White Sox 9, Indians 8: In one of the most improbable finishes of the season, the front-running White Sox put on display the fighting spirit that has carried them away from the American League pack, scoring six times in the bottom of the 9th inning to shock Cleveland and send a crowd of 34,000 at Comiskey Park into a cap-tossing state of delirium. Joe Harris had three hits and knocked in three runs in the first six innings as the Indians built a 7-1 lead, and that advantage was 8-3 into the final inning. Roy Wilkinson (2-0) retired the Clevelanders without incident, and Stan Coveleski - who had allowed six hits and no walks in the first eight innings - took the hill for the last of the 9th. He walked Joe Jackson to lead things off, and Hap Felsch and Chick Gandil followed with singles that produced one run. After a force out, Ray Schalk doubled to score another and Tris Speaker had seen enough - Coveleski was out and Johnny Enzmann was in. Shano Collins was handed a bat in the pitcher's place, and he singled to cut the deficit to 8-6. Enzmann (3-3) recorded the second out by getting Nemo Leibold to pop to short, but Eddie Collins then ripped a line drive to the wall in left-center for three bases, two runs and a tie game. With the huge Sunday gathering on their feet hollering, Buck Weaver blooped one over the infield into shallow right, Collins scampered home, and the Sox were winners for the 84th - and most unlikely - time this season. [box]
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Tigers 4, Browns 2: Ralph Young's 8th-inning triple sparked a two-run rally that pushed Detroit beyond St. Louis at home. Allen Sothoron and Howard Ehmke were keeping things tight through seven innings, with the game tied at two, when the Tigers struck out of nowhere in the 8th. Sothoron (13-14) had set down the first two men quickly before Bob Jones extended the inning with a base hit up the middle. That brought up the light-hitting Young, recently demoted to the bottom of the Tiger lineup by Hughie Jennings, who was hitless on the afternoon but got a hold of one and belted it between Jack Tobin and Baby Doll Jacobson to the wall for a run-scoring triple. Ehmke (12-14) then singled Young home (his third hit of the day) to double the lead, and set the Browns down in order in the 9th for the win. [box]
Nationals 6, Yankees 5: Washington used two triples and a double to build a five-run 3rd inning and a big early lead over New York, then held on for dear life at the end. New York led by 2-0 when the Nationals broke out against Bob Shawkey (17-11) in the 3rd; with one away, Patsy Gharrity tripled and Eric Erickson and Joe Judge drew walks to load the bases. Joe Leonard cleared them with a double and, one out later, Sam Rice scored Leonard ahead of his ninth triple of the season. When Frank Ellerbe followed with a single, the Nats had a three-run lead and Erickson was cruising on the mound. The Swedish thunderbolt struck out eight Yanks and escaped a bases-loaded situation in the 5th to take a 6-2 lead into the 9th inning. Two of those strikeouts came in the final inning, and there were two outs with Yankee runners at first and second, but Erickson (6-9) couldn't pull the door all the way closed. He walked Roger Peckinpaugh to load the bases and Frank Baker and Aaron Ward singled to score three runs and close the gap to a single marker. That brought Molly Craft on in relief and, after a walk to Del Pratt that filled the sacks once more, Duffy Lewis skipped one to third base which Leonard turned into a game-ending force out at second. [box]
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