1919 NL - Games of Saturday, 21 June

Reds 7, Phillies 4: Cincinnati rapped out eighteen hits - Morrie Rath, Heinie Groh and Edd Roush amassing three apiece - and Ray Fisher pitched well enough to win as the Reds moved back into first place with a win at home. After Gavy Cravath had given the Phillies a quick lead with an RBI single in the 1st, Groh singled and stole second before Roush tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a run-scoring single. In the 4th Gorh again got on base, with a leadoff walk, and stole the next base and this time Jimmy Smith was the one to drive him home. In the following frame, Cincinnati piled on Gene Packard (2-7) for three straight one-out singles that produced one run and Greasy Neale placed an exclamation point with a two-run triple that made the score 5-1. Fisher (5-8) was having his way with the visitors through six innings, allowing just one hit after Cravath's early RBI, but the Phils got to him in the 7th. The first three men singled, with Bert Adams' hit knocking in a run; Fisher got the next two men out, but Cy Williams doubled to score two more with two out and it was suddenly a one-run contest. Four singles in the bottom of the 8th produced two insurance runs for the Reds, and Fisher recorded strike outs for three of the final four outs to close strongly. [box]

Heinie Groh, Cincinnati

Robins 7, Cubs 1: Al Mamaux tossed a three-hitter and Zack Wheat homered to lead Brooklyn to a comfortable win at Ebbets Field. The Robins scored three times in the 2nd and once in the 3rd off of Speed Martin (3-3) to grab the game by the collar early, and Wheat hit his third homer of the season with a man aboard in the 5th to build a big lead. Mamaux (5-1) allowed only one hit over the first five frames, and didn't allow a Cub to reach second base until the 8th when Sweetbread Bailey's RBI single broke his shutout. [box]

Pirates 6, Braves 3: A four-run 5th swung the course of the game in Pittsburgh's favor and the Pirates pulled away in the late innings to win. Ray Keating (1-2) had pitched very well for Boston to start, surrendering just one hit over the first four innings, but there was sudden, loud contact when the Pirates came to bat in the 5th. Walter Barbare doubled to lead things off and Walter Schmidt singled him home one out later. After a bunt Carson Bigbee singled, and then Zeb Terry tripled and Casey Stengel doubled to produce three more runs and a 4-2 PIT lead. Bigbee scored on a wild pitch after a single/steal/groundout in the 7th, and two Boston errors gave the home team another extra run in the 8th. Babe Adams )8-2) waltzed through the late innings, to join the League leaders on eight wins, allowing only one hit other than a solo circuit clout by Walton Cruise over the last five innings. [box] [broadcast]

Cardinals 4, Giants 3: St Louis bunched four its six hits in a four-run 4th inning which Bill Doak made stick with a gutsy pitching effort at Robison Field. The Cards trailed 2-0 when they came up to face Red Causey (6-2) in the 4th; with two on and one out, Burt Shotton and Auston McHenry ripped two-base hits to score three and Doak chipped in with a single for a fourth. Doak (5-5) held the lead there until the final inning, when his defense put him into a bind; with two outs and runners at first and second pinch-hitter Frankie Frisch bounced one to short that somehow eluded Art Fletcher's grasp and the bases were loaded. That brought up George Burns (2-for-4 on the day) but Doak forced him into a game-ending fly ball into shallow right field. [box]