Pirates 6, Robins 4: Billy Southworth put on a spectacular display of skill and athleticism at Ebbets Field today, striking five base hits and stealing four bases to propel Pittsburgh to a fifteen-inning win over Brooklyn. There was no hint early of the big day coming when Southworth popped out in the 1st, his teammates scoring nonetheless on a single, sacrifice and throwing error by Pete Kilduff. But Kilduff singled home the tying run for the home team in the 2nd, and it was a 3-3 game before Southworth turned on the jets in the 8th. He led off with a base hit, stole second and third, and scored one out later when he beat Ed Konetchy's throw home on a two-hopper to first off the bat of Fritz Mollwitz. But Babe Adams allowed three singles in the bottom of the 9th as the Robins forced extra innings and the two starters kept putting up zeroes through thirteen innings; the Pirates had the only real threat as a wild pitch moved a runner to third base with two gone in the 12th but Southworth, already with four hits in his back pocket, could only fly harmlessly to right. In the top of the 15th, Billy led off with a single, stole second base for the third time of the afternoon, and trotted home when George Cutshaw ripped a home run (2) just inside the left-field foul pole off of Al Mamaux (7-2). Bill Evans (1-1) closed it out with the second of two scoreless innings of relief. The Pirates ran the Robins ragged with nine steals in thirteen attempts and four Brooklyn errors cost them two important runs. [box]
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Braves 5, Reds 4: Boston rallied after giving up the lead in the top of the 9th, scoring once in the bottom half to tie the game and once again in the 10th to win on a bang-bang play at the plate. Cincinnati led 1-0 on a Heinie Groh triple when the Braves touched Slim Sallee for three runs in the 5th on three singles, two errors and a passed ball. But Groh's sacrifice fly in the 7th made it a one-run game, and then his two-run homer in the 9th off Hugh McQuillan turned the game around and gave the Reds their first lead. Red Fisher came on for the final three outs, but couldn't get them before Buck Herzog's pinch-hit single scored Rabbit Maranville to tie the game and pull the Braves Field crowd out of their seats. After Jack Scott had quickly dispatched the visitors in the 10th, Red Smith drove a leadoff double to start the bottom half and took third on Walter Holke's chopper in front of the plate. Tony Boeckel followed with another instance of weak contact, but his dribbler was wide enough of the mound that Smith sprinted for home and slid under the tag of Ivey Wingo after Fisher (7-9) had shoveled the ball to the plate. Groh finished the game with four RBI, and four Braves collected two hits apiece. [box]
Cardinals 6, Giants 2: Jakie May pitched around six walks and Milt Stock's three hits led the attack as St. Louis put New York away in the middle innings. Art Fletcher's RBI double with one out in the 1st gave the Giants the early edge, but a pair of two-out run-scoring singles in the 4th briefly put the Cards on top before Stock's error allowed the game-tying run to score in the bottom half of the inning. It was still 2-2 into the 6th when the Redbird bats sprung to life - Austin McHenry led off with a three-base hit and scored on a fielder's choice two batters later to break the tie, May grounded a single into center, Frank Snyder beat the throw home on a ground ball to third base, and Dots Miller rapped the second triple of the inning off of Ferdie Schupp (1-2) to bring across two more St. Louis scores. May (4-6) had what he needed at that point and, although he had his usual loose relationship with command, walking a batter in six of the first seven innings, he allowed only five Giant hits and only two of those across the final four frames and struck out seven. [box]
Cubs 12, Phillies 7: Philadelphia fell behind 7-2 in the first three innings and lost another high-scoring game at the Baker Bowl in which most of the scoring was done by the other team. This time matters got out of hand for the Phillies in the 3rd when Chicago scored four times on four hits, Charlie Deal delivering the big blow with a two-run double. Deal doubled again and scored in the 5th, then singled home a run and scored again in the 7th as the Cubs pounded the pill around the yard against the ineffectual slants of Elmer Jacobs (4-10). Hippo Vaughn (8-9) engaged the cruise control on the mound for the visitors, holding them well under control under relaxing with the big lead in the late innings. Deal had three hits, three runs and three RBI, while Fred Merkle and Charlie Pick also had three hits each for Chicago. [box]
Cubs 6, Phillies 4: A pair of 7th-inning doubles were the difference as Chicago scored twice to earn a sweep of their twinbill in Philadelphia. Doug Baird's two-out single had scored the run that tied the game at four runs in the bottom of the 5th, but Eppa Rixey (3-2) lost his grip on the game two innings later. With one away in the Cubs' 7th, Charlie Hollocher and Les Mann drove consecutive doubles that gave Chicago the lead and set the table for a Dode Paskert sacrifice fly two batters later to double that edge. Phil Douglas (8-7) tightened his own grip late in the game, allowing just one Phillie hit in the last four innings and setting down seven of the final eight. Mann (three runs scored) and Fred Merkle had three hits apiece for the Cubs, while Leo Callahan reached base five times (double, two singles, two walks) from the leadoff spot for Philadelphia. [box]
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