Newark beat New York 4-1 behind a solid pitching performance from Big Bill Foster. Foster improved to 7-3 by allowing 1 run over 7 innings. Ty Cobb went 2-3 to improve to .359 on the season, and Pop Lloyd added a hit. Satchel Paige took the complete-game loss. Chuck Klein had 2 doubles in the loss, and Louis Santop added a hit.
Kansas City beat Pittsburgh 9-5. Alejandro Oms had a huge game, going 3-5 with a home run and 2 RBI. Ted Williams and Billy Williams both had home runs for Kansas City. Frog Redus and Dobie Moore each had 2 hits for Pittsburgh.
St. Louis took over first place by beating Detroit 8-6, thanks to a 6-run 8th inning rally. Tank Carr went 2-4 with 2 RBI and Oscar Johnson went 2-4 with 1 RBI. Joe DiMaggio added a home run for St. Louis. Biz Mackey had a big day for Detroit, going 3-5 with 4 RBI. Alex Radcliffe also had 3 hits for Detroit.
Birmingham crushed Washington 8-0. Smokey Joe Williams was dominant, throwing a 3-hit complete-game shutout to drop his ERA to 1.84 on the season. Babe Ruth went 3-5 with a home run and 3 RBI. Roberto Clemente led the game off with a home run for the 3rd time in the last 2 weeks, and reached base 5 times (4-4, 1 walk). Chaney White also had 3 hits for Birmingham. Wade Boggs (2 hits) and Chino Smith had the only hits for Washington.
Today’s Player Focus post is on Alejandro Oms, the Cuban center fielder who starred in the Cuban and Negro Leagues.
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Results
NYC 1 at NWK 4
KMG 9 at PCG 5
DSG 6 at STL 8
BIR 8 at WHG 0
Summaries
NEW YORK AT NEWARK
Black Yankees... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Eagles.......... 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 4 7 1 Win:Foster(7-3) Loss:Paige(2-6) Save:Gossage(11th) Homeruns- B.Robinson(3rd)
In an entertaining game at the ballpark the final score was the Newark Eagles 4, the New York Black Yankees 1.
Big Bill Foster(7-3) gave Newark a solid outing. He surrendered 7 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. Both teams totaled 7 hits on the afternoon.
Goose Gossage earned the save, his 11th. The losing pitcher was Satchel Paige(2-6). He gave up 7 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings.
KANSAS CITY AT PITTSBURGH
Monarchs........ 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 9 15 0 Crawfords....... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 - 5 11 1 Win:Manning(5-2) Loss:Byrd(2-5) Homeruns- T.Williams(3rd), A.Oms(3rd), B.Williams(3rd)
Johnny Mize had 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Kansas City Monarchs bested the Pittsburgh Crawfords 9 to 5 at Greenlee Field.
Max Manning(5-2) pitched well for Kansas City in their victory. He went 8 and 2/3 innings surrendering 11 hits and 2 walks. Pittsburgh was out-hit by Kansas City, 15 hits to 11.
Bill Byrd(2-5) was tagged with the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 9 innings.
DETROIT AT ST. LOUIS
Stars........... 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 - 6 14 1 Stars........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 8 12 0 Win:Winters(2-0) Loss:Chesbro(2-1) Save:Eckersley(4th) Homeruns- J.Dimaggio(2nd)
In a close game it was the St. Louis Stars 8, the Detroit Stars 6 at the ballpark.
Nip Winters(2-0) was reasonably effective in relief and got credit with the victory. He went 2 and 1/3 innings and surrended up 3 hits and 2 walks. Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed runs across.
Winters was helped out by Dennis Eckersley who recorded his 4th save. Jack Chesbro(2-1) was hit with the loss in relief. His ERA ballooned from 3.48 to 7.36 as he allowed 5 runs in 2/3 of an inning.
BIRMINGHAM AT WASHINGTON
Black Barons.... 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 - 8 15 0 Homestead Grays. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Win:Williams(4-3) Loss:Brown(2-5) Homeruns- R.Clemente(3rd), B.Ruth(6th)
Smokey Joe Williams held Washington scoreless on just 3 hits and left fielder Babe Ruth slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI as the Birmingham Black Barons outscored the Washington Homestead Grays 8 to 0.
Williams(4-3) simply dominated Washington. He allowed only 3 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 2.06 to 1.84. Birmingham had a total of 15 hits for the game.
Ray Brown(2-5) was the loser. He got hammered, allowing 14 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings. ‘Williams pitched a gem of a game’, Washington’s manager recounted. ‘He kept our batters off balance the entire game.’