IN THE NEWS: Lefty Babe Ruth loses his first game after five wins, as the Nationals beat Boston, 53. Ruth allows just five singles in seven 2/3 innings, but walks 9. The Babe walks the bases loaded in the 8th, and reliever Dutch Leonard serves up a 3-run double to Washington catcher John Henry.
The Phils' Pete Alexander beats Boston, 30, for his 2nd shutout of the year.
IN THE NEWS: Christy Mathewson, beset with back problems, makes his first start of the year, losing to the Braves, 76, in 10 innings. Matty goes the distance allowing 15 hits, including a homer to rival pitcher Lefty Tyler. The Giants were held in check by Tyler until the 9th when, trailing 40, they tie it up. Fred Merkle's homer is the big blow in the inning.
Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard shuts out the Yankees, 30. The Yanks will take the next three games to drop Boston below .500.
IN THE NEWS: Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays relieves Babe Ruth with the score 42 in the 9th against New York. New York ties the game on a 2-out error by 3B Larry Gardner, and wins in 13 innings, 84. Mays makes his first appearance of the year following a tonsil operation in the spring.
IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh's Max Carey hits a homer off Cubs rookie Jimmy Lavender to give the Pirates a 10 win. The Cubs will lose ten 10 decisions this year, tying the ML record.
IN THE NEWS: Thirty walks are allowed at Philadelphia as Detroit overwhelms the A's 162. Tiger rookie George Cunningham is lifted with one out in the 3rd inning after walking six batters. He is given the win, but leaves with a no hitter and leading 90. Eighteen of the walks are issued by the A's 12 by reliever Carl Ray on their way to a season total of 715. Not until 1938 will a team (the St. Louis Browns with 737) top that. Detroit will add another 11 walks against the A's tomorrow for a 2-game major-league record of 29.
The Giants, 213 and in last place, open their western swing with a 135 win at Pittsburgh. New York uses three pitchers, and pound three Buc hurlers for 16 hits. New York will win their next 16 games.
The Red Sox and Dutch Leonard stop the Indians, 51, ending the first-place Tribe's 8-game win streak. The game marks Tris Speaker's return to Boston, and 15,000 cheer his every move. After one inning Speaker inadvertently heads into the Sox dugout, much to the crowd's delight.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants top Pittsburgh, 32, to sweep the 4-game series. Christy Mathewson shuts out Pirates for five innings, but Doc Johnston's triple in the 6th helps tie it at 22. Rube Benton relieves Matty and picks up the win when the Giants score.
IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals rookie Rogers Hornsby hits his first home run, off Brooklyn's Jeff Pfeffer. It is a bounce home run (legal till 1931) that lands behind 3B and skips into the stands at Robison Field in St. Louis.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants win their 10th on the road, when Christy Mathewson allows six hits in clipping the Cardinals, 41. Hi Jasper is the losing pitcher.
At Fenway, starter Babe Ruth walks the first two Browns hitters. With the 2nd walk, Ruth's batterymate Pinch Thomas complains so much about the call that he is tossed, and Sam Agnew takes his place behind the plate. After two outs, and runners at 1B and 3B, the Browns pull a double steal to score. The Sox take a 21 lead after 4, and when Ruth walks the bases loaded in the 6th, Carl Mays relieves. Mays allows two hits in three 1/3 innings to preserve the 31 win. Ruth allows no hits in his five 2/3 innings.
The Senators paste the Indians, 133. Shorty Desjardien mops up for Cleveland in the 8th inning, allowing three runs on three walks and two hits in his only major league appearance.
IN THE NEWS: In Cincinnati, Rube Benton pitches the Giants to a 43 win over the Reds, New York's 12th win in a row on the road. Benton needs relief help from Jeff Tesreau and Christy Mathewson in the 9th to win.
IN THE NEWS: Boston shuts out Detroit, 40, as Babe Ruth allows just four singles. Ruth adds two hits but Harry Hooper's fielding heroics4 great catchesmake him the day's star.
IN THE NEWS: Despite outfielder Benny Kauff's base running blunders. The New York Giants cruise to 14th straight road win, 121 over Boston. Kauff, the Federal League's "Ty Cobb", sets a NL record when he is picked off first base three times, the only 20th century player to do this. Lefty Tyler picks Benny off three times. Sailor Stroud is the winner, picking up his last ML victory.
Philley outfielder Gavvy Cravath's strike to the plate cuts down Brooklyn's Casey Stengel for the last out in the 6th and saves Grover Cleveland Alexander's 10 shutout win over Sherry Smith. The Phils move into first place on the strength of Alex's 4th shutout of the month.
The Yankees stop the visiting Red Sox twice, winning 21 and 65, in 10 innings.
IN THE NEWS: It's shutout day in the AL: Carl Mays submarines the Yankees, 30, for the visiting Red Sox., and the White Sox take two from the Indians, both by 20 scores. The winning pitchers are Jim Scott and Red Faber.
IN THE NEWS: Christy Mathewson beats the Braves 30 for the Giants' 17th consecutive win on the road. Matty gives up just four singles in beating Dick Rudolph. New York is only one 1/2 games behind the leading Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: The Phillies' Al Demaree, an ex-Giant, finally stops the Giants, 51, handing New York its first loss in 18 games. Giant 3B Bill McKecknie, obtained from Newark (Federal League) in April, is caught stealing three times.
Browns pitcher Earl Hamilton, with 50 wins in the last four years but just one appearance this year, is sold to Detroit. He'll go 12, then be waived back to St. Louis on June 22.
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