1919 NL - Games of Friday, 6 June

Cubs 4, Braves 3: Chicago scored once in each of the 7th and 8th innings to tie the game, and Charlie Pick then delivered a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the 9th to steal a win out from under Boston's nose. Boston sprang from the gate when Joe Riggert, Buck Herzog and Ray Powell went triple-double-single to start the game; the Braves scored twice in the inning to put Claude Hendrix onto the back foot right away. The clubs traded scores in the middle innings to make it a 3-1 game as the home team came to bat in the 7th, having managed only four hits against Dick Rudolph, and only one since the 2nd. Fred Merkle and Les Mann led off with singles, but Rudolph got the next two Cubs to sky out to right field. Turner Barber pinch hit for Hendrix and produced the two-out hit that scored a second Cubs run to close the gap to one run. In the 8th, Pick led off with a triple and scored the tying run when Charlie Hollocher followed with a single; Chicago had a chance to go on and take the lead, but couldn't capitalize when the next two batters singled as well but Dana Fillingim (2-4) came on to retire the side for Boston. Bill Killefer led off the bottom of the 9th with a base on balls and was sacrificed to second by PH Pete Kilduff. Max Flack could only pop up to third base, but the next hitter Picked him up with a drive between Riggert and Walton Cruise that sent Killefer home with the winning run. [box]