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set five down on three strikes. Perrett and Woodburn were Bresnahan's twcTheavers. Former weakened, m last innings.and Pi rates bunched enough "hits to cap. Jack Miller's two hits-boosted Pirate score. Even with pennant nailed down,, Giants continue to win., Kirby outpitched Dickson. , . Boston scored four times in, r first inning, but after that Kirby worked like a real pitcher. . Campbell, Devlin, Kirke and Titus, vith twp hits ' eacfy, Col lected eight of nine Brave hits, Shafer and Fletcher with three hif dnd'Merkle with two'got the. majority of the Giant hits. One of Fletcher's was good, for three sacks. , ' . ' . Herzog, Giant .third baseman furnished fielding thrills. Eddie Stack, former Chicago sandlotter, strangled Philadel phia with four hits. White Sox slugged heavily in both games ar. St. ,Louis. , . Lange, Benz and Walsh pitch ed against Allison, Napier and Powell in first game, when both teams clouted the "sphere. iCi cotte bested Mitchell and Adams in afterpfcee of double bill. First inning of first game was a hummer. "Bodie drove out a homer with Collins onTjase in the Sox half. Williams and Pratt pounded circuit drives in the Brown section, chasing Lange. Rollie Zeider pestled six hits, Collins and Lord four each and I Boston three in two games. Derrill Pratt, as usual, was the jrorks'for S Louis. He amassed j three singles, a triple, and homer Eddie Cicotte fanned seven in the second game. -J Washington and Athletics staged longest game of American s .League season. After allowing four runs m1 first two innings Plank held Na tionals runless for 16 inriings." Washington won in 19th when Collins made a wild throw trying" to complete a double play. Groom tied Macks in knots for' eight innings. In ninth the score' was tied on bunched hits. J Johnson pitched the last ten in nings for Washington, and,J though hit hard, allowed no "Scor ing. He fanned seven Macks. L Sensational fielding saved pitch- " ers for both teams-several times." Each side ' made three double 'plays., , Great tstops by McBride, who handled 15N;hances, and Foster saved the day for Johnson. Philadelphia soaked 24 hits tar 13 fq,r Washington, showing how Plank excelled his rivals. Baker of the Macks soaked five hits. Lapp safetied four times Murphy, Collins and Oldring of the Athletics and Foster and Williams of. Washington got three each. Cleveland made it nine straight victories by swamping Wheatley youn Detroit pitcher. They,. " combed him(for21 hits. Willie Mitchell loafed on the job after his team got a big lead. JLajoie and Graney of Naps smashed four hits each, Jackson three, and Chapman, Turner Hendry and, O'NeiJl two