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MAY
1898
IN THE NEWS: The Board of Discipline of the National Baseball League adopts a set of rules to suppress rowdy ball playing. John T. Brush said the resolution, which he proposed, "has worked like a charm."
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn's Jimmy Sheckard hits a home run, two triples, and a single in a 9–6 defeat of Philadelphia. Eleven total bases will be the season's one-game high mark.
IN THE NEWS: Nap Lajoie of the Phillies goes 0-for-4 after 22 hits in the first 11 games.
IN THE NEWS: Baltimore manager Ned Hanlon sends a nasty letter to the league president, Nick Young, for scheduling a single game in New York. The Orioles arrived for the game, but were rained out, and Hanlon paid for the futile trip "without receiving a penny."
IN THE NEWS: Rookie Harry Steinfeldt, the "wonder from Wonderville," replaces injured Bid McPhee at 2B for the Reds, gets three hits against Louisville, and handles nine chances afield.
IN THE NEWS: Amos Rusie of the Giants sets down Brooklyn on one hit and wins 5–0.
IN THE NEWS: With the bases full and one out, Oriole RF Tommy O'Brien muffs Bobby Lowe's short fly, recovers the ball, runs in, tags Jimmy Collins at 2B, and steps on the bag to force Chick Stahl and complete an unassisted DP.
IN THE NEWS: Boston's Ted Lewis shuts out Brooklyn 12–0, giving up only one hit, a 9th-inning single, to opposing hurler Joe Yeager.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago pitcher Walter Thornton has a bad control day as hits three consecutive batters in the 4th in an 11–4 loss to St. Louis. Willie Sudhoff is the winner, while former Colt player George Decker has four hits. Thornton's three HBPs in a row is an ML record.
IN THE NEWS: Jake Beckley, Reds 1B, hits three consecutive triples off Kid Nichols in a 5–4 win over Boston.
IN THE NEWS: A 9th-inning scratch single by Brooklyn batter Fielder Jones breaks up a no-hit effort by Chick Fraser of Louisville, who wins 3–0.
IN THE NEWS: The highest run total of the season is scored in a 15–13 Oriole defeat of the Orphans in Chicago. The pitcher yields 36 hits, 10 walks, two wild pitches, and three hit batsmen.
Pitcher Clark Griffith of Chicago, ejected from the Baltimore game, spews obscene language at umpire Tom Lynch, who threatens him with the Board of Discipline. Sporting Life notes "the only witness appears to be catcher Bowerman of Baltimore, who is hardly likely to testify against Griffith."
IN THE NEWS: Chicago scores 20 runs off rookie Frank Kitson of Baltimore, who pitched a shutout in his debut May 19th. The game is called after seven innings with Chicago winning, 20–4.
IN THE NEWS: Cincinnati OF Elmer Smith, a former pitcher, is blanked after hitting in 30 consecutive games dating from Opening Day. The Reds defeat Ralph Miller of Brooklyn 7–2.
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