Day 44

The standings                              
                                                W      L    Pct.     GB
Baltimore                               26     10     .722     ---
Washington                           21     13     .618     4*
Brooklyn                                17     18     .471      8.5
NY Giants                              11     22     .333    13.5
NY Yankees                           11     23     .324   14

*On Day 29, Washington won a game. I inadvertently deducted two wins from its previous total. The Senators won-loss record as shown here is now correct.


Day 44 results
NY Yankees 7, NY Giants 1
WP: Hoyt (4-3)
LP:  Barnes (1-7)
HR: Youngs (4), Ward (3)

Baltimore 3, Washington 2
WP:Winters (4-2)
LP:Johnson (5-3)
Save: D Brown (2)
HR: B Taylor (3)


Day 45 games
Baltimore (Drake 2-0) at Giants (McQuillan 2-3)
Yankees (Bush 2-4) at Washington (Mogridge 3-1)

Day 43 recaps

NY Yankees 7, NY Giants 1: Waite Hoyt worked five scoreless innings of relief after Herb Pennock injured himself batting, and Aaron Ward drove in two runs on a triple and a homer. Wally Pipp also had two RBIs on a triple and double.

Baltimore 3, Washington 2: Ben Taylor hit a two-run homer in the fifth and four Baltimore pitchers combined to make the lead hold up. Cristobal Torriente hit a pair of triples for the Elites. Nip Winters went seven innings for the win, and John Donaldson, Bill Holland and Dave Brown combined for the final six outs.

Pitcher use notes

Baltimore:  Williams, Holland and Rogan rest until Day 46. Bell rests until Day 47. Wnters rests until Day 48. Cooper pitched two innings on Day 43. Donaldson pitched one inning on Day 44. Brown faced one batter on Day 44.

Brooklyn: Ruether rests until Day 46. Osborne and Doak rest until Day 47. Henry and Ehrhardt each pitched one inning on Day 42.

NY Giants:  Dean, Jonnard, Maun and Nehf rest until Day 46. Watson rests until Day 47. Ryan and Baldwin rest until Day 48. Barnes rests until Day 49.

NY Yankees: Pennock rests until Day 47. Hoyt rests until Day 48. Markle pitched one inning on Day 44. Mamaux pitched one inning on Day 44.
 
Washington:  Zachary and Johnson rest until Day 48. Marberry pitched two innings on Day 43.