Red Sox 6, Browns 5: Ossie Vitt beat the throw home on a dribbler to the mound in the bottom of the 10th inning to score the winning run for Boston. The two clubs had battled back and forth for nine innings without a decision at Fenway Park, St. Louis having leads of 2-0, 3-2 and 5-4 before the Sox locked matters up again in the bottom of the 8th. Vitt doubled with one out and Babe Ruth was intentionally walked with two away in favor of pitching to Stuffy McInnis, no slouch himself when it comes to handling the stick and already with two hits on the day. The veteran first-sacker took advantage of the opportunity with a base hit to right that scored Vitt with the tying run. The batters went down with relative quiet in the 9th but, in the home half of the 10th, Vitt led off with a single and stole second. After Amos Strunk drew a walk from Lefty Leifield (1-1), Ruth hit a drive to center for the first out and Vitt - crucially - tagged up and beat Baby Doll Jacobson's throw in to third base. It was again McInnis' turn in the spotlight and he came through, albeit in a less artistic fashion. He tapped Leifield's offering to the left of the mound and, with Vitt sprinting home on contact, all the left-handed pitcher could do was to spear the ball and flip it back-handed towards the plate where catcher Wally Mayer watched Vitt slide past as the ball settled into his glove. McInnis had three hits and George Sisler had three hits and a stolen base. [box]
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Athletics 12, Tigers 5: George Burns and Red Shannon had three hits apiece as Philadelphia pounded Detroit pitching in the middle innings to run away with a victory at Shibe Park. The score was 5-5 in the bottom of the 6th when Howard Ehnke (4-9) walked the first two men and then surrendered a two-base hit to Tillie Walker that scored them both. This brought George Cunningham to the mound in relief, but he gave up consecutive singles to Burns and Shannon that produced another run. In the 7th the A's put the game away with three hits and two walks, Wickey McAvoy delivering the killing blow with a two-out bases-loaded double. Tom Rogers (3-3) worked until the end despite being roughed up by Chick Shorten to the tune of four hits and three RBI. [box]
White Sox 4, Nationals 1: Lefty Williams brushed aside the Nationals on five hits, and Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch exceeded that total between the two of them, as Chicago won away from home. Felsch doubled home a pair in the first (upping his League-leading RBI total to 45) and then he singled, stole second and scored on Ray Schalk's single in the 3rd to give the visitors a 4-0 lead that would see them home. Williams (9-4) allowed a run in the 5th on two singles and a walk, but stifled Washington on two hits over the final four innings. Joe Judge and Sam Rice had two hits each for the Washingtons. [box]
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