In the finale of the 4-game sets, both teams used their B lineups. One game went to extra innings, and one game was a blowout.
Birmingham beat Washington 4-3 thanks to a 2-run home run rally in the bottom of the 8th inning. Hurley McNair drove in the two runs with a double.
St. Louis edged Detroit 6-4. Eddie Collins had 4 RBI, to support Leon Day’s third win. Day’s only mistake was a 4th inning grand slam by Bobby Doerr, which was Doerr’s second grand slam this season.
Pittsburgh beat Kansas City 5-4 in 10 innings. Slim Jones went 9-2/3 innings to pick up the win, while giving up 9 hits and 7 walks. Jimmie Crutchfield, Dobie Moore, and Frog Redus supported his effort with a total of 8 hits and 3 RBI.
Newark blanked New York 8-0. William Bell threw a complete game shutout, Superman Pennington had 3 RBI, and Pop Lloyd homered.
Today’s Player Focus post is on William Bell, one of the better right-handed pitchers of the 1920s.
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Results
WHG 3 at BIR 4
STL 6 at DSG 4
PCG 5 at KMG 4 (10)
NWK 8 at NYC 0
Summaries
WASHINGTON AT BIRMINGHAM
Homestead Grays. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 3 4 0 Black Barons.... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 6 0 Win:Trent(1-1) Loss:Wilhelm(0-1) Save:Willis(2nd) Homeruns- R.Alomar(1st), R.Parnell(1st)
Harry Salmon took a no-hitter into the 6th inning at the ballpark as the Birmingham Black Barons beat the Washington Homestead Grays 4 to 3.
Ted Trent(1-1) looked good in relief and was the winning pitcher. He surrendered only 1 hit and no walks in 1 inning. The right-handed Salmon lost a no-hitter when Buck O’Neil singled with nobody out in the 6th inning. Vic Willis relieved and was untouched by Washington as he recorded the save, his 2nd.
Hoyt Wilhelm(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits and no walks in 1/3 of an inning.
ST. LOUIS AT DETROIT
Stars........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 6 12 2 Stars........... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 2 Win:Day(3-0) Loss:Niekro(0-1) Save:Clarkson(1st) Homeruns- E.Collins(1st), R.Campanella(1st), B.Doerr(2nd)
Second baseman Eddie Collins slammed a homerun and had 4 RBI at Mack Park as the St. Louis Stars beat the Detroit Stars by the count of 6 to 4.
Collins was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided much of the offense for the visitors. He doubled in the 1st inning, smacked a three-run homer in the 7th inning and stroked a single plating a run in the 9th inning. St. Louis finished with 12 hits while Detroit ended up with 5.
The win was credited to Leon Day(3-0) who went 6 and 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs. John Clarkson earned his 1st save. Phil Niekro(0-1) was given the loss in relief. He pitched 2 and 1/3 innings and surrendered 5 hits and no walks.
PITTSBURGH AT KANSAS CITY
Crawfords....... 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 14 1 Monarchs........ 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 9 0 Win:Jones(1-1) Loss:Nichols(2-1) Save:Smoltz(3rd)
One run was the difference at Muehlebach Field as the Pittsburgh Crawfords defeated the Kansas City Monarchs in 10 innings 5 to 4.
The score was tied at 4 after nine. Pittsburgh won the game in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Rogers Hornsby banged out a single. Kid Nichols then had one get away for a wild pitch. A balk was called. Mickey Cochrane followed and he laced a base-knock scoring the run. Pittsburgh banged out 14 hits on the afternoon.
Slim Jones(1-1) went 9 and 2/3 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Jones got relief help from John Smoltz who gained credit for his 3rd save. Nichols(2-1) absorbed the loss in relief. He surrendered 1 run and 3 hits in 4 and 1/3 innings.
‘I didn’t have my best stuff but sometimes you just get lucky,’ Jones said, ‘this was one of those times.’
NEWARK AT NEW YORK
Eagles.......... 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 8 8 0 Black Yankees... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 Win:Bell(1-2) Loss:Rogan(2-1) Homeruns- P.Lloyd(1st)
William Bell tossed a shutout as the Newark Eagles bested the New York Black Yankees 8 to 0 at the ballpark.
Bell(1-2) looked very much in control throughout the day. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just 7 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 6.14 to 3.80. Newark rapped out 8 hits for the afternoon.
The loss was charged to Bullet Joe Rogan(2-1). He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 6 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.