Cubs 5, Phillies 2: Chicago racked up fourteen base hits and ran the bases with abandon on their way to a win over Philadelphia at the Baker Bowl. The Cubs commenced their hitting early, scoring in the 1st on Max Flack's single and Dode Paskert's double, and didn't stop until the contest had concluded. They failed to have at least one safe hit in just one inning, and had multiple hits in six of them. After the Phillies had rallied to take the lead with a pair of runs in the 3rd on Doug Baird's second home run of the season, the visitors began relentlessly chipping away at their deficit starting in the 5th. Flack hit his second four-bagger in that inning to tie the game, and a Fred Merkle triple and Bill Killefer single each scored runs in the 6th to give the Cubs the lead. Merkle's RBI single in the following frame provided a bit of insurance, and Pete Alexander cruised to the victory despite watching his ERA climb to 0.97 for the season. Chicago baserunners had it out for Phils backstop Bert Adams all afternoon, attempting to steal on eight occasions and succeeding four times. Charlie Hollocher, who had two of those steals, had three hits in the game as did Merkle. [box]
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Reds 5, Braves 0: Dolf Luque scattered six hits and the Reds bunched their batting more efficiently to win in a whitewash in Boston. Cincinnati scored two times in the 2nd on a walk to Edd Roush, a triple by Jake Daubert and a groundout by Manuel Cueto. This was the only troubling of the scorers for quite some time, as Luque and Ray Keating took turns setting down the opposing batsmen until the 8th inning. At the juncture, Keating seemed to run out of gas while pitching with no visible means of support, and the Reds tattooed him for three hits and a walk that scored one run before he left, and two more after Jack Scott had relieved him and allowed a walk and a single to the first two men he faced. Luque wobbled slightly in the 8th, allowing the first two men to reach, but retired the next six men to finish off the Braves and earn the shutout. Daubert had three hits and an RBI for the winners. [box]
Pirates 3, Robins 1: Pittsburgh pilfered five bags and Frank Miller scattered five hits to lead the Pirates to a win in Brooklyn. Stolen bases played a key role in each of Pittsburgh's three tallies - in the 1st, Carson Bigbee led off wit ha single, stole second and scored on Zab Terry's base hit; in the 5th, Ed Sweeney singled and stole ahead of Bigbee's base knock; and in the 9th it was Billy Southworth who turned a single into a runner on second base before trotting home on Tony Boeckel's two-base hit. Miller, who had a bit of a wild streak in him (five bases on balls), pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 3rd and allowed a solo home run to Ernie Krueger in the 6th but was otherwise spotless, retiring nine of the final ten Robins after being touched for Krueger's clout. Bigbee had three hits to raise his average over .400 in addition to his stolen base (although he was also caught twice) for the Pirates. [box]
Cardinals 5, Giants 3: Rogers Hornsby homered and drove in a pair as St. Louis constructed an early 5-0 lead and then held off the Giants at Brush Stadium. The Cardinals' shortstop led off the 2nd inning with a four-base hit, his second of the campaign, and also singled home the Cards' final run to close a two-run rally in the 5th. Bill Doak was too much for New York to handle for seven innings, allowing McGraw's men just one base hit, but he lost his shine in the 8th. The Giants loaded the bases with one away, and then George Burns and Ross Youngs delivered the last of three consecutive singles to score two runs and chase Doak from the hill. Red Ames came on and allowed a sacrifice fly by Hal Chase to bring in a third NY run, but then shut down the home team for the final inning-and-a-third. Burt Shotton also contributed two base hits to the Cardinal cause. [box]
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