Reds 5, Pirates 3: Cincinnati ran Pittsburgh catcher Ed Sweeney ragged at Forbes Field, stealing eight bases in nine attempts and forcing three throwing errors on their way to a road win. Pat Moran gave his charges the green light early and often, as the Reds stole at least one base in each of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th innings - Greasy Neale and Larry Kopf each swiped three bags, Neale (3-for-5) robbing second and third after a single in the 5th before scoring on Sweeney's third wayward throw of the contest. The visitors had a 5-0 lead after Kopf (3-for-4, 3 RBI) tripled home a run in the 7th, but Pittsburgh mounted a comeback in the bottom half of the inning. Slim Sallee, who had allowed just three Pirate hits to that point, found himself in trouble straight away when he began the frame allowing a walk, a single and wild pitch that scored a run; two singles and a ground out produced two more Pittsburgh scores, but Sallee got out of the inning when Casey Stengel ripped a line drive right into the glove of Kopf at short and then settled down to retire the final six Pirates without allowing another hit. [box]
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Giants 10, Robins 5: New York busted open a close affair by scoring seven times in its final two at-bats to blow past Brooklyn at Brush Stadium. Heinie Zimmerman hit two bases-empty home runs in his first three plate appearances for the Giants, but the visitors had nevertheless just taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the 7th on Zack Wheat's RBI single when things went sideways for Robins hurler Burleigh Grimes. After a leadoff walk to George Burns, Ross Youngs singled and Hal Chase tripled over the head of Hi Myers to score both runners, and Chase later scored by beating the throw home on Zimmerman's ground ball to second base. The Giant lead ballooned in the 8th as Al Mamaux could not hold the line on the hill for Brooklyn; three straight hits to start the inning set up a four-run burst, finalized by Benny Kauff's two-run triple. Despite the six-run lead, Red Causey couldn't quite make it to the finish line for New York, putting three of the first four Brooklyns on base in the 9th before McGraw brought on Jesse Winters to put an end to any Robins hopes. Chase and Youngs had three hits each for the Giants while Lee Magee did the same, and scored three times, for the visitors. [box]
Braves 13, Phillies 4: The two clubs combined for thirty-three base hits and Boston made the most of their twenty to score a bug win over Philadelphia at Braves Field. There were five hits in the opening stanza alone, a sign of things to come, as Boston grabbed a 3-1 lead, and the proceedings quieted a bit for a few innings until the clubs traded single runs in the 4th. In the home 5th, though, the barrage began in earnest - the Braves drew two walks and knocked out four hits, including back-to-back triples by Buck Herzog and Ray Powell, to score three times and create some space between themselves and the Phils. Three more hits, and two Phillie errors, in the 7th, produced two more runs for Boston; after Philadelphia got two in the top of the 8th on the back of Gavy Cravath's triple, the Braves belted out four straight hits to start the home half of the inning, capped by Lena Blackburne's two-run three-base hit, and reach the baker's dozen mark. Their twenty safeties were the second-highest total reached in the NL thus far; Walter Holke had four, while Powell, Walton Cruise and starter Al Demaree stockpiled three each. There was no shortage of safe hits on the other side of the ledger, either, as Harry Pearce, Fred Luderus and Cravath collected three apiece for the Phillies. [box]
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