1919 AL - Games of Tuesday, 22 July

Yankees 6, White Sox 2: Frank Baker's three-run home run keyed an 8th-inning outburst that propelled New York to a road win over the first-place Chicagoans. Jack Quinn and Dickey Kerr had arm-wrestled to a draw over the first seven frames, with the home club scoring single runs in 2nd (Joe Jackson double, Swede Risberg ground out) and 7th (Ray Schalk walk, Nemo Leibold single), and the Yankees tallying a pair in their half of the 7th (Ping Bodie triple, Chick Fewster single). In the top of the 8th, with one away, Kerr (8-4) walked Roger Peckinpaugh and Wally Pipp singled him to third base. That brought Baker to the plate, second in the circuit in circuit clouts so far this season, and he drove Kerr's second pitch down the right field line and into the seats to break open the game in favor of the Yanks. This was all of the breathing space that Quinn (9-9) needed, as he set six Sox down in quick succession over the final two innings to polish off a fine four-hit performance. [box]

Jack Quinn, NYA

Indians 12, Athletics 1: Another day, another ugly performance from Philadelphia as they lost their tenth game on the trot in a non-competitive performance in Cleveland. The Indians scored four times in the second and three times in the 3rd against Rollie Naylor (3-7), and the Athletic bats could muster only five hits on the afternoon against the offerings of occasional starter Elmer Myers (7-1) with the final ten A's going down in order. Larry Gardner piled up four hits for Cleveland and crossed home three times, while Jack Graney had three hits and four RBI from the leadoff spot. The red-hot stick of Tillie Walker produced three of the Philadelphia hits. [box]

Red Sox 5, Tigers 3: A three-run 4th inning helped along by two errors and a balk proved decisive as Boston recovered from yesterday's record-setting defeat to earn their second win in three days at Detroit. The Red Sox cobbled together nine decent innings of pitching from second-line pitchers Paul Musser (1-0) and Ray Caldwell and got two hits from Babe Ruth (including his 15th home run) and three RBI from Red Shannon. Dutch Leonard (6-6) struggled with his command all day, issuing six free passes. [box]

Browns 5, Nationals 3: The middle of the St. Louis lineup did its usual damage, and Carl Weilman pitched brilliantly again to lead the Browns to a win over Washington. Baby Doll Jacobson, George Sisler and Ken Williams went a combined 5-for-9 with three RBI and Hank Severeid chipped in two hits to lead the offense, while Weilman did his usual work as of late on the hill. The score flattered the Nats somewhat, as a pair of untimely fielding miscues largely accounted for two of their runs and Weilman (13-3) set them down in order in four of the nine innings. Harry Harper (3-14) lost for the fourteenth time, pacing the League in that dubious category. [box]

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