Thank God Mama got home before ten o'clock last night and with her clothes still unwrinkled, otherwise I don't know how I could've walked into the Baker Bowl club house today. Cy Williams staying out all night with my mother? I wouldn't know whether to grin about it or find a gun.
Speaking of guns, today we had one of those games where you're being barraged with one hit after another for nine straight innings. I can only imagine what those trenches were like in Europe for poor Papa during the War but they must have been like this, except with deadly shells and mustard gas instead of doubles and the stuff you put on pretzels. We know Oescheger's always in trouble, but Sothoron usually pitches okay for St. Louis so he was the surprise stinker. Good old Cy, in a happier mood than I've ever seen him, smacked a long homer shot in the 1st to put us up 3-0, and after five Card hits and two runs in the 2nd, we got two more on four singles and the second passed ball of the game by their catcher Clemons.
Oeschie's arm must've been made out of gunpowder, because the Cards seemed like they were getting three or four hits every inning. The problem was that Steineder and Betts had been overused by Fletcher the last few days and really had to rest. All we had were terrible Glazner and ridiculous Mitchell to bail us out. Sure enough, a Flack triple and Cooney single got them two runs in the 5th, before singles from Smith, Hornsby and Bottomley tied the game 5-5 in the 6th.
I kept looking around for Mama back in her front row seat, but she never made it. She was still sleeping this morning when I got up and made my own breakfast, but Cy did just fine without her watching him all afternoon. His single was one of five straight hits we began our 7th with, and four runs later we were up 9-5 and looking good.
Except Oeschie was still out there. He walked the first guy in the 8th, booted a grounder, and then Fletcher put Glazner in anyway. Two singles and a deep fly came right away, and it was 9-8!
Miracles can even happen on a sleepy Thursday in July, though. Whitey whiffed the scary Ray Blades to begin the 9th. The not-so-mighty-lately Hornsby rolled out to third and Bottomley to second and we'd pulled off a second straight squeaky win!
St. Louis had fired off twenty hits, and if baseball players ever wore helmets we'd have a bunch of dents in ours. The Cards also left sixteen runners on the bases, which is a good reason why they can't seem to get higher than fifth place. Tomorrow we begin August, reader-people, so I've added some league statistics I was able to nab from Fletcher's office after the game.
—Vinny
STL 020 021 030 - 8 20 0
PHI 320 000 40x - 9 15 2
Only National League games today:
PIRATES 5-9-1, at GIANTS 3-7-0
And another joke of a show put on by the McGraw Circus. Bentley gives the Bucs four runs before half the Polo Grounders are in their seats. It's 5-0 by the time the Giants wake up and score three times in the 4th, after which they drop dead for the half-speed throws of Lee Meadows. New York needed to sweep these guys to have any chance at all, and now they're ten games out.
REDS 4-4-0, at BRAVES 0-4-2
About time Cincy won again,their 60th of the season, and they do it with just four hits off Cooney. It helps that one is a three-run triple by George Burns. Rube Benton gets the shutout.
at ROBINS 3-7-0, CUBS 0-3-1
Dazzling shutout from Bill Doak, and Fournier rams his league-leading 25th homer out of Ebbets. I see them possibly passing the Reds soon.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STATISTICAL COMPENDIUM
RECORD IN JULY
19-12 Brooklyn, 17-11 Pittsburgh, 16-13 Cincinnati, 16-13 New York,
15-15 St. Louis, 11-13 Chicago, 10-18 Philadelphia, 9-20 Boston
RECORD AT HOME
Pittsburgh 34-19, Brooklyn 30-17, Cincinnati 30-24, New York 26-23,
St. Louis 28-30, Chicago 26-31, Philadelphia 15-27, Boston 13-32
RECORD ON ROAD
Pittsburgh 31-14, Cincinnati 30-19, New York 30-21, St. Louis 24-19,
Brooklyn 29-27, Chicago 20-23, Philadelphia 25-35, Boston 14-42
ONE-RUN CONTESTS
Pittsburgh 19-10, Brooklyn 18-12, St. Louis 21-15, New York 13-11,
Cincinnati 15-17, Chicago 12-15, Boston 14-20, Philadelphia 11-23
ADDITIONAL INNINGS
Pittsburgh 9-3, Boston 6-2, St. Louis 9-7, Cincinnati 6-7,
New York 5-5, Philadelphia 5-8, Chicago 3-7, Brooklyn 2-7
COMEBACK VICTORIES/RUINED ADVANTAGES
New York 27/15, Pittsburgh 31/21, St. Louis 34/24, Brooklyn 29/23,
Cincinnati 27/26, Chicago 19/26, Philadelphia 18/31, Boston 14/32
BATTING AVERAGE
St. Louis .300, Cincinnati .291, Pittsburgh .290, Brooklyn .288
New York .284, Chicago .281, Philadelphia .272, Boston .257
RUNS SCORED
St. Louis 586, Pittsburgh 563, New York 544, Chicago 544,
Brooklyn 540, Cincinnati 505, Philadelphia 478, Boston 358
TRIPLES
Cincinnati 93, Pittsburgh 88, Chicago 66, New York 65,
St. Louis 54, Brooklyn 40, Philadelphia 38, Boston 31
HOME RUNS
Philadelphia 80, Chicago 68, Brooklyn 65, New York 56,
St. Louis 37, Pittsburgh 34, Cincinnati 32, Boston 11
DOUBLE PLAYS GROUNDED INTO
Pittsburgh 94, New York 91, Chicago 101, Cincinnati 103,
St. Louis 110, Philadelphia 110, Brooklyn 129, Boston 149
RUNNERS LEFT ADRIFT
Philadelphia 782, Pittsburgh 796, New York 796, Boston 797,
Brooklyn 833, Chicago 867, St. Louis 877, Cincinnati 880
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Cincinnati 3.20, Pittsburgh 3.39, Brooklyn 3.84, New York 4.14
Chicago 5.03, St. Louis 5.10, Philadelphia 5.27, Boston 5.32
ERRORS
Philadelphia 81, Boston 106, Pittsburgh 112, New York 122,
St. Louis 130, Brooklyn 131, Chicago 131, Cincinnati 137
DOUBLE PLAYS EXECUTED
Pittsburgh 143, Cincinnati 127, Brooklyn 111, St. Louis 116,
New York 108, Philadelphia 101, Chicago 98, Boston 84
HOME RUNS ISSUED
Cincinnati 33, Pittsburgh 33, Brooklyn 40, Philadelphia 45
Boston 47, New York 52, St. Louis 64, Chicago 69
BATTING AVG. LEADERS
.403 Hornsby, STL
.378 Youngs, NYG
.377 Wheat, BRK
.358 Cuyler, PIT
.347 Blades, STL
.344 Fournier, BRK
.343 Bressler, CIN
.332 Brown, BRK
.331 Frisch, NYG
.328 Williams, PHL
HOME RUN LEADERS
25 Fournier, BRK
21 Hartnett, CHC
19 Williams, PHL
17 Wheat, BRK
14 Harper, PHL
RUNS BATTED IN LEADERS
104 Fournier, BRK
97 Hornsby, STL
92 Bottomley, STL
92 Cuyler, PIT
83 Wheat, BRK
81 Hartnett, CHC
GAME-DECIDING BLOWS
13 Cuyler, PIT
12 Fournier, BRK
11 Blades, STL
11 Wilson, NYG
10 Bottomley, STL
10 Grantham, CHC
WINS LEADERS
14-5 Rixey, CIN
14-6, Mays, CIN
14-7 Vance, BRK
14-8 Grimes, BRK
12-6 Cooper, PIT
13-8 Kremer, PIT
10-3 Morrison, PIT
10-4 Yde, PIT
E.R.A. LEADERS
2.19 Mays, CIN
2.43 Rixey, CIN
2.50 Vance, BRK
2.89 Doak, BRK
2.93 Yde, PIT
SAVED GAMES LEADERS
12 Jonnard, NYG
10 Dibut, CIN
10 Fowler, STL
| NATIONAL LEAGUE through Thursday, July 31 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 33 | .663 | — |
| Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 43 | .583 | 7.5 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 59 | 44 | .573 | 8.5 |
| New York Giants | 56 | 44 | .560 | 10 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 49 | .515 | 14.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 46 | 54 | .460 | 20 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 63 | .382 | 28 |
| Boston Braves | 27 | 74 | .267 | 39.5 |
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