Day 31

The standings                              
                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Baltimore                               19       2     .905     ---
Washington                           12     10     .545    7.5
Brooklyn                                11     15     .423   10.5
NY Giants                                7     15     .318  12.5
NY Yankees                             8     18     .306  13.5



Day 31 results
Baltimore 7, NY Yankees 1
WP: Winters (3-0)
LP:  Pennock (4-3)
HR: J Johnson (1)


NY Yankees 10, Brooklyn 2 
WP:Bush (1-4)
LP: Vance (6-2)
HR: Ruth (6), High (1)



Day 32 games
Brooklyn (Reuther 0-2) at Baltimore (Cooper 4-1)
Washington (Johnson 4-1) at Baltimore (Donaldson 3-0)

Day 31 recaps
Baltimore 7, NY Yankees 1: Judy Johnson capped off a six-run rally with a sixth-inning grand slam off Herb Pennock, and Nip Winters retired 18 Yankee batters in a row en route to his third win. Pennock hit and injured two of the Elites in that sixth inning, in which Baltimore got RBI doubles from John Beckwith and Home Run Johnson.

NY Yankees 10, Brooklyn 2:  The Yankees slammed Dazzy Vance for 15 hits and eight runs in eight innings of labor for the Robins ace. Joe Bush went the distance for the Yankees, scattering 10 hits. Ruth hit a three-run homer in the eighth, and Aaron Ward went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI.

 
Pitcher use notes

Baltimore:   Williams and Winters rest until Day 35. Holland pitched two innings on Day 31.

Brooklyn:  Doak and Grimes rests until Day 33. Vance rests until Day 35. Henry pitched one inning on Day 31.

NY Giants:   Dean rests until Day 33.  McQuillan and Bentley rest until Day 35. Jonnard pitched two innings on Day 30.

NY Yankees:   Hoyt rests until Day 33. Pennock and Bush rest until Day 34. Bush rests Beall pitched two innings on Day 31. Merkle pitched on inning on Day 31.
 
Washington:   Ogden rests until Day 34. Martina rests until Day 35.