Nationals 4, Athletics 0: In only his second start of the season, Ed Gill spun a complete-game six-hit shutout at Shibe Park. Even his own teammates could have been forgiven for being surprised by the performance, as Gill's only previous start this year, about six weeks ago, was less than notable - eight runs allowed in 3.2 innings at St. Louis in a 14-3 Washington defeat. But on this afternoon he was in complete command from the start, not allowing more than one Athletic to reach base in any inning and walking only one man. The bottom of the Nationals order got him the support he needed by tuning doubles from Mike Menosky and Patsy Gharrity into three 2nd-inning runs, and then tacking on another in the 7th when Menosky singled home Sam Rice. Joe Judge had three hits and a drew a walk from the leadoff spot. [box]
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| Ed Gill, WAS |
Browns 4, Indians 2: Allen Sothoron pitched nine innings without allowing an earned run, and contributed the key hit of the game to lead St. Louis over Cleveland. The Indians were the first to score, in the top of the 4th - after Tris Speaker walked and stole second to start the inning, Joe Gedeon misplayed Joe Harris' groundball to put two men aboard. This opened the door for Larry Gardner (single) and Earl Smith (groundout) to deliver run-scoring plays that put the visitors on top. But that did not last long, as the Browns responded in the bottom half; they began the inning with three straight singles that produced a run and, after Guy Morton (9-10) had recorded two outs, Hank Severeid and Sothoron struck with doubles that plated three more runs and put the Browns ahead by 4-2. Sothoron (13-13) made sure that was all that his club would need retiring ten in a row after allowing the Indians to score and ending the game by inducing a double-play grounder off the bat of Steve O'Neill. [box]
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