The sixth set of 4-game series starts today, with Detroit, New York and St. Louis, tied for first place.
Kansas City jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Tubby Scales solo homer, but fell to Newark 3-1. Sammy T. Hughes scored a run, and Newark picked up solo homers from Hank Greenberg and Reggie Jackson. Bob Feller struck out 13 in a complete game loss, and Goose Gossage struck out the side to pick up his 6th save.
Pittsburgh jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, then gave up 13 consecutive runs before falling to New York by a score of 13-6. Pete Hill homered, stole a base, and had 2 RBI for New York, and Chuck Klein went 3-5 with a homer and 4 RBI. Chet Brewer picked up a rare 6-inning save. Spoony Palm had 2 hits in the loss and Rev Cannady added an RBI.
Birmingham jumped out to a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Josh Gibson, but fell 6-1 to St. Louis. (Catch the theme? This is the third team to open a first inning lead only to lose!) Oscar Charleston hit a 2-run home run, his third on the season. Frank Warfield added a 2-run triple. Christy Matthewson went the distance to pick up his first win. The dynamic duo of Babe Ruth and Josh Gibson were held to a 1-8 day for Birmigham. Candy Jim Taylor and Dick Seay each chipped in with a hit in the loss.
Detroit scored early and often in a 9-0 blanking of Washington. Al Kaline went 5-5 with a home run and 2 RBI, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Cool Papa Bell had 3 hits, and Dewey Creacy hit his first home run of the season. Pete Alexander struck out 12 in his complete game shutout. Frank Duncan had 2 of Washington’s 6 hits.
Today’s Player Focus post is on pitcher Chet Brewer, a well-traveled pitcher who played with the Kansas City Monarchs. His 1930 pitcher’s duel with Smokey Joe Williams (46 combined strike outs in 12 innings) was a Negro Leagues classic!
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Results
KMG 1 at NWK 3
NYC 13 at PCG 6
BIR 1 at STL 6
DSG 9 at WHG 0
Summaries
KANSAS CITY AT NEWARK
Monarchs........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Eagles.......... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 5 0 Win:Johnson(3-3) Loss:Feller(1-4) Save:Gossage(6th) Homeruns- T.Scales(2nd), H.Greenberg(3rd), R.Jackson(1st)
Walter Johnson(3-3) and Bob Feller(1-4) treated the Newark fans to a fine pitching duel at the ballpark. The Newark Eagles eventually emerged as victors over the Kansas City Monarchs by the score of 3 to 1.
Johnson gave Newark a solid outing. He went 7 innings allowing 6 hits and 1 walk improving his ERA from 3.40 to 3.10. Kansas City went down without a fight in the 9th.
Goose Gossage preserved the game for Johnson, recording his his 6th save. With this win, Newark has a 9-12 record. They have been 7-3 lately. Not able to get much going in recent weeks, Kansas City is 2-8 of late and now has an overall record of 7-14, worst in the league.
NEW YORK AT PITTSBURGH
Black Yankees... 0 1 3 6 0 0 3 0 0 - 13 13 0 Crawfords....... 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 1 Win:Faber(1-1) Loss:Maddux(2-3) Save:Brewer(1st) Homeruns- H.Wagner(1st), C.Klein(3rd), P.Hill(1st), R.Yount(3rd)
In a one-sided affiar at Greenlee Field the final score was the New York Black Yankees 13, the Pittsburgh Crawfords 6.
Chuck Klein was a thorn in the side of the hometown fans as he enjoyed a fine day at their team’s expense. He doubled scoring a run in the 3rd inning, doubled bringing in a run in the 4th inning and blasted a two-run home run in the 7th inning. New York banged out 13 hits on the afternoon.
Red Faber(1-1) allowed no runs in 2 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the victory. Chet Brewer earned his 1st save. The loss was charged to Greg Maddux(2-3). He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 8 hits and 2 walks in 3 and 1/3 innings.
BIRMINGHAM AT ST. LOUIS
Black Barons.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Stars........... 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 6 1 Win:Mathewson(1-4) Loss:Rusie(3-1) Homeruns- O.Charleston(3rd)
Christy Mathewson had a complete game as the St. Louis Stars bested the Birmingham Black Barons 6 to 1 at the ballpark.
Birmingham was unable to climb back into it after St. Louis went ahead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning when they scored 3 runs on 2 hits. That early scoring held up. After the 3rd inning, neither team was able to score.
Mathewson(1-4) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 1 run. Amos Rusie(3-1) was tagged with the loss. St. Louis knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 6 runs in 3 innings.
DETROIT AT WASHINGTON
Stars........... 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 9 18 0 Homestead Grays. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Win:Alexander(5-1) Loss:Roberts(0-4) Homeruns- A.Kaline(4th), D.Creacy(1st)
Al Kaline had 5 hits and 2 RBI and Pete Alexander whiffed 12 batters as the Detroit Stars defeated the Washington Homestead Grays 9 to 0 at Griffith Stadium.
Kaline had a good day at the plate. He doubled in the 2nd inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 3rd inning, laced a one-base hit in the 4th inning, stroked a base-hit in the 6th inning and banged out a single which plated a run in the 8th inning. Detroit totaled 18 hits on the afternoon.
For Alexander(5-1) it was his 2nd shutout this year. Robin Roberts(0-4) was hit with the loss. He was knocked around by Detroit, allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.
Alexander, when asked about his 12 strikeout performance noted, ‘The important thing is that we won, if I get 20 and we lose, what good does it do our team? But, on the other hand, since we won it feels great!’