White Sox 4, Browns 3: The White Sox came to St. Louis for a two-game set, with the Browns running out of chances to make a dent in a pennant deficit threatening to reach double digits. The home team made a quick start at taking advantage of the opportunity, when Joe Gedeon doubled with one out in the bottom of the 1st and George Sisler singled him home to give SLA the early lead. It stayed that way until the 5th, when the White Sox made their first inroads against Allan Sothoron. With two outs and Swede Risberg at first, Ray Schalk drove an RBI double and Dickey Kerr followed with a base hit that put Chicago in front by a score of 2-1 and silenced the Sportsman's Park crowd. The quiet was short-lived, however, as St. Louis rallied in the 7th; with two outs and no one aboard, Sisler and Earl Smith singled and Jack Tobin walked to load the bases. Kerr could not wriggle free, as Wally Gerber doubled to center to score two runs and jump the Brown back into the catbird seat. In the home 8th, they threatened to salt the game away as they put runners at the corners with two outs. Kid Gleason decided to walk Hank Severeid intentionally to load the bases in order to face Sothoron and Jimmy Burke left his ace in to swing the bat. A routine ground out to short followed, and this passage of play would be the subject of much discussion in the local saloons after the game. Sothoron came out for the top of the 9th and immediately put Risberg on via the free pass, then Schalk again doubled him home and the game was tied once again. One out later, Nemo Leibold also doubled and Schalk crossed the plate with the go-ahead run. The home 9th was uneventful as Kerr got the first two outs without the ball leaving the infield and then retired Baby Doll Jacobson for the final out on a nice running grab by Leibold in right field. Schalk had three hits and Sisler went 4-for-4, but the looks on the faces of the Brown players at the end of the game spoke more loudly than did the boxscore. [box]
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Indians 5, Tigers 4: Cleveland scrambled to tie the game after spotting Detroit an early edge, and Larry Gardner doubled home the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to excite the home crowd at League Park. Two-out, tow-run triples by Eddie Ainsmith in the 2nd and Harry Heilmann in the 3rd saw the Tigers jump out to a 4-1 lead behind Bernie Boland, but Cleveland began to chip away in the 6th. Tris Speaker singled to start the inning and Joe Harris followed with a walk; Boland retired the next two men but issued another free pass, this time to Elmer Smith, to load the bases. Indians backstop Steve O'Neill stepped in and delivered a two-run single and CLE was back in the game. Their momentum - in large part due to Boland's sudden loss of command - continued in the 7th. Graney walked to start the inning and Chapman singled. With one out, Harris walked to load the sacks again and then Gardner worked a free pass to force home they tying run; although Boland (16-7) escaped without further scoring, the damage had been done. Jim Bagby (13-13) was now scything through the Detroit order, retiring the final eleven men to face him, when the Indians got their last at-bat. Speaker began the 9th with a single, but was forced at second by Harris' ground ball to Ralph Young at second. That brought Gardner to the plate, and the veteran third sacker ripped a one-hopper off the LF wall which Bobby Veach could not get back to infield in time to prevent Harris from coming all the way home from first to win the game. [box]
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