Browns 10, Yankees 1: Jack Tobin had four hits, including his ninth homer of the season, and three different Browns had two RBI as St. Louis put a pounding on New York in The Mound City. The Yankees actually led this one - briefly - when they scored in the top of the 1st on a walk, a single and Duffy Lewis' RBI force out. But then it was aa St. Louis - four hits, two walks and a Del Pratt error led to five runs in the bottom of the 1st against Allen Russell (5-5) and a double, triple and Tobin's homer provided three more in the 3rd. Carl Weilman (12-3), meanwhile, was dancing through the New York order pitching to weak contact - the six New York hits were all singles and he put an exclamation point on the affair by getting all three NY hitters in the 9th to tap weakly back to the mound. Herman Bronkie scored three runs out of the leadoff spot for the Browns. [box]
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Nationals 4, White Sox 3: Washington used contact hitting and poor Chicago defense to chip away at league Win-leader Lefty Williams and win a close one at Comiskey Park. The Nationals amassed fourteen hits, all of them singles, off of Williams but still trailed 2-1 as the game moved into the 6th inning. Val Picinich led of with - you guessed it! - a single and, one out later, advanced when Buck Weaver could not handle Hal Janvrin's two-hopper to short. With two away, pitcher Harry Harper found way to fight a Williams offering into left field for a base hit and the game was tied. A similar tableau unfolded in the 7th; this time it was Eddie Foster with the leadoff single, and Picinich's base hit that moved the runner to third base with two out; again, though, it was Weaver who could not come up with the ground ball off the bat of Howie Shanks and Washington had put its nose in front. Harper (3-13), who has seen his share of playing from behind so far this season, managed to get through seven innings still in front and Molly Craft came off the bench to pitch the final two inning without real incident. Foster and Picinich finished the game with four hits each to their credit. [box]
Indians 11, Red Sox 2: Larry Gardner and Doc Johnston combined to drive in seven runs over two innings as Cleveland raced past Boston to win at home. The early innings of the game had seen the clubs go back and forth with single scores, Cleveland going ahead 3-2 in the 5th when Gardner led off with a walk and scored two outs later on Steve O'Neill's single. With one out in the 6th, Ray Chapman and Elmer Smith singled around a Tris Speaker walk to load the bases. Gardner ripped a hit to right to score two, and then scored in front of Johnston's first home run of the year, a three-run shot that made the score 8 to 2 in favor of the Indians. They were back at work in the 8th when two singles and a Red Shannon fumble filled the sacks for Gardner to knock one down the RF line to score two runs. Hi Jasper (1-3) went the route, allowing but five hits and one earned run, and Chapman had four hits and scored twice. [box]
Tigers 14, Athletics 4: Another day, another onslaught by Detroit against Philadelphia; this time, twenty hits, five of them for extra bases, and fourteen runs all kicked off by a six-run 1st inning. The drubbings must be contagious, because the usually dependable Rollie Naylor (3-6) could only get a single out before getting torched for six straight hits and a hit batsman - Ben Dyer doubled in two runs, and Eddie Ainsmith singled home another pair. When the A's got three in the 4th to provide a hint of competitiveness, Detroit was right back on top of them with three in the bottom half and two more in the 5th as Bobby Veach provided four of his six RBI on the day. A few more runs against the hapless underbelly of the A's staff made for the final total and Dutch Leonard (6-5) strolled to the close to earn the victory. Dyer and Ty Cobb had four hits apiece, with Cobb filling his bag to the brim with a single, two doubles and a triple. [box]
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