Phillies 4, Braves 3: Philadelphia scored twice in the 9th inning after being down to their last remaining out, and once on the 10th to snatch a victory from the grasp of the Bostons at Braves Field. After the Phillies had scored the opening run in the 2nd on two singles and a passed ball, the home nine built an early 3-1 lead behind RBI singles from Tony Boeckel and Walter Holke, and a run-scoring wild pitch by George Smith. Jack Scott held that lead for the Braves through eight innings, and retired the first two batters in the Philadelphia 9th as the home fans began to celebrate. But Bevo LeBourveau drew a pinch-hit walk to prolong matters, and Leo Callahan and Harry Pearce followed with singles that Philled the sacks with baserunners and the one final out still yet to secure for Boston. Doug Baird (1-for-3 with a walk so far) was next to bat, with the dangerous heart of the Phillies lineup on deck, so Scott was forced to deal directly with the PHI third baseman; Baird poked a blooper into shallow left field which no Brave could reach, and two runners came around to score and tie the ballgame at three. Larry Cheney (0-2) came on in relief of Scott to escape further damage, but he would not be so fortunate in the 10th. Gavy Cravath walked to start the frame, and stole second, but Cheney appeared to have rendered that moot when he put away the next two batters. Late-game catching replacement Hick Cady struck the big blow, however, in his first at-bat of the game when he drove a ball over Ray Powell's head in right field and up against the fence for three bases and a Philadelphia lead. Gene Packard (3-8) set Boston down in order in the home half of the inning and what was left of the crowd departed in stunned silence having been deprived of their anticipated win in shocking fashion by the League's cellar dwellers. [box]
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Reds 7, Cardinals 5: Six of the first seven Cincinnati hitters reached base in a four-run 7th inning that brought the Reds from behind at Redland Field. The Cardinals had taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the 6th when Burt Shotton ripped a lead-off triple and scored on Larry Kopf's fielding error (one of seven miscues in a sloppily-played game, leading to five unearned runs), but Red Ames (1-2) couldn't hold the line in the following inning. Morrie Rath copied Shotton by starting the inning off with a three-base hit, and Jake Daubert immediately singled him home. A single and a walk loaded the bases with one out for Kopf, and he hit one through the box an into center field to score a pair to put the Reds ahead, and Rube Bressler greeted relief pitcher Marv Goodwin with another RBI single to make the score 7-4. That gave Dutch Ruether (6-5) a second chance to earn a win and the young West Coast lefty, who hadn't been at his sharpest and also hadn't been well-supported in the field, wriggled out of a jam in the 8th and set the Cards down in order in the 9th. Kopf balanced out his two errors at the plate with two hits and two RBI, while Jack Smith of St. Louis scored twice without the benefit of a base hit. [box]
Robins 5, Giants 3: Brooklyn took advantage of the Brush Stadium's friendly dimensions to club two early home runs and build a 4-0 lead, and Al Mamaux held on to that edge (barely) as the Robins won in Manhattan. After an Art Fletcher error to begin the game had opened the door to two Brooklyn scores in the 1st, Ivy Olson homered (1) with one out in the 2nd and Zack Wheat (4) to lead off the 3rd as the Robins flew out to a four-run cushion. Two errors helped New York get back into the game in the 4th, Jim Hickman misplaying Benny Kauff's liner to right into a three-base error that scored two runs and put Kauff in position to score NY's third run on a sacrifice fly. But Mamaux (7-1) was a tough nut after that, allowing just three hits over the final five innings, and Jimmy Johnston's (3) solo homer in the 8th was enough to ensure the Brooklyn victory. [box]
Pirates 5, Cubs 2: .Wilbur Cooper joined the ten-win club with a complete-game effort and Carson Bigbee had three hits as Pittsburgh downed the Cubs. Bigbee's first hit loaded the bases with Pirates in bottom of the 3rd after a Vic Saier lead-off home run (1), and a Phil Douglas (6-7) error and a force-out grounder provided two more Pittsburgh runs. Max Flack's two-run double in 5th made it a one-run affair, but that was all the Cubs could generate off of Cooper (10-3); three Chicago baserunners in the last four innings came to naught and Bigbee and Zeb Terry knocked home insurance runs in the 7th. [box]
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