Yankees coasted to their third straight victory over Cleveland, 3-2. George Selkirk's double in the eighth inning scored Bill Dickey with the winning run. The Indians were able to get only five hits off the combined pitching of Bump Hadley and Johnny Murphy.
Angelo Guilieni,—second-string catcher of the Washington Club, became the goat as the Senators lost to Chicago, 8-7. Giulieni dropped the ball in the last half of the ninth inning while tagging Gerald Walker. The error permitted Walker to score the winning run. Sam West's home run with two on base had given the Senators the lead in the fourth inning, but the White Sox tied the count in the eighth. "This defeat enabled the Philadelphia Athletics to climb to sixth place by virtue of two victories over St Louis, 5-3 and 8-6.
Successive singles by Earl Brucker, Ben Chapman and Bill Nagel gave the Athletics two runs in the ninth inning of the opener. George Mc-Quinn got a homer for the Browns with one on base. and another with the bases empty.
nother ninth-inning spree accounted for the second victory. Joe Gantenbein homered, Chapman homered "ith two aboard and Bob Johnse, singled, providing 4 four "uns in the final inning.
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