Robins 6, Pirates 5: Brooklyn ran out to an early 6-0 lead and Burleigh Grimes held off a late Pittsburgh charge to record his fourth victory of the season. The Robins wasted no time once they got the bats in theri hands, as Ivy Olson (3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 batted in) led off the home 1st with a single, stole second, and scored on Zack Wheat's two-out single. Olson was on the other end of the scoring in the 3rd, driving in two runs with another two-out base hit, and his 4th-inning single was one of five in a three-run Robin outburst that made the score 6-1 in favor of the home team. It all looked to be routine for Grimes until, in the 8th, it wasn't. With one out, a walk to George Cutshaw was followed by a Vic Saier single; when Ray Schmandt booted Tony Boeckel's ground ball to second for his third error of the game the door was ajar for the Pirates, and pinch-hitter Walter Schmidt barged through it with a bases-loaded triple that suddenly made it a contest again. Grimes was again in trouble in the 9th, allowing a double, single and walk with one away to load the bases, so Sherry Smith was summoned to set things straight. He walked Boeckel to force in a run to make it a one-run game, but got Schmidt to tap one back to the mound for the out that ended the game. Pittsburgh had their chances (twelve runners left on base), but squandered most of them by hitting a combined 5-for-19 with runners in scoring position. [box]
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| Ray Schmandt, Pittsburgh |
Reds 1, Braves 0: Cincinnati shut out Boston for the second straight afternoon, and used Morrie Rath's eighth-inning single to eke out a narrow win at Braves Field. Ray Fisher and Art Nehf meant business on the hill from the start, with Nehf retiring the first eleven Reds and Fisher not allowing a Brave to reach second base until the 5th. Baserunners remained hard to come by throughout, but Cincinnati finally broke through against Nehf in the top of the 8th. With one out, light-hitting (.203) catcher Bill Rariden poked a double down the left-field line, and stuck at second when Fisher flied to center. That brought up Rath, who lined one onto the outfield grass to send Rariden home with the game's first and only run and Fisher finished Boston off by setting aside fourteen of the last fifteen Braves to come to the plate. Rath and Rabbit Maranville were the only hitters on this pitcher's day to record more than one base hit. [box]
Giants 3, Cardinals 1: Hal Chase and Larry Doyle struck two hits each and Jesse Barnes went the route to record his fourth win in as many decisions as New York bounced St. Louis in Manhattan. The Giants got single runs in the 3rd and 4th to take a slim early lead, but the Cards got one back in the 7th when Cliff Heathcote singled with one out, stole second, and scored on a Dots Miller base hit. But the Giants cashed in an insurance policy in the 8th when Chase's two-out single became a run thanks to two consecutive wild pitches by Oscar Tuero and Doyle's RBI single, and Barnes tossed perfect innings in the 8th and 9th to lock the door behind New York. Heathcote and Miller combined to collect all four of St. Louis' safeties on the day, the rest of the lineup going a collective 0-for-23. [box]
Cubs 5, Phillies 3: Chicago scored four times in the last three innings to erase a Philadelphia lead and send the home club to its eight straight defeat and fifteenth loss in its last sixteen games. The hapless Phils actually had the upper hand in the early frames, scoring three times in the bottom of the 2nd behind Gavy Cravath's third home run of the season and pitcher Elmer Jacobs' two-run single, and Jacobs nursed that two-run edge through six innings before starting to run into difficulties in the 7th. Les Mann started the Chicago 7th with a two-bagger and Pete Kilduff walked. Catcher Bill Killefer grounded one through the hole between short and third for a single, and Mann scooted home to make it 3-2. The 8th started in the same manner, with Charlie Hollocher leading off with a double; Fred Merkle singled him home one out later to tie the scores and he then stole second and took third on a wild throw before scoring on Kilduff's single to give the Cubs the lead. This was the opening that Hippo Vaughn needed after the early hiccups, and he brushed aside the last ten Phillies without a baserunner. Cravath had three hits in the losing cause, and the Cubs stole four bases on the afternoon. [box]
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