1919 NL - Games of Sunday, 25 May

Giants 8, Cardinals 1: Heinie Zimmerman had three hits and three runs batted in as New York put away St. Louis at home. Art Fletcher's third home run of the season got the Giants off to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd, and Fletcher's ground ball to short that was booted by Rogers Hornsby scored another in the 4th. The Cards perhaps still were in with a shout, but New York scored three times in the 6th behind an RBI single by Zimmerman and George Burns' two-run base hit and then they chased Marv Goodwin in the 7th when Zimmerman doubled across two more.  Red Causey, who won for the third time against no defeats, was the beneficiary of this offensive largesse, and he stifled St. Louis on seven hits, five of which came in the last three innings when the outcome was no longer in doubt. The Cards got their only run on Verne Clemons' solo homer in the 8th, and Benny Kauff had three hits and scored three runs for New York. [box] [broadcast]

Heinie Zimmerman, New York

Robins 8, Pirates 2: Back-to-back triples by Ernie Krueger and pitcher Sherry Smith punctuated a five-run 2nd-inning Brooklyn explosion which proved to be enough to overcome Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field. and jump the Robins back into a tie for the League's top place. Pittsburgh had gotten on the board first in the top of the 2nd when Fritz Mollwitz walked, swiped second base and took third on a Tony Boeckel single, and then scored on Earl Hamilton's sacrifice fly. But the bottom of the inning went poorly from the very start for Pittsburgh starter Hamilton - Hi Myers led off with a single and stole second, then Hamilton dropped Ed Konetchy's comebacker. Ray Schmandt singled in one run, and then Krueger and Smith each drove balls to the fence in left-center and circled three of the four bases. Ivy Olson's RBI groundout concluded the scoring for the inning, and Smith went to work on protecting the advantage. He held the Pirates scoreless from that point until the 9th, when PIT scratched one across after two were out, but it was too little and too late. Smith, Olson and Boeckel all collected three hits and the defeat was Hamilton's sixth of the year, two more than any other hurler in the League. [box]