Braves 8, Robins 7: Boston rapped out eighteen hits at Ebbets Field, yet still required four runs in the final two innings to overtake the Robins and capture a sweep of their doubleheader. The two clubs combined for a whopping thirty-six opportunities with runners in scoring position in the game, but it was Brooklyn who took better advantage of those chances in the early going. They scored singletons in each of the first three innings to take a 3-1 lead, before three consecutive two-out RBI singles by Boston gave the visitors a short-lived 4-3 lead. Larry Cheney was rocked by the Robins in the bottom of the 5th, giving up two doubles and two singles to the first four Brooklyn batters, and the home team scored four times to fly back into the catbird seat. It looked as if Clarence Mitchell (2-2) would make that stand, as he got through 7.2 innings without further Boston damage despite putting runners in scoring position in each of the 6th, 7th and 8th innings. Pinch-hitter Red Smith's RBI single in the 8th made it 7-5, and Mitchell came back out for the 9th despite having already allowed fourteen hits; the first two Braves singled, but Mitchell got Walter Holke to tap weakly in front of the mound for the first out, and Tony Boeckel to ground to third for what looked like the second. Chuck Ward had other ideas down at the hot corner, however, losing the handle on the sphere while Ray Powell scored to make it 7-6. Rabbit Maranville was next, and he singled home Jim Thorpe to tie the game and end a long afternoon of toil for Mitchell. Al Mamaux got Hank Gowdy to watch a third strike, but couldn't escape as Braves relief pitcher Art Nehf lined a base hit into right field to give Boston the lead once again. Nehf (6-9) finished off two innings of scoreless relief wit ha 1-2-3 9th inning to lock it up for the Braves. [box]
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Braves 3, Robins 1: Ray Keating pitched nine fine innings and knocked home two of the three Boston runs required to win a tight one in Brooklyn. The game was without score in the 4th when Tony Boeckel doubled with one out in the Boston innings, and Rabbit Maranville (2-for-4, two SB, two runs scored) followed him with an RBI base hit. After the Braves shortstop had swiped second, Keating (2-2) drilled a pitch to left for two bases and a second run; he then pitched five more innings of three-hit baseball until the game reached the 9th. The Boston hurler knocked in another run with a one-out single in the top of the inning, and pitched around three singles in the bottom half to retire Tommy Griffith for the final out with the potential tying runs on base. [box]
Cardinals 2, Reds 1: Marv Goodwin and Dolf Luque hooked up in a hurlers' tussle at Redland Field which wasn't settled until Goodwin induced Greasy Neale to tap out to second for the last out of the game with the tying run in scoring position. The Cardinals made an early start against Luque (7-1) with a little bit of two-out lightning in the opening inning. Milt Stock singled with two away, stole second base, took third on Heinie Groh's error and scored when Rogers Hornsby singled softly to left. In the 7th, Doc Lavan tripled to lead it off for St. Louis, and scored the second run of the game on Jack Smith's two-out single. Goodwin (5-6) was working on a seven-inning shutout at the time, but the Reds finally dented him in the 8th when Rube Bressler doubled and moved up two bases to score on a pair of groundouts. It was still 2-1 when Cincinnati came up to bat in the last of the 9th, and Goodwin retired Jake Daubert and Groh on pop flies. But Edd Roush hit for two bases past the reach of Cliff Heathcote in right field and that gave Neale (.198) a chance to rescue the game for the home team. This he failed to do, grounding weakly to the right side where Stock was waiting to easily throw him out, in the Reds' eighth attempt of the day without success to hit with runners in scoring position. [box]
Phillies 10, Giants 8: A high-scoring series at the Baker Bowl continued with thirty more base hits being knocked around the yard, four each by Irish Meusel and Dave Bancroft carrying the Phillies to victory. Once again the early innings were something of a shooting gallery with the teams taking turns getting their licks in against the starting "pitching". The Phils got three in the 1st on four hits, a walk and two New York errors to jump into the lead, but the Giants scored seven times in the 2rd, 3rd and 4th to carry a 7-5 lead into the 5th inning. Philadelphia then unloaded again on Red Causey (6-4), as the first five men singled to produce three runs, and Bert Adams greeted new pitcher Pol Perritt with another to score a fourth. A Hal Chase double and two ground balls got the Giants to within 9-8 in the 6th, but Al Baird's third error of the day led to an insurance run for the Phils in the 7th. After starter Eppa Rixey (3-1) was lifted in that inning for a pinch-hitter, little-used Mike Cantwell came on a set down six of the seven Giants he faced including a game-ending whiff of Lew McCarty. [box]
Pirates 3, Cubs 2: Pittsburgh scored twice in the bottom of the 9th inning to stun Chicago at Forbes Field. It was the visitors who drew first blood, putting a pair next to their name in the 2nd with the help of Vic Saier's error and RBI from Bob O'Farrell and starting pitcher Paul Carter. Carter held this lead through six sterling innings (four hits, two walks) before the Pirates could get a run across in the 7th; Walter Schmidt doubled with one away and pitcher Earl Hamilton singled him home. Hamilton (3-11), who has had his fair share of bad luck and leads the League in losses partly as a result, was outstanding on the mound for the home team, and held the Cubs down despite putting the leadoff man on base in four of the final six innings. Carter (1-4) toed the rubber in the bottom of the 9th, then, looking to hold onto a 2-1 lead for three more outs. Howdy Caton grounded routinely to short for the first, but Schmidt drew a walk and Casey Stengel was asked to pinch hit for Hamilton (despite the pitcher's three singles on the afternoon). The fiery outfielder hit a long drive over the head of Max Flack in right field, Schmidt scoring to tie the game and Stengel cruising into second base. Fred Mitchell felt as if he'd seen enough to know that Carter was done for the day, and Sweetbread Bailey was called upon to relieve. His appearance didn't last long, however, as Carson Bigbee lined one into the left-center-field gap for two bases and the game-winning run batted in. [box]
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