Yankees 5, Nationals 2: Roger Peckinpaugh's three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the 16th inning broke the hearts of the Washington nine and sent the home assemblage into an exhausted frenzy this afternoon at the Polo Grounds. It had been a long afternoon of outstanding mound work, as expected, with Walter Johnson and Carl Mays locking horns in a marquee matchup that did not disappoint. The visitors dented the scoreboard first when Mike Menosky doubled with one out in the 2nd and scored on a two-bagger from rookie Bucky Harris. That appeared as if it would be enough for the Big Train, who took that slim edge into the 9th inning, but the Yankees scrambled to tie at the final hurdle. Ping Bodie started the inning with a triple, but Johnson got Wally Pipp to pop out on the infield and Del Pratt to ground sharply at Eddie Foster at third with the infield pulled in and Bodie unable to advance. That brought up Duffy Lewis, who didn't have a chance to take the bat off of his shoulder before a Barney slant skidded off the glove of catcher Val Picinich and rolled to the backstop allowing Bodie to score the tying run. Washington again seized the advantage when Clyde Milan hit his first four-bagger of the campaign to lead off the 11th inning, but New York fought back again as Johnson tired and put the first two men aboard via a hit batsman and a walk before Frank Baker singled home the leveler. The home team got two men on base in the 12th, 13th and 14th but could not score, while Washington's bats ran dry (one hit in the final five frames). In the home half of the 16th, with Jim Shaw (12-19) in his sixth inning of relief, Muddy Ruel singled with one out and took second when Chick Fewster slapped a base hit with two away. That brought up the stalwart Yankee shortstop, who ended the marathon affair with a long fly ball that settled into the seats down the left-field line. Bob Shawkey (16-10) pitched four hitless innings of relief for NY and Peckinpaugh, Baker and Sam Rice each collected three hits. [box]
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| Roger Peckinpaugh, NYA |
Nationals 11, Yankees 6: Washington pounded out fourteen hits, including four doubles and a home run, to outslug New York and split the afternoon's honors. The Nationals got started early against George Mogridge (3-8), scoring six times in the first four innings behind two doubles from Eddie Foster and two singles and a walk from Sam Rice, but the home club closed the game to an 8-6 score when they scored four runs in the 7th on the strength of two-run hits by Del Pratt and Duffy Lewis. That boys from the capital were not to be denied their moment, however, as they put four hits together in the top of the 9th to score three times and put the decision out of reach. Lewis had four hits and three RBI while Patsy Gharrity led Washington with three hits. [box]
Red Sox 9, Athletics 1: Babe Ruth hit his 30th home run of the season to give Boston the lead, and his two-run double keyed a six-run 6th inning that shoveled the last bit of dirt atop Philadelphia at Fenway Park. Ruth followed Braggo Roth's two-out 1st-inning triple with a drive into the right-field grandstand to put Boston on top and then doubled Roth home in the 6th to extend the lead to 4-1 and kick off a big inning in which the Sox would score six times behind five hits, three walks and a Philadelphia error. Sam Jones (9-13) was having no such difficulties with the Athletics' batters as he kept them off the scoresheet until there was only one out remaining in their afternoon, when George Burns scored on a groundout after tripling to center field. Ossie Vitt had three hits for Boston. [box]
Red Sox 6, Athletics 4: Boston strung together four straight singles in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 4-4 tie and complete a doubleheader sweep of Philadelphia. The Red Sox were leading 4-2 through seven innings, but the A's struck in the visiting 8th when Whitey Witt and Tillie Walker started the inning against Herb Pennock (10-10) with singles and Witt later scored on a groundout while Walker scampered across the plate on a Pennock wild pitch. But, after Jing Johnson (7-12) retired the first hitter in the bottom half of the inning, Braggo Roth and Babe Ruth stroked bingles to put Sox on the corners. Wally Schang and Stuffy McInnis followed that up with two more base hits that scored Roth and Ruth and Pennock retired Witt with the tying runs aboard in the top of the 9th to secure the win. George Burns had three RBI in the losing cause for the Mackmen. [box]
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