1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 29 May

Athletics 4, Red Sox 3: Tillie Walker doubled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to score three runs and snatch victory from the clutches of defeat in front of the home fans at Shibe Park. A well-pitched game between Carl Mays and Tom Rogers was leaning Boston's way after Harry Hooper's two-run homer had given the Red Sox an early lead; they had nursed this into a 3-1 advantage headed into the home half of the final inning, despite having collected only five hits. But Mays, who had allowed only four hits himself thus far and had retired the last six Athletics, came a cropper suddenly and immediately - Red Shannon, Braggo Roth and George Burns singled in succession to start the inning, and Walker then wasted no time drilling one into the left-field corner to drive them all home and a dejected Mays to the clubhouse. [box]

Tillie Walker, PHA

Yankees 3, Nationals 2: Del Pratt belted a go-ahead triple in the 8th inning and Allen Russell allowed only two runs while striking out an AL season-high eight men to power New York over Washington. After a Ping Bodie RBI single in the 4th opened the scoring, Russell held the Nationals scoreless until Val Picinich's two-run home run in the 7th broke the shutout and also gave the home team the lead. But with two out in the top of the 8th, the Gothams answered against Jim Shaw - Duffy Lewis singled and stole second, scored on Wally Pipp's single, and Pratt then knocked one over the head of Mike Menosky in center field for three bases on what would turn out to be the game-winning blow. Russell set down the Nats in order in the 8th and 9th innings to close it out. Lewis, Picinich and Menosky each had two hits. [box]