Phillies 8, Cardinals 7: Fred Luderus hit a grand slam and two 9th-inning runs proved to be just enough for Philadelphia to eke out a victory in St. Louis for just their second win in the last ten games. Luderus' bases-clearing circuit clout was the key hit in a five-run 3rd inning that put the Phillies in front, even after the Cards had taken advantage of three consecutive Frank Woodward walks to score three times in the bottom half of the inning. Woodward (7 innings, 7 walks) again struggled to find the strike zone in the 4th, as three more free passes contributed to two St. Louis runs which brought the home club back to a 6-5 lead. Ed Sicking's RBI single in the 5th knotted the score again and the flow of runs was then staunched for a bit while the batsmen caught their breath. It was still 6-6 as the Phils came to bat in the top of the 9th, and Cy Williams drew a leadoff walk. After a sacrifice and a fly out, the lead run was still on second with two outs, but Gavy Cravath singled home Williams, moved up on a base on balls, and scored himself when Sicking (three RBI) again produced a run-scoring hit. Philadelphia took that two-run lead into the bottom of the inning, and needed it - a walk, passed ball and pinch-hit RBU single from Austin McHenry cut the lead in half, but Brad Hogg (1-4) got the final out by coaxing Burt Shotton into a routine fly ball to center. [box]
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| Fred Luderus, Philadelphia |
Cubs 3, Braves 1: Charlie Hollocher went 3-for-3 with a sac fly and two RBI to back the complete-game pitching of Pete Alexander in a home win for Chicago. Hollocher opened the scoring in the 1st with a fly ball that sent Max Flack home after a leadoff triple, and his RBI single in the 5th capped a two-run inning which put the Cubs ahead by a score of 2 to 1. At this point, Alexander (6-1) put the car in another gear, allowing just four singles over the final five innings while allowing only a single Brave to reach second base. Jim Northrop pitched well enough for Boston to win on most days, allowing just one baserunner in the final three innings, but it was too much of Charlie and Old Pete for the Braves on this afternoon. [box]
Reds 2, Robins 0: Dolf Luque spun his third shutout of the season - in just six starts - and Cincinnati got a solo homer (1) from Jake Daubert and a Heinie Groh sac fly to make a hard-luck loser out of Burleigh Grimes (4-5). Daubert hit his long ball in the bottom of the 1st to get the Reds off to a quick start, but they were unable to do much against Grimes after that until a Ray Schmandt error on Morrie Rath's ground ball leading off the 6th created an opening for the home team. Rath stole second, got to third when Ernie Krueger's throw skipped into the outfield, and scored by beating Hi Myers' throw after Groh hit a ball in the air to medium-deep center field. Luque put the Brooklyns away in order in the 7th and 8th before having to pitch under pressure in the 9th. Ivy Olson drew a leadoff walk, but was caught trying to steal second despite the two-run deficit, a decision which looked critical after Myers tripled beyond the reach of Edd Roush in center. But Luque (7-0) was up to the challenge as he got both Tommy Griffith and Zack Wheat to hit weakly in front of home plate to preserve the win and the shutout as he became the League's first seven-game winner and lowered his ERA to 0.82. [box]
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