Browns 3, Red Sox 2: Pinch-runner Ray Demmitt beat the throw home on a ground ball to second to score the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in St. Louis. It had been a tight, well-pitched affair throughout, with the Browns getting a run in the 1st on Baby Doll Jacobson's two-out single and Chicago answering in the 5th when Harry Hooper reached second on Jack Tobin's dropped fly ball and later scored on Babe Ruth's sacrifice fly. But that was it until the 9th inning as Ruth and Dave Davenport kept the scoresheet clean. The White Sox broke through in the 9th as Hooper singled, stoles second, advanced to third on Jack Barry's sacrifice and scored on Stuffy McInnis' high chopper to third with the bases loaded. But the Browns had some magic of their own in store - Allan Sothoron, on in relief of Davenport, led of the bottom of the 9th with a double down the right-field line, and was then replaced by PR Demmitt. A sagging Ruth was then pulled from the mound in favor of George Dumont, who allowed a single to Wally Gerber and then walked Josh Billings to load the bases with no outs. Earl Smith then pulled a weak ball on the ground to the right of second base which Jack Barry gamely stabbed and flung home, but Demmitt beat the one-hop throw with room to spare. Hooper scored a pair of runs for Boston, while George Sisler had two hits to raise his batting average to .388. [box]
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Athletics 7, White Sox 6: George Burns belted four hits as the A's held on through a crazy finish to defeat the League-leading White Sox in their home park. Chicago held a 4-3 lead into the late innings, stealing four bases and taking advantage of (again) shoddy glove work by the Mackmen, but Philadelphia took the lead back in the 8th on a sac fly and RBI single from consecutive PHs Al Wingo and Dick Burrus, and then added two more in the 9th after new pitcher Grover Lowdermilk allowed the first three men to reach base. But Chicago were determined not to go down without a fight, and when Hap Flesch and Chick Gandil got themselves to second and third to lead off the bottom of the inning it appeared as if a fight was indeed on the cards. But Walt Kinney struck out Swede Risberg and then got Ray Schalk to ground back to the box for one run, in exchange for the second out. PH deluxe Eddie Murphy singled home another run and Nemo Leibold singled him into scoring position as the tying run, but Buck Weaver flied lazily to center for the final out. Gandil had three hits on the day for the White Sox. [box]
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