3rd

Boston players present a horseshoe of roses to Giants manager Bill Joyce before the game, then defeat him and the Giants 3-2.

5th

With the bases loaded, Pittsburgh's Jim Donnelly hits a ball that goes through Jesse Burkett's legs in LF. Burkett refuses to field it and by the time SS Ed McKean can get the ball, 4 Pirate runners score. Cleveland loses the game 6-1.

Boston's victory, along with its win the next day, give the Beaneaters an incredible record of 28 wins in 30 games. Nevertheless, the Orioles are still close behind.

The Reds defeat Baltimore 8-5 for their 10th win in 11 games and move past the Orioles into 2nd place in the NL race.

6th

Brooklyn tries for a "Boston 9th-inning finish," but fails, losing to New York 7-5.

9th

The Athletics score in 8 of 9 innings and accumulate 26 hits en route to a 19-7 rout of Cincinnati.

13th

Ed Delahanty has 9 hits in 9 at bats during the Philadelphia-Louisville doubleheader. Philadelphia wins both games 4-3 and 9-7.

14th

Delahanty continues his hard-hitting, going 4-for-5 with 2 singles, a double, and a HR in Philadelphia's 10-5 win over Louisville. Delahanty sets a record with 10 consecutive hits.

15th

Washington 1B Tommy Tucker hits five singles and a double in 6 at bats in the Senators' 16-5 win over the Reds.

16th

A game is played under electric lights at the Clyde Park in San Antonio, TX. Dallas wins the exhibition 10-5.

Owner outrage at player ineptitude is vividly expressed by Washington's president J. Earl Wagner. His Senators, en route to a not-so-bad 7th place, are denounced as "dunghills and quitters."

The Louisville Colonels purchase the contract of Honus Wagner, the Atlantic League's star fielder and batter.

After the Louisville Colonels score 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th to gain a 7-7 tie with New York, the Giants complain that the rally was illegally aided by suspicious calls by the umpire. New York refuses to take the field in the 10th inning, and the Colonels are awarded a 9-0 forfeit victory.

17th

Baltimore's Willie Keeler gets 5 hits and scores 5 runs in a 20-2 rout of Chicago.

18th

Cap Anson makes his career 3,000th hit, a 4th-inning single, as Clark Griffith and the Colts defeat Baltimore 6-3. The feat fails, however, to make the Chicago papers.

19th

Honus Wagner makes his first appearance, singling and stealing 2B as Louisville beats Washington 6-2.

22nd

After a base on balls in the Pittsburgh-Baltimore game, umpire Jack Sheridan moves his station behind the pitcher's box. Pirates P "Pink" Hawley says something to Sheridan, whereupon the umpire strikes Hawley in the face. The pitcher retaliates with 2 blows that knock Sheridan out. After 10 minutes, Sheridan continues and Pittsburgh loses the game.

31st

Brooklyn P Bill Kennedy becomes so upset at umpire Hank O'Day that he throws a ball at him. The ball misses O'Day, who has his back turned, allowing George Davis to score the winning run for the Giants.

Louisville ties a ML record by having 6 batters reach base after being hit by pitchers Mike McDermott and John Grimes of St. Louis.