Meanwhile, the Giants split with the Pirates, winning and losing by 4 – 2 scores. Babe Adams wins the nitecap for the Bucs, shutting out the Giants in the last 8 innings.

After losing the opening game to Boston, 3 – 2, the last-place Reds come back in the second game to break the longest losing streak in the club’s history (and third longest in the National League) and tying the 20th Century mark of the 1906 Boston Beaneaters at 19 straight. Charles “King” Lear wins his only game of the year and pitches his only shutout ever, 3 – 0. The Reds wait till the 9th to score their three runs.

Grover Alexander coasts to a 9 – 4 win over the Cubs as Gavvy Cravath bangs two homers to lead the Phils’ offense.

Rube Marquard loses his 12th in a row, as the Cards sink the Giants twice, but the Cards fall short of overtaking New York in 2nd place by 2 1/2 games.

1914 – The White Sox score in the 4th inning on a Walter Johnson wild pitch, one of four that Johnson uncorks in the game. But he strikes out 12 batters in 13 innings as the Nats finally break through against Chicago’s Red Faber for a 6 – 1 win. The record book gives Johnson all four wild pitches in the 4th inning, but it appears that Eddie Collins, who opened with a single, stole 2nd and advanced on a grounder to 3rd, scored the Pale Hose’s only tally on a just one wild pitch.

Before the Phils-Cards game, Grover Cleveland Alexander is presented with a check for $1,000 for winning 25 games. Alex proceeds to win his 25th, allowing just two hits while fanning 11.

The Giants edge the Phillies, 3 – 2, but the Quakers jump on Christy Mathewson for seven runs on seven hits in three innings, and win 10 – 6.