Robins 2, Cubs 1: Brooklyn could manage only two hits against Hippo Vaughn, but they both led to runs as the visitors finally found the winning edge in a tense contest in the top of the 9th inning. Three thousand fans were in the stands at Weeghman Park to see a much-anticipated pitching matchup between Vaughn and Jeff Pfeffer, who had combined to win thirteen games thus far in the campaign, and the star men did not disappoint. The first safe hit of the game came to lead off the bottom of the 3rd, when Vaughn lined one down the left-field line and off the wall for a two-base hit; after Max Flack ground out to second to move Pfeffer along, Charlie Pick hit a fly ball to Zack Wheat in left that was deep enough for the pitcher to tag up and score the game's opening tally. Les Mann followed with a single, but that was the last hit of the game until the top of the 6th. Ivy Olson took a Vaughn breaking ball in the shoulder blade to start the frame, and then made Chicago pay double by swiping second base on the first pitch to Jimmy Johnston. The Robin right fielder then grounded one up the middle and into center for a base hit that enabled Olson to come around and score the tying run. Chicago got two men aboard with one out in the home half of the inning, but Pfeffer got Dode Paskert to ground out and Charlie Deal to sky harmlessly to center to end the inning. Vaughn, meanwhile, was ripping through the Brooklyns, retiring nine in a row with seven groundouts to take the game into the 9th still deadlocked at one run apiece. Hi Myers was first up for the Robins, and his ground ball was thrown away by Bill McCabe at shortstop (CHI star SS Charlie Hollocher was out due to injury), putting Myers at second base. Wheat followed with a bloop that fell onto the grass in shallow center for a hit that sent Myers to third. The brought up Ed Konetchy and, with the infielders creeping in, the BRO first baseman dropped an exquisite bunt down the first base line with which Fred Merkle could do nothing but pick up and tag Konetchy while Myers slide home with the go-ahead run. Vaughn (6-7) got two ground outs to the drawn-in infield to limit the damage, but Pfeffer )8-4) allowed only a two-out walk in the the bottom of the 9th before retiring pinch-hitter Turner Barber to end the game. [box]
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| Jeff Pfeffer, Brooklyn |
Reds 9, Phillies 3: A five-run 6th put paid to any hopes that Philadelphia had to make it a game at Redland Field. Cincinnati already led 4-1 through five innings, with one RBI from each of the first four hitters in the lineup, and Genea Packard (2-6) got the first out in the 6th before it all went sideways for the Phillies and the former Federal League twenty-game winner. A walk to the light-hitting catcher Bill Rariden was followed by three straight Reds hits, the third a two-run three-base hit off the bat of Jake Daubert; a hit batsman, single, error and sac fly finished the inning with CIN holding a 9-1 lead, and Hod Eller (6-4) cruised to the finish line allowing just a pair of unearned runs in the 8th. The Cincinnati hurler also had four base hits at the plate, while Daubert had two hits and drove in three. [box]
Pirates 5, Braves 0: Wilbur Cooper pitched a four-hitter for his fourth shutout of the season and Zeb Terry and Billy Southworth each had two RBI in Pittsburgh's home win. Southworth double home a pair in the 4th to get the Pirates started, and Terry singled home two in the following inning to double the advantage. Boston, on the other hand, could scratch out just one hit in the first six innings and only really threatened Cooper (7-3) twice - a single and walk with two outs in the 7th, and then two singles and a walk after he had fanned the first two Bostons in the 9th - but could not find a way to get anyone across the plate. [box]
Giants 4, Cardinals 3: New York scored four times in the late innings to upend what had looked to be a likely St Louis road victory. The Cardinals had jumped on Rube Benton for three scores in the bottom of the 1st inning; it looked as if the Giants hurler might not last the first stanza when five of the first six Cards reached base and the last three of them stroked RBI singles, but the hard-throwing lefty escaped an early shower on a fly ball and a tapper in front of the plate. Bill Doak (4-5) had held the home side without a run through five innings, but Ross Youngs started the 6th with a double and Benny Kauff followed a walk to Larry Doyle with a three bagger that put the first two Giant runs on the board. In the 7th, Doak's command started to erode - two free passes to the first three batters put him onto the back foot and Youngs singled one of them home to bring NY back on even terms. In the 8th, Kauff (2-for-3, three RBI) led off the inning with a prodigious blast to left field that put the Giants on top, and Benton (4-5) set down fifteen of the final eighteen (two of the three reaching on fielding errors) and survived Austin McHenry's leadoff double in the 9th to hang on for the win. [box]
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