Lena Blackburne's pinch triple) to make matters competitive. The Brooklyns tacked one of their own on in the bottom half when Myers singled with one away and eventually came around on Lew Malone's two-out single, but Boston made things uncomfortable for the home club in the 9th. Joe Riggert led off with a double to give the Braves hope, but Sherry Smith induced three straight groundouts to end the game with the visitors two runs short. [box]
Cubs 3, Reds 1: Harry Weaver and Speed Martin combined to hold the Reds to a single run, Cincinnati batting one-for-ten with runners in scoring position to lose a close one. Chicago scored single runs in the 3rd, 4th and 7th to build an edge, but it looked as if the Reds would claw that back in the 8th. Marrie Rath and Greasy Neale started the stanza with singles, but Heinie Groh bounced into a rally-killing double play which meant that Edd Roush's subsequent two-base hit only produced one run; Martin came on to retire Sherry Magee and strand Roush at second, and then to get a another double-play ball in the 9th that killed off any lingering hope in the stands at Redland Field. [box]
Pirates 4, Cardinals 2: Casey Stengel and George Cutshaw had two hits apiece and Wilbur Cooper went the distance for Pittsburgh against the reeling Cardinals in St. Louis. Cutshaw scored the go-ahead run for the Pirates in the 4th and Stengel tripled home an insurance run in the 5th. St. Louis made a little noise in the bottom of the 8th when Milt Stock tripled with two outs, and Rogers Hornsby singled him home to cut the PIT lead to a pair of runs, but Cooper set down the next five Cards in order to close the deal. Hornsby had two hits and two RBI. [box]
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