Indians 3, Nationals 1: Washington went hitless in nine at-bats with runners in scoring position, and Ray Chapman had three hits, a run batted in and a stolen base to lead Cleveland to a win away from home. A groundout by Bill Wambsganss scored Larry Gardner from third after the thirdbaseman's triple in the 4th and gave Cleveland a 2-1 lead against Jim Shaw (11-12), and Washington would then squander a number of golden opportunities to close the score in the late innings. In the 6th a single and a sacrifice put the tying run at second with one out, but Stan Coveleski got Patsy Gharrity to ground out and then fanned Howie Shanks. In the bottom of the 9th, with the Indians now up by a pair, Buzz Murphy led off with a triple and it seemed (to the Griffith Stadium crowd, at least) as if the Nats were well on their way to a comeback - but Coveleski (9-12), 6th in the AL in strikeouts, but with only one in the contest thus far, whiffed Gharrity, Shanks and pinch-hitter Joe Leonard in succession to slam the door shut in style. [box]
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| Stan Coveleski, CLE |
Yankees 2, Tigers 0: Bob Shawkey tossed a three-hitter and New York broke apart a scoreless tie in the late innings to edge Detroit. Shawkey and Hooks Dauss kept the scorecards clean for six innings, with only the Yankees posing any sort of threat to score by getting two men on base in both the 2nd and 3rd, before New York broke the seal in the 7th. Del Pratt started the inning against Dauss (6-11) with a double, and Ping Bodie followed that up with a single that advanced Pratt to third. Muddy Ruel then singled as well, scoring Pratt for the game's first run. Frank Baker led off the Yankee 8th with his 14th home run to give NY a two-run cushion and Shawkey (13-9) made short work of the Tigers in the final two innings on six ground ball outs after walking the leadoff batter in both. [box]
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