Davis is Sterling in Shutout of Brooklyn Ball Club
Philly Ace Holds Dodgers to six hits in complete game shut out
Brooklyn 0 6 1
Philadelphia (NL) 2 4 1
Ethan Allen hit a home run and Curt Davis (pictured) whitewashed Brooklyn as thePhiladelphia Phillies topped the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 2 to 0 at the Baker Bowl. Davis (2-0) gave Philadelphia a solid outing. Davis was stingy, allowing just 6 hits, all singles and 1 walk in 9 innings and seeing his ERA drop from 1.00 to 0.50. Philadelphia had only 4 hits for the afternoon. Ray Benge (1-1) was charged with the loss. He surrendered 2 runs and 4 hits in 8 innings. One of those hits, however, was Allan's home run, which proved the difference.
Reds Top Bucs in 12Piet hits, gets hit, in Cinci victory
Cincinnati 4 11 2
Pittsburgh 3 8 1
Tony Piet (pictured) had already had a fine day at Forbes Field when he came to bat in the 12th inning. He had three hits, two of them doubles, had scored twice and knocked in one of his own. But Piet's game winning moment came when he got hit by Pirates pitcher Waite Hoyt. Piet then stole second base and was able to get to third when Bucs catcher Pat Veltman threw the ball into the outfield. Reds catcher Bob O'Farrell then hit a fly out deep enough to allow the speedy Piet to tag up.
The victory went to Don Brennan (1-0) who went 4 and 2/3 innings, allowing noruns. Hoyt (0-1) was charged with the loss in relief. He was a hard-luck loser as he did not allow an earned run in his 5 innings of work.
Giants Nick Braves in Hard Fought Contest
Hubbell outduels Brandt
New York (NL) 2 7 1
Boston (NL) 1 5 2
'The two best players were definitely both on the mound today,' admitted Giants slugger Mel Ott. 'We couldn't hit their pitcher and they couldn't hit ours.' In a game that saw only 12 hits and two walks, the Giants were able to notch their fifth win of the season. The difference in the game in retrospect turned out to be Boston shortstop Bill Urbanski's muff that allowed the Giants to score on what would have been the third out. Fortunately for New York, Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell (3-0) simply dominated Boston. He didn't allow much, just 5 hits and no walks in 9 innings. New York had a total of 7 hits for the game. The loss was charged to Ed Brandt (2-1). He gave up 5 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings.
Cards Outhit, Outpitch Cubs in Tough 5-3 Win
Dean's Third Start Goes Better
St. Louis (NL) 5 10 1
Chicago (NL) 3 5 2
Dizzy Dean admits that he still isn't pitching quite as well as he'd like, but his second best was still good enough to allow the Cards a 5-3 wins over league leading Chicago. Dean allowed 5 hits and 3 walks in his complete game win to improve to 1-2. Jack Rothrock (pictured), who has struggled at the plate this year, got two hits and improved his batting average to .125. Spud Davis also had 2 base hits. In all, St. Louis had 10 hits for the afternoon. Guy Bush (2-1) absorbed the loss for the Cubbies. He pitched 9 innings and surrendered 10 hits and no walks. 'I'm just glad we were able to get Diz some runs this time,' said Rothrock, reminding reporters that Dean's second loss came in a 2-0 loss to the Cubs earlier in the year.
