1919 NL - Games of Wednesday, 25 June

October 30, 2025 by 

Reds 4, Cubs 3: Manuel Cueto dropped a perfectly-executed bunt up the first base line to squeeze Larry Kopf across the plate with the run that completed a late comeback by the Reds against Chicago. The Reds trailed 3-2 in the 8th inning, having found the going tough against Hippo Vaughn (7-8), but Heinie Groh circled the bases for a home run with one out when his deep drive to center eluded Dode Paskert's grasp and rolled all the way to the center-field fence. In the bottom of the 9th, Kopf led off against Vaughn with another deep drive to the outfield, this one splitting Paskert and Max Flack while the Cincinnati shortstop motored all the way to third base. That brought up the Cuban outfielder, and the Reds weren't inclined to play passively; on the second pitch, Kopf broke for home and Cueto bunted the ball gently up the first base line where Fred Merkle (despite creeping in to guard against this very eventuality) could make only a perfunctory flip of the sphere towards home which was well late of the sliding Kopf. The late heroics made a winner out of Jimmy Ring (1-2), making his first start of the season, who pitched around twelve Cub singles. [box]

1919 NL - Games of Tuesday, 24 June

October 27, 2025 by 

Robins 4, Giants 3: Shortly after watching New York tie the score on Larry Doyle's home run, Brooklyn pushed a man across in the bottom of the 8th inning to win at Ebbets Field. The visiting Giants had a 2-1 lead before Lew Malone's two-out, two-run double switched the lead in the Robins' favor in the 6th, but Doyle hit his fourth four-bagger of the season to lead off the top of the 8th and bring NY onto level terms once again. Zack Wheat started off the bottom of the inning against Fred Toney (2-4) with a single, and he got as far as third base with two outs after a pair of groundouts. This brought Malone to the plate again, and again he came through with two outs, singling Wheat home to put Brooklyn back on top. Leon Cadore (6-4) walked Ross Youngs to put the tying run on base with two away in the 9th, but the Giants' right-fielder was gunned down by Otto Miller trying to swipe his way into scoring position to end the game.  [box]

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