Indians 5, Nationals 2: Cleveland shocked Washington and hurler Jim Shaw with four runs in the 9th inning to turn the game on its head and avoid, at the last possible moment, the embarrassment of a four-game series sweep at the hands of the Nationals. The home team had taken a 2-1 lead in the 4th when two walks and a single loaded the bases for Joe Judge, who ripped a two-out, two-run single. But that was the end of the action as Shaw and Ray Caldwell (8-11), who struck out an AL season-high eleven men, were setting the batters down with regularity. That came to halt for Shaw (16-20) in the top of the 9th - Ray Chapman led off with a triple, Tris Speaker walked, and Joe Harris lined one of his two doubles to bring home the tying run. After Larry Gardner grounded out slowly to second to score Speaker to break the tie, Bill Wambsganss singled home another and Patsy Gharrity threw away Caldwell's dribbler in front of the plate to allow a fourth run to cross the plate. Caldwell was making no mistake in the home 9th, walking a man but inducing three routine groundouts to send the Griffith Stadium home with their brooms tucked under their arms. [box]
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Tigers 1, Yankees 0: Hooks Dauss was masterful, spinning a five-hit shutout of New York in front of their own fans at the Polo Grounds, and needed every ounce of that mastery to earn the win for Detroit. While Ty Cobb had three hits, including a pair of doubles, to raise his average to .399 on the season, it was scientific baseball from the bottom of the Detroit lineup that proved the difference. Ira Flagstead led off the visiting 2nd with a base hit off of Carl Mays, and was sacrificed to second by Bob Jones. Oscar Stanage then delivered the key hit, singling to center to chase Flagstead home for what would turn out to be the game's only run. Mays (11-14) was a hard-luck loser in going the distance, but Dauss (10-17) was just untouchable on the afternoon; the Yankees got a man as far as second base only twice, once with two outs in the 7th and again with one out in the final inning. But the durable right-hander from Indiana was up to the challenge, retiring Del Pratt and Duffy Lewis for the final two outs without allowing the ball to leave the infield. [box]
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