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]
1919 NL Players of the Week - 8 June
The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the National League during the week of 2-8 June are (boldface denotes a League-leading total) . . .
1919 NL - Games of Sunday, 8 June
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]
1919 NL - Games of Saturday, 7 June
Robins 6, Reds 2: .Jimmy Johnston's three-run homer capped a four-run 7th inning that lifted Brooklyn to a win at Redland Field. The game was a tight, well-pitched affair through six innings, with the Robins holding a 2-1 lead despite not being able to record a hit against Dutch Ruether (3-2) after the 2nd inning. Four singles in the 1st had gotten the visitors two runs, and Cincinnati got one back in the 2nd when Edd Roush doubled and Greasy Neale singled him home. But the bats had gone quiet after that, with Ruether doing his thing and Sherry Smith retiring 17 of 19 at one stretch. In the 7th, though, the Robins touched Ruether for two hits that put runners on second ond third with nobody out; after Smith whiffed for the first out, Ivy Olson hit a tapper to the right of the mound which Ruether fielded and flung home, but the throw was late as Lew Malone slide home under the tag. Lee Magee grounded into a fielder's choice at the plate to cut down a second run, but Johnston followed with a deep drive over the head of the outfielders for his first four-base hit of the season and a 6-1 Brooklyn lead. The Reds got one unearned run the the bottom of the 9th but Smith (3-1) finished off a six-hitter by getting Neale to ground out to first base for the game's last out. Ernie Krueger had three hits and a walk in four trips to the plate for the Robins. [box]
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