Giants 15, Pirates 6: New York extracted equal measure in response to their pummeling at the hand of Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon, scoring fifteen times including eleven in the first two innings. Honors were settled quite quickly at Coogan's Bluff, as the luckless Earl Hamilton (3-13) simply could not find a way to navigate the Giants' lineup. After retiring the first batter in the bottom of the 1st, he allowed six of the next seven to reach safely, throwing in a balk for the sake of completeness, as New York scored five times in their first at-bat of the game with Mike Gonzalez providing a two-run single. And it wouldn't get any easier for Hamilton the next time the home team picked up the bats - the leadoff hitter hit a sharp one back to the box which the little left-hander fielded well but then threw over the head of the first baseman for a two-base error, and that was almost the highlight of the inning for the Pirate hurler. Now completely unsettled, he walked Ross Youngs and then served up a soft toss which Art Fletcher hit out of the yard (5) for three runs, and the next three Giants singled. Before he had managed to retire the tenth and final batter of the frame, the score was 11-0 in favor of McGraw's men and the rest of the day was to be played for show only. New York added four more runs in the 5th, and Pittsburgh did manage some damage against Rube Benton (6-7), but the Giant moundsman was clearly pitching to the score and went the distance despite being allowing eleven safe hits. Fletcher scored three times and drove in four, Gonzalez had a big day at the plate with three hits, and Billy Southworth had three hits and three RBI in support of the losing cause. [box]
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| It was a big day with the bat for all of the Giants, but especially for Art Fletcher |
Cardinals 3, Robins 2: Cliff Heathcote's 6th-inning sacrifice fly gave St. Louis the lead, and Lee Meadows and Marv Goodwin combined to hold Brooklyn to a pair of runs. The Cards got on top in the 1st when Rogers Hornsby tripled home Milt Stock (2-for-3, walk, stolen base), but the Robins grabbed the advantage back in the 4th when Tommy Griffith singled, Zack Wheat doubled, and a passed ball and Hi Myers sac fly produced two runs. A defensive lapse allowed the visitors to get back even in the 5th, when Ivy Olson's bobble kept the inning alive for Jack Smith's RBI single. In the following St. Louis inning, Stock singled and stole second off of Leon Cadore (8-6), moved to third on Hornsby's ground out, and sprinted home for the lead when Heathcote hit one in the air to medium center field. Meadows (5-7) survived two St. Louis infield errors in the bottom of the 7th, but put the first two Brooklyns on base in the 9th and Branch Rickey decided to ask Goodwin to try to the save the ballgame with Robins at the corners and none out. He got Jimmy Johnston to top back to the mound for one out, but with the potential winning run now into scoring position, and with the infield in enticed Tommy Griffith to bounce sharply to Dots Miller at first base with PH Jim Hickman being forced to hold at third. That left it up to Myers, but he could only ground the ball routinely to third base, where late-inning replacement Joe Schultz made the play to end the game. Olson had three of the eight Brooklyn base hits. [box]
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