Detroit beat Birmingham, 6-3. Detroit scored 5 runs in the third inning thanks to a grand slam by Yogi Berra. Mule Suttles had a big day at the plate, going 3-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Hilton Smith picked up his 3rd win, going 8 innings while giving up 3 runs. Hurley McNair had 2 hits in the loss.
New York beat Kansas City 6-4 in 10 innings. Bullet Joe Rogan pitched well enough to win on most days, going 8-2/3 innings while allowing 4 runs. Gabby Hartnett drove home the go ahead run with a triple, and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jimmie Lyons. Charles Blackwell contributed with 2 hits for New York. Buck Leonard hit a big 3-run homer for Kansas City to tie the game in the 7th inning. It was his first of the season.
Newark easily handled Pittsburgh 7-4. William Bell picked up the win, going 8-2/3 innings with only 1 earned run allowed. Dave Winfield and Jelly Gardner each had 2 RBI for Newark. Frog Redus drove in a run for Pittsburgh.
Leon Day led St. Louis past Washington 4-3. Willard “Home Run” Brown, really was Ese Hombre, with a crucial 2-run homer. Oscar Heavy Johnson also homered for St. Louis, and Eddie Collins singled to run his hitting streak to 14 games. Chino Smith had an RBI for Washington, and Andy Cooper pitched well in the loss.
Today’s Player Focus post is on Willard Brown, a power hitting outfielder who went on to play in the American League and was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Results
DSG 6 at BIR 3
NYC 6 at KMG 4 (10)
PCG 4 at NWK 7
WHG 3 at STL 4
Summaries
DETROIT AT BIRMINGHAM
Stars........... 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 1 Black Barons.... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 9 1 Win:Smith(3-1) Loss:Salmon(1-3) Save:Sutter(8th) Homeruns- Y.Berra(3rd)
In a game at the ballpark the Detroit Stars got by the Birmingham Black Barons by the score of 6 to 3.
Hilton Smith(3-1) had a solid outing for Detroit. He went 8 innings and surrended up 9 hits and 1 walk. Detroit had a total of 8 hits for the game.
Bruce Sutter preserved the game for Smith, recording his his 8th save. Harry Salmon(1-3) was charged with the loss. Detroit knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 6 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings.
NEW YORK AT KANSAS CITY
Black Yankees... 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 10 0 Monarchs........ 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 12 1 Win:Coveleski(2-0) Loss:Nichols(2-2) Save:Fingers(8th) Homeruns- B.Leonard(1st)
In a two run game the New York Black Yankees got by the Kansas City Monarchs in 10 innings by the score of 6 to 4.
The score was tied at 4 after nine. New York won the hard fought contest in the 10th inning. Eddie Mathews kicked off the action when he reached on an error. Gabby Hartnett followed next and he tripled scoring a run. One out later, Jimmie Lyons then hit a sacrifice fly scoring the final run of the inning. New York totaled 10 hits on the afternoon.
The win was credited to Stan Coveleski(2-0) who went 1 inning allowing no runs. Rollie Fingers was credited with his 8th save. Kid Nichols(2-2) ended up with the loss in relief. He was pinned with the loss despite not allowing an earned run in his 5 innings of work.
With this win, New York has a 16-12 record. They have been 4-6 lately. Kansas City has a record of 12-16 after the loss.
PITTSBURGH AT NEWARK
Crawfords....... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 6 1 Eagles.......... 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 - 7 10 3 Win:Bell(3-3) Loss:Jones(2-3) Save:Gossage(7th) Homeruns- B.Robinson(2nd)
Dave Winfield had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Newark Eagles bested the Pittsburgh Crawfords 7 to 4 at the ballpark.
William Bell(3-3) pitched a solid game. He was reached for 6 hits and 4 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings seeing his ERA drop from 2.72 to 2.45. Newark had 10 hits for the game and Pittsburgh had 6.
Goose Gossage recorded the save, his 7th. Slim Jones(2-3) was given the loss. He was touched for 7 hits and 2 walks in 2 and 2/3 innings.
The Newark ballclub’s record now stands at 13-15. With the loss, the Pittsburgh ballclub’s record is 13-15.
WASHINGTON AT ST. LOUIS
Homestead Grays. 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Stars........... 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Win:Day(4-1) Loss:Cooper(2-3) Save:Clarkson(2nd) Homeruns- O.Johnson(2nd), W.Brown(3rd)
The St. Louis Stars edged the Washington Homestead Grays at the ballpark by the score of 4 to 3.
St. Louis went ahead for good in the 5th inning scoring one runner on 2 hits. St. Louis managed 7 hits in their victory.
Leon Day(4-1) allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, and picked up the victory. John Clarkson got the save, his 2nd. Andy Cooper(2-3) was tagged with the loss. He allowed 4 runs and 7 hits in 6 and 2/3 innings.