Cubs 2, Robins 1: Charlie Hollocher singled home Pete Alexander with two outs in the top of the 9th, and "Old Pete" overcame a leadoff error in the home half the preserve a narrow Cubs victory at Ebbets Field. The two teams traded unearned runs in the 2nd inning, and then Alexander and Jeff Pfeffer proceeded to shut down the batter for the rest of the afternoon. The Cubs loaded the sacks with two outs in the top of the 7th, but Pfeffer fooled Fred Lear with a third strike to thwart the threat; Brooklyn got two hits with one gone in the bottom half, but Alexander popped up Ernie Krueger and pfanned Pfeffer on a called strike as well. Int he 9th, Alexander started the inning with a ground ball single, and moved along to third on a pair of groundouts. That brought the Cubs' shortstop to the plate, and he lined one onto the outfield grass to send Pete homeward and give the Chicagos the lead; Hi Myers reached base on Hollocher's miscue to start the bottom of the inning, but Pete whiffed Ed Konetchy and then forced the final two men to ground out. Turner Barber had three hits for the visitors. [box]
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| Slim Sallee, Cincinnati |
Reds 4, Giants 1: A 1st-inning outburst of four consecutive singles produced three Cincinnati runs which turned out to be enough to carry the Reds to a road victory. Rube Benton walked Morrie Rath to start the game, but retired the next two Reds and it appeared as if nothing was likely to be doing for the visitors. But Edd Roush, Larry Kopf, Jake Daubert and Manuel Cueto each singled and Cincinnati had three runs on the board before New York could lift a bat. An RBI triple from Kopf made it a four-run lead two innings later, and Slim Sallee went unsullied until Art Fletcher's single and stolen base, and Lew McCarty's base hit, forced a Giant run across in the 7th. But that would be it, as Sallee retired nine of the next ten New Yorkers to close out the game. Fletcher was 3-for-4 with a double and a stolen base. [box]
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