Yankees 7, Indians 5: A 7th-inning fielding error by Bill Wambsganss was the key play as the Yankees rallied to win in the late innings in Cleveland. A four-run Indian 3rd inning that featured doubles from Elmer Smith and Ray Chapman and a triple from Tris Speaker had been cancelled out by single NY runs in each of the 2nd through 5th innings, but the home team had taken the lead once again when Smith hit his 8th home run of the year to lead off the 6th. In the Yankees' next at-bat they got two singles, but also two outs, when Wally Pipp knocked one to Wambsganss that kicked off the heel of the secondbaseman's glove to load the bases. Del Pratt (three hits, three RBI) then made the miscue count when he lined a single to right field that scored two runs and put New York in front. Jack Quinn (15-10), who had settled down nicely after the early four-spot, shut the Indians down on one hit over the final three innings and retired the last five men in order. [box]
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Athletics 4, White Sox 3: Philadelphia jumped on Grover Lowdermilk for three runs in the top of the 1st inning, and Jing Johnson did just enough in a complete-game effort on the mound to make that early advantage stand up. The A's got three singles from their first four batters of the game, and then White Witt's ground out scored the first run of the game and Joe Dugan followed with a two-run single before Lowdermilk (5-5) could strike out Cy Perkins to escape the inning. Joe Jackson did his best to rally the Sox - he singled, stole second, took third on a wild throw and scored on Hap Felsch's hit in the 4th and then singled home Buck Weaver after his leadoff triple in the 6th - but PHI scored a run in the 5th on Whitey Witt's two-run single that would prove to be crucial. With one out in the bottom of the 9th. trailing by two runs, Chicago mustered two singles and a walk to score one run and put the tying score at second, but Johnson (7-10) induced a ground ball from Eddie Collins that led to a game-ending force play. [box]
Tigers 3, Nationals 2: Donie Bush's two-run triple broke open a scoreless game in the 6th inning and provided just enough cushion for Hooks Dauss to turn his four-hit performance on the hill into a win. Dauss and Harry Harper had things their way in the early innings although Detroit had threatened to score numerous times. leaving the bases full twice. In the 6th, though, Harper's lack of command (8 BB to pad a League-leading season total of 108) finally cost him - two walks and two sacrifice bunts put runners on second and third with two outs with Bush coming to plate having doubled in his previous trip. This time he went one bag better to drive both men home and then scored himself when Sam Agnew couldn't hold on to one of Harper's deliveries to Ralph Young. Dauss (7-13) seemed set to cruise to the finish, but the Nats made some noise in the 9th; a single, double, error and sac fly to start the inning scored two runs and brought the go-ahead run to the plate, but Howie Shanks bounced into a force play for the final out. All six of Detroit's base hits came from the bats of three men - Bush, Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann. [box]
Browns 5, Red Sox 2: St. Louis strung together six 7th-inning singles to score three times and edge Boston at Sportsman's Park. Babe Ruth's 23rd home run of the season - moving him to within four blasts of the all-time single-season record - had given the Red Sox a 2-1 lead in the 6th, but Waite Hoyt (5-3) could not find a way to end the inning in the 7th. Baby Doll Jacobson and George Sisler led off with hits and, one out later, Jack Tobin, Wally Gerber and Hank Severeid hit consecutive one-base knocks that each scored one run. Ken Williams hit a solo homer in the 8th for a bit of breathing room, and Lefty Leifield (4-1) made it stick with three scoreless innings after Ruth's home run. The Babe reached base three times, and Jacobson, Tobin and Jimmy Austin had two hits apiece for the victors. [box]
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