Pirates 3, Giants 2: Pittsburgh scored twice in the 9th inning to snatch victory from New York and foil Jesse Barnes' bid to become the circuit's first five-game winner. The Pirates took an early lead when Tony Boeckel doubled home a run in the 2nd, but New York punched back just an inning later when Barnes' leadoff walk, George Burns' single, and a ground out lined things up for Hal Chase to bring around both men with a single. Barnes and Frank Miller of the Pirates were allowing nothing from that point forward - Barnes retired thirteen of fourteen men at one stretch, and Miller's only heartburn came when Larry Doyle reached on an error to start the 6th and immediately swiped second. The Pittsburgh hurler was excelling at getting the Giant batters to hit the ball to the roomiest parts of Brush Stadium, recording nine of his final twelve outs on fly balls to the outfield. In the top of the 9th, Casey Stengel led off with a base hit for the Pirates and moved to second on a ground out to the right side. George Cutshaw then delivered the game-tying blow with an RBI single, before stealing second himself and continuing on to third when the throw from Mike Gonzalez skipped past Art Fletcher and into center field. Vic Saier (3-for-4) then followed with a two-hop two-bagger off the outfield fence to put the visitors in front. New York got a man on in the 9th, but pinch-hitter Jigger Statz was thrown out trying to steal the tying run into scoring position for the final out of the game. [box]
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| Vic Saier, Pittsburgh |
Braves 5, Cubs 0: Ray Powell tripled to drive in two runs and Dan Fillingim singled twice and knocked in a pair to back up his own shutout pitching at Braves Field. The contest was scoreless through four innings, with the two clubs combining for only five hits, before Boston broke free of their bonds in the 5th. Red Smith drew a leadoff walk, stole second and took third on a throwing error and, two outs later, Fillingim provided the final ninety feet with a line-drive single into right field. This appeared as if might have unnerved Cubs starter Claude Hendrix, as he left the next pitch on a tee for Boston center-fielder Joe Riggert who deposited it into the left field seats for two more runs. Powell's two-out three-base hit provided two insurance markers in the 8th, but Fillingim wasn't really in need - he skipped out of two-on, two-out jams in the 6th and 8th, and then got three groundball outs in the 9th the put away the visitors and earn his first victory of the season. [box]
Cardinals 2, Robins 0: Rogers Hornsby scored one of St. Louis' runs and knocked in the other, and Bill Doak dominated the Brooklyn bats in a six-hit shutout performance at Ebbets Field. Cliff Heathcote led off the visitors' 4th with a double and scored one out later to break the scoreless tie when Hornsby rapped a line drive past third base. Doak was cruising through the home lineup, allowing the leadoff man to reach base just twice and one Robin to alight on second base after the 1st inning. The Cards put an extra run in the bank in the top of the 9th when Dots Miller doubled with two away after Hornsby had started the inning with a single, but Doak brushed Brooklyn aside on three weak outs in the 9th as if he didn't really care how many runs he had been given to work with. [box]
Reds 6, Phillies 0: Dolf Luque allowed just a single Philadelphia base hit in a virtuoso performance at the Baker Bowl. Hick Cady's 3rd-inning single was the only safety that the Phils could muster off of Luque, who retired thirteen of the last fourteen Phillies on the way to his second whitewash of the season. Meanwhile, Edd Roush was banging out three hits, and he and Larru Kopf were each driving in a pair of runs as Cincinnati busted open a 2-0 game with three runs in the 8th and another in the 9th. [box]
Transaction: The New York Giants traded pitcher George Smith and infielder Ed Sicking to Philadelphia for pitcher Joe Oeschger.
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