Reds 4, Cubs 0: Slim Sallee pitched his second shutout of the season and Heinie Groh and Larry Kopf had three hits each as Cincinnati topped Chicago. Kopf knocked in all four Reds runs of the game, grounding out after Greasy Neale's triple in the 2nd, singling home Groh in the 6th and then lacing a two-run single in the 8th. Sallee, meanwhile, allowed one hit in the first four innings, and was only ever in any difficulty when he allowed two one-out singles in each of the 5th and 9th innings. The Reds' veteran lefty didn't allow a free pass, running his streak of frames without issuing a walk to twenty-one in a row. Lee Magee had four of the seven Cub hits. [box]
1919 NL - Games of Tuesday, 1 July
Pirates 2, Cardinals 1: On a day when the two teams could combine for only a total of four hits, and starters Bill Doak and Erksine Mayer both flirted with immortality, it was untimely defensive lapses that relegated St. Louis to a painful defeat at home. Mayer set down twenty of the first twenty-one, an error producing the only baserunner, while Doak had allowed just a walk through the first seven frames. Thus the game headed to the 8th with neither side having recorded a safe hit, and the Forbes Field crowd was buzzing with expectation that one (or both!) of the pitching men might record an historic feat. But Rogers Hornsby led off the STL 8th with a double and, two outs later, scored the game's first run on Frank Snyder's single. Perhaps the visitors relaxed after finally getting on the scoresheet, and with Doak (5-8) looking dominant, but Billy Southworth singled as the first man up for the Pirates and shortstop Doc Lavan then threw the ball into the stands behind first base on a grounder off the bat of Hooks Warner. There were now two men in scoring position with none out, and the crowd's thoughts of tomorrow's legacy were now quickly turning to panic over today's outcome. Vic Saier kept the suspense to a minimum by immediately following Warner with a single to center that scored both runners after Cliff Heathcote fumbled the pickup and denied himself any chance to cut down the go-ahead run at the plate. Mayer (6-4) said "thank you very much" to his teammates and retired the top three in the Cardinal batting order in the 9th to secure the win for Pittsburgh. [box]
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