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1888


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1st

St. Louis slugger Tip O'Neill hits a HR over the fence in the 8th inning and lays down a game-winning bunt single in the 10th inning to beat Athletics ace Ed Seward 3-2. O'Neill will win the AA batting title with a .335 average.

3rd

Tim Keefe pitches his 8th shutout of the season, the high mark in the ML this year, but he fails to win when Ben Sanders and the Phillies battle the Giants to an 11-inning scoreless tie.

6th

Indianapolis tries its 2nd experimental night game (the first was August 22nd) but the natural-gas illumination is inadequate, and the idea is dropped.

12th

New York forfeits a game in Chicago when Buck Ewing is injured and cannot continue. With no uniformed substitutes available, the Giants simply leave the field in the 5th inning.

14th

Ed Seward wins his 3rd game in 3 days as the Athletics defeat Brooklyn 4-2. Seward has allowed only 13 hits in the 3 games. He will try again tomorrow and allow only 4 hits but will lose to the Grooms 4-2.

15th

Ed Morris of Pittsburgh pitches his 4th consecutive shutout, a record that will be unsurpassed in the NL until 1968. Morris's gems include 1-0 and 2-0 victories over the Phillies, a 7-inning 2­0 win over the Senators, and today's 1-0 win over the Giants.

17th

Ed Morris's streak is broken when the Giants score in the 2nd inning on doubles by Ewing and Slattery. The run sends Morris to defeat 1-0.

18th

Ben Sanders of the Phillies loses his bid for a perfect game when pitching opponent Gus Krock singles with one out in the 9th inning for the Colts. Sanders wins 6-0.

20th

In a doubleheader pitching duel, Tony Mullane beats Ed Seward twice 1-0 and 2­1. The Reds total only 9 hits, while the Athletics get 10.

23rd

Cincinnati sells starting players Frank Fennelly and John Corkhill. Without them, the Reds will win 13 of their final 16 games.

27th

Little-used Ed "Cannonball" Crane pitches a 7-inning no-hitter for the Giants against the Senators, walking 6 and winning 3-0.

30th

With the WA season completed and the warring Kansas City clubs having agreed to merge, the Cowboys move their final home game to the Blues' Exposition Park. The game is a 45-hit slugfest with the Cowboys beating the Athletics 26-14. Monk Cline scores 6 runs for KC.