Indians 2, Browns 1: Cleveland came out on top in a hurler's tussle at St. Louis behind three hits from Steve O'Neill. The Browns got on the scorecard in their first attempt when Ray Demmitt's two-out single scored a run in the home 1st, but little did they know at the time that this would be all the reward they would get off of Ray Caldwell. Cleveland got that run back in the 3rd when O'Neill tripled with two outs and Caldwell grounded one through the infield for a single, and the same script played out again in the 5th, albeit with no outs. O'Neill laced one over the head of Baby Doll Jacobson in center to begin the inning and raced all the way to third base, and Caldwell poked a single into left field to bring him in and give the Indians the lead. Caldwell took matters into his own right hand the rest of the way, allowing four hits over the final eight innings to one of the League's best batting clubs and retiring the last seven Browns to eliminate any doubt. Urban Shocker (16-10) was the hard-luck loser for St. Louis. [box]
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White Sox 2, Tigers 1: Chicago scored twice in the 3rd inning and Dickey Kerr made that stand up as he throttled Detroit on six hits. With two outs and a man on first in the top of the 3rd. Buck Weaver doubled in the first run of the game off of Howard Ehmke (11-14) and Joe Jackson followed with an RBI single to double the lead. Kerr held the Tigers to only two hits over the first five innings, and whitewashed them until Harry Heilmann blasted his tenth home run of the season with the bases empty in the 7th. The score was still 2-1 in favor of the White Sox when Ty Cobb singled with one out in the bottom of the 9th and Bobby Veach doubled him to third. A conference on the mound ensued, and Kerr (12-5) was told by Kid Gleason to give Heilmann first base on purpose and pitch to the dangerous Ira Flagstead (.298) with the sacks full. After batting to a 2-2 count, and with the corners pulled in the likely vacuous hope of cutting Cobb down at the plate, Flagstead hit one on the screws right at Swede Risberg at short who turned the game-ending double play with Eddie Collins to shock the Navin Field crowd into stunned silence. [box]
Nationals 9, Athletics 3: Washington had only two hits through the first five innings, but exploded for seven runs in the 6th to run past Philadelphia at Shibe Park. Athletics starter Walt Kinney (8-13) was nearly unhittable in the early going and, when his own two-run homer capped a three-run Phillly 5th, it looked like it would be a long afternoon for the Nationals. But things fell apart loudly and suddenly when Washington next came to bat; the first batter went quietly, but the next four men reached (two on bases on balls) before the second out of the inning, a Frank Ellerbe sacrifice fly, closed the gap to 3-2. Two of the next three batters delivered two-run doubles to chase Kinney from the mound and give the Nats a healthy lead. Two more runs in the 7th widened the lead, and Eric Erickson (5-9) held the A's hitless the rest of the way after Kinney's home run. Sam Rice was the fulcrum of the Washington attack with four hits and a walk in five trips to the plate. [box]
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