Athletics 1, Browns 0: Rollie Naylor pitched a ten-inning masterpiece, allowing seven hits and no walks, and the A's finally broke through against Bert Gallia with a run in the bottom of the 10th inning for the win at Shibe Park. This was a classic pitchers' duel in every sense, with neither pitcher allowing two men to reach base in any of the first nine innings; the closest either side came to denting the run column was when Jimmy Austin reached second base with one out in the 3rd on a single and a wild pitch. Gallia was perhaps even more effective than Naylor (1-0), retiring fifteen of the first sixteen A's, but the spell was broken decisively in the first extra frame. It started innocently enough, when Gallia (4-4) retired the first two Athletics, but he then plunked Joe Dugan in the back with a quick one; Frank Thomas singled and then Cy Perkins walked to load the bases with Naylor due to bat. While not much of a hitter, Naylor was having nothing to do with being replaced with a pinch-hitter (having retired fourteen of the last fifteen Browns) and had taken a bat to the plate before Connie Mack could even mull it over; The Grand Old Man decided to let Naylor take his turn at the bat, and the one-eyed right-hander made the gamble a winner when he grounded a ball through the right side of the infield to score Dugan with the game-winning run. Austin and Baby Doll Jacobson had four of the six St. Louis hits between them. [box]
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Red Sox 3, White Sox 2: Herb Pennock pitched scoreless ball into the 9th inning and then survived a two-out scare in the final frame as Boston defeated Chicago at Fenway Park. The Red Sox scored single runs in each of the first three innings against Red Faber (6-3), with Frank Gilhooley scoring one and driving in another, to stake out the early lead and then Faber and Pennock (1-4) traded goose eggs for the next five innings. Faber retired fifteen of the last sixteen men he faced, but Pennock would not find it so easy to finish the game. He retired the first two men in the 9th and, just as the players were inching their way toward the showers, he was stung for four straight singles the last of which, by Buck Weaver, cut the Boston lead to a single run with Shano Collins ninety feet away. But Eddie Collins could not continue the string, grounding out routinely to Dave Shean for the final out. Ray Schalk had three hits in the losing cause. [box]
Yankees 7, Tigers 3: New York put together five hits and a walk in a four-run 6th that gave them a lead which Bob Shawkey would shepherd to the end of the game as the Yankees topped the Tigers. Detroit had just taken a 3-1 lead behind Bob Jones' two-run double in the top of the inning, but Wally Pipp, Del Pratt and Ping Bodie stroked RBI hits in succession against Howard Ehmke (3-8) and then Shawkey chipped in a run-scoring single of his own with two outs. With the lead now in his pocket, Shawkey (5-5) disposed of Detroit without a single hit over the final three innings. Bobby Veach scored twice for the visitors and Bodie had three hits and scored three times. [box]
Indians 8, Nationals 1: Six Indians had at least two hits and Stan Coveleski (4-5) was sharp on the mound as Cleveland easily disposed of Washington in front of the Griffith Stadium crowd. Cleveland jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first two innings and then gradually grew their cushion as the day wore on, largely thanks to poor control (nine walks) by WAS pitchers and sloppy glove work by the Nationals that led to three unearned runs. Bill Wambsganss had three hits and Jack Graney reached base four times. scored three runs and knocked in two. [box]
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