Red Sox 3, Indians 2: And then one man stood alone at the summit - Babe Ruth hit a solo home run, his fifth blast of the three-game series, to provide the margin of victory for Boston and surpass Ed Williamson of the 1884 Cubs as the single-season sultan of swat. In the 4th inning, the prodigious left-handed swinger sent one of Jim Bagby's (12-13) slants over the right-field screen at League Park and onto Lexington Avenue to give Boston a 3-1 lead (Ruth had also driven home the first Sox score with a 1st-inning triple) that Herb Pennock would nurse to the close of play. Pennock (9-10) allowed a single run in the 6th, but retired eight of the final nine Indians to earn the series win for the visitors. With 30 games remaining in the season, the sky's the limit as to where Ruth might set the bar for himself or for future generations by the time the record books have been closed on the 1919 campaign. [box]
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White Sox 13, Nationals 0: Chicago sent thirteen batters to the plate in a nine-run 2nd inning that ended any suspense at Comiskey Park before it even had a chance to develop. The first six Sox reached in that inning, and when pitcher Bill James singled home two runs in his first at-bat since being claimed on waivers from Boston, it seemed clear that the afternoon was to be theirs. James (1-0) didn't need all of this support, in fact he needed almost none of it as he spun a six-hit shutout in which he allowed two men to reach in the same inning only once - in the 8th, when he retired Clyde Milan and Sam Rice on ground balls to second to end the threat (to the shutout, at least) and then set the visitors aside in order in the 9th. Chick Gandil had three hits and crossed the plate three times. [box]
Athletics 5, Tigers 3: The Philadelphia bats suddenly came to life in a five-run 6th inning that was enough to carry them to a win and a surprising series victory on the road in Detroit. The game seemed to following the usual script underlying Athletic contests this season - give up runs early, and then watch the opponent move inexorably off into the distance. Detroit scored two times in the bottom of the 1st inning (unearned, also as per the script) when Fred Thomas' miscue was followed by singles from Ty Cobb and Bobby Veach and a run-scoring groundout by Harry Heilmann. But, this time at least, the pitching stiffened - Walt Kinney held Detroit at bay for the next six innings - and, out of the blue, the offense sprung to life. PHA had managed but a single base hit (a George Burns double) over the first five innings against Bernie Boland but, when Boland (16-6) walked to the first two A's in the 6th, cracks began to show. After a forceout, White Witt singled home one run and then Tillie Walker, Burns and Joe Dugan roped consecutive two-base hits that together produced four more runs which gave the A's a 5-3 lead. The Tigers pulled back one run in the 8th when Cobb and Veach put two doubles of their own back-to-back, and Kinney (7-11) loaded the bases in the 9th before Scott Perry came on to extract the final out from the bat of Ralph Young with Cobb to bat next. Burns had a single and a walk on top of his two doubles. [box]
Browns 5, Yankees 4: Hank Severeid went four-for-four and Ken Williams broke a tie with a 7th-inning home run as St. Louis edged New York. Severeid's second hit produced a run that broke a 2-2 tie in the 4th, but the Yankees strung together three singles in the 6th to tie the game once again. With two outs in the home 7th, though, Williams struck his eighth four-base hit of the season to push the Browns back in front and Lefty Leifield (5-1) finished off three near-perfect innings of relief to secure the win. [box]
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