Reds 2, Robins 1: Rube Bressler's first run batted in of the season proved to be a big one, as his 4th inning triple drove in the score that made the difference in a tight Cincinnati victory in front of their home fans. The Reds took a 1st-inning lead when Jake Daubert and Heinie Groh singled, and Edd Roush's ground ball to first pushed Daubert across. Slim Sallee escaped a two-out, bases-loaded mess created by Larry Kopf's error in the 3rd by striking out Tommy Griffith and then Cincinnati extended their advantage in the 4th. With two outs Kopf made a start at balancing his ledger by making a safe hit, and the aspiring young two-way player Bressler came to the plate against Rube Marquard (2-3) with only one hit in his first nineteen at-bats of the campaign. But Bressler ripped a liner over the heads of Hi Myers and Zack Wheat and zipped all the way to third base as Kopf scored the second Cincinnati run. In the 6th, the first two Robins singled and Wheat drove one of them home with one out, but Sallee (4-1) got Ed Konetchy to bounce into a 643 double play that killed the inning and then proceeded to retire the next nine Brooklyn batters to close out the game. [box]
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| Rube Bressler, Cincinnati |
Cubs 6, Braves 1: Chicago scored three times in the 1st and Hippo Vaughn coasted to victory over Boston. Al Demaree (4-1) was in trouble from the opening batter in the bottom of the 1st inning, as he walked Max Flack to start the inning and then Charlie Pick and Les Mann tagged him for singles the produced the first Cubs run. After Fred Merkle hit into a twin-killing that scored another, the next three batters singled with Bill McCabe's base hit delivering the third and final run of the frame. Chicago continued to tack onto the score intermittently after that, while Boston could not find away to break through against Vaughn (6-5). They only got a runner as far as second base twice in the first eight innings, on both occasions with two already retired, before they scored a run in the final inning with the game well in hand for the Cubs. The Charlies - Pick and Deal - had two hits apiece for the winners. [box]
Cardinals 7, Phillies 2: Another day, another game that got out of hand for the Philadelphia Nationals almost before it started. St. Louis opened the 2nd inning with three straight hits, and eventually collected five in the frame along with four runs that gave them a 5-0 lead before the Phils had a chance to bat for the third time. Bill Doak (3-4) held the visitors at bay for seven innings before the Phils managed to score once in each of the last two innings, futilely chasing what had become a seven-run deficit. Dots Miller continued his recent run of hot hitting with three hits, and Jack Smith reached base three times and scored twice from the leadoff spot. [box]
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