Nationals 1, White Sox 0: Walter Johnson pitched a one-hit shutout and needed every last ounce of that dominance to enable Washington to nip Chicago at Comiskey Park. Johnson and White Sox spot starter John Sullivan engaged in an epic pitchers' duel whose spell was only broken by a key fielding miscue by Chicago. When the Nationals came to bat in the 7th, not only was the game scoreless but Chicago had yet to register a hit and Washington but two. That latter total doubled when, with one away, Sam Rice and Buzz Murphy singled to put two men aboard. Sullivan (0-1) fanned Val Picinich and then got Howie Shanks to beat one into the ground at Fred McMullin, but the White Sox third sacker threw the ball wildly to first and Rice scampered home with the game's first run. Chicago failed again in the 7th to dent Barney, but finally broke the spell in the 8th when Swede Risberg hit a dribbler along the third base line which everyone could only watch roll to a stop for an infield hit. When Ray Schalk then coaxed a walk with two outs Chicago had their chance, but Johnson (14-5) got dangerous pinch-hitter Eddie Murphy to bounce to Joe Judge at first to end the inning. Two Washington errors made matters interesting again in the bottom of the 9th, but the fireballing right-hander from Kansas retired Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch with the tying and winning runs aboard. [box]
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Indians 1, Red Sox 0: The bats were largely silent in Cleveland, as well, as Elmer Smith's two-out single in the 6th drove home the game's only run and Stan Coveleski (8-10) pitched a three-hit shutout. Coveleski and Sam Jones (4-11) kept the scorecards clean for five innings, but Jones walked his hurling counterpart to begin the 6th and then allowed a one-out single to Ray Chapman that put runners on the corners. He got Tris Speaker to pop up to shallow left, holding the runners stationary, but Smith then stepped up and delivered the key blow as Coveleski trotted home to score. Covey allowed only one hit after the 4th inning and survived two walks and a wild pitch in the 9th, retiring Stuffy McInnis and Wally Schang to earn the win and the whitewash. Babe Ruth reached base three times for Boston. [box]
Tigers 4, Athletics 0: Hooks Dauss pitched a three-hitter and Ty Cobb had three hits himself as Detroit put the finishing touches on a four-game sweep over Philadelphia in which they outscored the Mackmen by a count of 40 to 10. Cobb was at the center of the Tigers' first and last runs, doubling in the 1st and scoring on Bobby Veach's two-base hit, and then doubling home a run in the 7th and scoring himself on Harry Heilmann's two-bagger. Dauss (6-9) allowed the first A's hit in the 4th, and none after the 6th although he did walk a pair in the 8th for a brief moment of stress. [box]
Yankees 3, Browns 2: New York scored twice in the top of the 9th to take a 3-0 lead and then held off a St. Louis rally in the bottom half to escape with a road win and salvage a split of the four-game set. George Mogridge and Urban Shocker traded zeroes for almost the entire game; New York had scored once in the 1st on three straight singles, but traffic on the basepaths halted after that and the game entered the final inning still with the score 1-0. Sammy Vick led off the NY half against Shocker (12-5) with a triple, though, and scored on Truck Hannah's double; after a sacrifice by Mogridge, Roger Peckinpaugh lofted a fly ball to center that was deep enough for even the slow-footed Yankee catcher to tag up and rumble home. That all left the Browns staring at a three-run deficit and Mogridge working on a a shutout as they came to bat in the bottom half of the inning, Ken Williams whiffed to begin the frame. But Earl Smith and Wally Gerber doubled back-to-back and, after the second out, Baby Doll Jacobson pinch-hit a single to close the gap to 3-2; Mogridge (1-5) persevered, though, and retired Herman Bronkie on a ground out to finish off the win. [box]
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