IN THE NEWS: Detroit sweeps a Labor Day doubleheader from Washington, picking up an AL record 21 infield assists in game 2. This is still the AL record. SS Kid Elberfeld has 12 assists to back up Roscoe Miller.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 2, 1901 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Boston Braves 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 11, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 6, Chicago Cubs 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, New York Giants 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 6, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Philadelphia Athletics 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 9 at South Side Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 9, Cleveland Indians 4 at League Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 1 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, Washington Senators 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 7, Washington Senators 4 at Bennett Park |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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IN THE NEWS: Baltimore P Joe McGinnity hurls two complete games against Milwaukee, winning 10-0 and losing 6-1. The Brewers manage 15 hits on the afternoon off McGinnity, who will set a 20th-century record for most hits allowed during a season (401).
The Colts drub the Giants, 10-4, putting New York in last place. New York will next play Pittsburgh, hosting the Pirates in three straight doubleheader. Pittsburgh will win all 6, scoring not less than 10 runs in each game. Not until the year 2000, when the Mariners lose seven straight from August 13-20, all by nine or more runs, will a team allow 9+ runs in seven straight games.
Cleveland rookie Bill Cristall debuts with a 4-0 gem over Boston, a first in the fledgling AL. Cristall allows five hits in the game two win. Teammate Earl Moore shuts out faltering Boston on two hits in the opener to win, 1-0, over Ted Lewis.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 3, 1901 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 7 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 10, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 1, Boston Red Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Baltimore Orioles 10, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 6, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 4, 1901 |
| Boston Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 12, New York Giants 6 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 10, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 9, Washington Senators 5 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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IN THE NEWS: In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition aganst the A's. lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose 11-9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A's light up rookie Yip Owen in game two to win, 9-3.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 5, 1901 |
| Boston Braves 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 15, New York Giants 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 15, New York Giants 7 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Washington Senators 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Washington Senators 9, Chicago White Sox 7 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 1 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 11, Detroit Tigers 9 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Detroit Tigers 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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IN THE NEWS: In Detroit, with the Tigers leading the A's 8-0 in the 6th, word comes that President McKinley has been mortally wounded by an assassin and, at the request of the two managers, the game is called. Yeager is the winner.
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues is formed to help the minor leagues protect their interests.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1901 |
| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 13, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 15, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 13, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Washington Senators 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 10, Baltimore Orioles 7 at League Park I |
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| Baltimore Orioles 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Bennett Park |
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IN THE NEWS: The first-place White Sox dispose of slumping Boston by beating them 4-1 in a Saturday game at South Side Park. Nixey Callahan, enjoying his switch from the North side to the South side, is the victor over Ted Lewis.
Thankful to be back in New York after losing three straight doubleheaders in Pittsburgh, the Giants play a solo 5-2 win over the Cardinals. Dummy Taylor is the winner.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 7, 1901 |
| Boston Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Washington Senators 20, Milwaukee Brewers 8 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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IN THE NEWS: The Players Protective Association instructs members to sign one-year contracts only, and not recognize the reserve clause.
In a rare Sunday game (Sunday games are not outlawed in Chicago) before an estimated 20,000 fans, the largest AL crowd of the year, White Sox OF Dummy Hoy laces a 2-run single in the bottom of the 9th off Boston's Cy Young to give Chicago a 4-3 win.
IN THE NEWS: The White Sox sweep a doubleheader-and the 4-game series-with Boston by topping the Somersets, 4-3 and 6-4. Boston's Buck Freeman belts his 12th homer of the year. Chicago (75-46) now has a seven game lead over Boston (67-52).
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 9, 1901 |
| Boston Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 0 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Bennett Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Baltimore's Joe McGinnity hurls two more complete games, winning over Philadelphia 4-3 and losing 5-4. The A's reach McGinnity for 10 hits in the nitecap.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 12, 1901 |
| Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 10, Philadelphia Phillies 9 at Baker Bowl |
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| Baltimore Orioles 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 4 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 5, Chicago White Sox 1 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Lloyd Street Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 6, Washington Senators 6 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore Orioles edge the A's, 12-10. In the 9th, the A's have the tying runs on base with two out when Connie Mack sends up pinch hitter Doc Powers to bat for Nap Lajoie, who was sulking and refused to hit. Powers flies out to end the game.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 13, 1901 |
| Boston Braves 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 1, Chicago Cubs 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 8, Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Baltimore Orioles 12, Philadelphia Athletics 10 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Milwaukee Brewers 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 0 at League Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 5, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 5, Boston Red Sox 3 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: Boston's Cy Young records his 30th win of the year, beating the visiting Washington Nationals, 12-1.
IN THE NEWS: In the 2nd of two games with Milwaukee, the White Stockings hit a major-league record five triples in the 8th inning against Milwaukee. Their total of six (Hoy, McFarland, Shugart, Sullivan, Mertes, Hartman) in the game is an AL record not duplicated until September 17, 1920. Chicago wins 9-4 after taking the opener, 5-4, and hitting four triples.
It could've been worse. The Detroit Tigers rolls over Cleveland behind Ed Siever with the most lopsided score in AL history: 21-0 (equaled on August 13, 1939). Cleveland pounds out 24 hits off rookie Jack Bracken as Pop Dillon leads the way with four hits. The game is mercifully called after seven 1/2 innings to allow Cleveland to catch a train. Bracken's ERA is not helped by this outing and he will end this season, his only one in the majors, with a 6.21 mark, the highest in the deadball era.
IN THE NEWS: All games are canceled out of respect for the funeral of President William McKinley, who died September 14th from gunshot wounds.
IN THE NEWS: Tom Hughes of Chicago and Boston Beaneater Bill Dinneen pitch 16 scoreless innings before the Colts score in the 17th on an error, hit batter, force-out, and a single by Clarence Childs. Each pitcher gives up eight singles. This will stand as the longest shut out ever by a Cub pitcher. Hughes fans 13 in 17 frames. The 17 innings sets the major-league record for the longest game [at 60' 6"]. The record will be broken a number of times.
An AL record that still stands is set when Cleveland and Washington make 22 errors in a doubleheader, 16 by Cleveland. Washington wins both games 18-7 and 11-3.
In Cincinnati, Christy Mathewson allows just three hits in beating the Reds, 5-1. It is Matty's 20th win.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 21, 1901 |
| Chicago Cubs 1, Boston Braves 0 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at League Park II |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Exposition Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Baltimore Orioles 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 4 at Columbia Park |
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| Washington Senators 18, Cleveland Indians 7 at American League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 11, Cleveland Indians 3 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn ties their highest score ever (May 20, 1896) in blasting the Reds, 25-6. These are the most runs they will score this century. Jimmy Sheckard and Joe Kelley both connect for grand slams, with Kelley adding a 2nd homer. Jim Hughes collects four hits and a win.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 23, 1901 |
| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 25, Cincinnati Reds 6 at League Park II |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, New York Giants 4 at Exposition Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Boston Braves 3 at Robison Field |
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| Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 4 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Boston Red Sox 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at Columbia Park |
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| Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 3 at American League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 7, Washington Senators 3 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: Jimmy Sheckard becomes the first 20th-century player to hit grand slams in two consecutive games, as Brooklyn pounds Cincinnati 16-2. Frank Kitson homers and takes the victory. The 41 runs in two games is a franchise record.
IN THE NEWS: The first-place Pirates jump on Christy Mathewson for three runs in the first inning on their way to a 10-5 win over the Giants. The Bucs tally 14 hits off Matty to whip the visiting Giants.
At Boston, Cy Young wins his 33rd, beating the White Stockings, 5-2. Nixey Callahan takes the loss.
IN THE NEWS: Boston (AL) rookie George Wilson, purchased from Albany (NY State League) tops Milwaukee 7-2 in his first game. Next year he'll play under the name George Prentiss.
Behind Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh defeats the Superbas, 5-4, to clinch the NL pennant. Except for a few hours on July 4, the Pirates have been in 1st place since June 15.
At Philadelphia, the A's beat the Brewers, 14-5, behind Snake Wiltse. Nap Lajoie has three hits including his AL-leading 14th HR, off Bracken.
IN THE NEWS: In the 2nd game of a doubleheader, Boston rookie Jake Volz walks nine Brewers, but still wins 10-9 in a game called after seven innings. Manager Jimmy Collins has two homers and Hobe Ferris wins the game with a 2-run triple in the bottom of the 7th. This is the season finale for Boston and it is the 3rd doubleheader in a row shortened because of darkness. Boston takes the opener, 8-5.
IN THE NEWS: The AL season ends with the White Stockings in first place by four games over Boston. Jimmy Williams of the Baltimore Orioles leads the AL in triples, with 21, two years after leading the NL with 27. This feat will be topped by Sam Crawford in 1902-1903.
IN THE NEWS: The visiting New York Giants drop a pair to the Cards, as McGraw uses position players on the mound. Heinie Smith, primarily a second baseman, makes his only career start in game one and completes a 12-4 loss to the Redbirds. He bats 7th and hits a HR. Jim "Sheriff" Jones also makes his only career start in the second match and loses 6-5 in a game called in the 6th inning because of darkness. Jones bats 2nd in game 1 and plays RF, and bats leadoff in game two going 0-for-4 in each.
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