IN THE NEWS: At Huntington Grounds, the A's Rube Waddell stops Boston on one hit, a spoiler by Patsy Dougherty in beating Jesse Tannehill, 3-0. Rube taunts Cy Young to face him and suffer the same fate, and the two aces will square off on the 5th.
IN THE NEWS: At Detroit, Cleveland starter John Hickey loads the bases in the 5th and is lifted for Addie Joss, who gives up a bases-clearing triple. Addie holds the Tigers scoreless after that, but the 3-2 loss-according to the ruling at the time-goes to Joss [this loss will bounce back and forth between the two pitchers].
Justice Gaynor rules in favor of Brooklyn players arrested for playing baseball on Sunday at Washington Park. In an appeal, Sunday baseball will again be ruled illegal on June 18th.
IN THE NEWS: Boston Pilgrim Cy Young pitches the 2nd of three no-hitters, a 3-0 perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics and Rube Waddell. After Waddell flied out for the final out, Young yells at him, "How do you like that, you hayseed!" For Waddell it is one of his 18 losses this year, the most of his career, against 25 wins. He will strike out 349, a record until Sandy Koufax fans 382 in 1965. Today, he strikes out six while allowing 10 hits. Young stretches his hitless inning skein to 18.
The Giants break a 5-5 tie with Boston by scoring five runs in the 9th to pin the loss on Togie Pittinger. Christy Mathewson is the recipient of the offense, winning his 4th.
IN THE NEWS: In St, Louis, the first-place Giants provoke a protest in winning 2-1, with a pair in the 9th off starter Jack Taylor. John McGraw, pinch running after a single by Jack Warner, scores on a single by Roger Bresnahan. As McGraw rounded 3B, with 1B coach Gilbert following him, the entire Giant team collects along the 3B line yelling, St. Louis 1B Jake Beckley complains to the ump about it and, when one of the Giants dashes to home from the coach's box, Beckley fires to an uncovered home plate, thinking it is Bresnahan trying to score. Which he then does for the win. St. Louis manager Kid Nichols protests the game, claiming, correctly, that the players left the bench in violation of rule 56, section 17. The rule states: "if one or more members of the team at bat stand or collect around a base for which a base runner is trying, thereby confusing the fielding side and adding to the difficult of making such play, the base runner shall be declared out for the interference of his teammate or teammates." NL president Pulliam rejects the complaint and many fans and writers agree, saying the protest is unmanly, as noted by historian Benton Stark (The Year They Called off the World Series).
IN THE NEWS: New York's Joe McGinnity wins his 2nd game in three days against the Cardinals, beating St. Louis 5-1. Iron Joe is now 7-0 on the year.
Chicago's Jake Weimer allows just two hits in beating the Boston Nationals, 6-0.
IN THE NEWS: The Cards beat up Christy Mathewson, scoring five runs and knocking him out after the first inning. St. Louis continues the shelling to win 14-1. Matty, now 4-2, will not lose to St. Louis in his next 24 decisions.
IN THE NEWS: Against Detroit, Cy Young pitches no-hit ball until the 7th inning, when Sam Crawford hits a one-out single to break his consecutive streak of no hit innings at 24 1/3 (76 batters without a hit) still the record (for years, the record book had Young at 23 1/3 innings arguing his relief of Winters occurred with men on base). Young and Tiger starter Ed Killian battle for 15 innings before Boston finally scores a run to win 1-0. Young will throw 45 shutout innings in a row, a record broken by Don Drysdale's 58 in 1968.
In the opener of a 4-game series with the visiting Cleveland Blues, the New York Highlanders prevail, 4-2, on a 2-run HR by Kid Elberfeld and a pair of run-scoring singles by Deacon McGuire. The New Yorkers will take three of the four games to move into a tie 2nd place.
IN THE NEWS: For his second game in three days, Christy Mathewson is shelled in the first inning, as the Reds tally four runs. Umpire Bob Emslie adds some fireworks of his own, tossing John McGraw for too much lip. The Giants tie it in the 3rd, but the Reds make 13 hits off Matty while the Giants contribute six errors. The Reds win, 13-7.
IN THE NEWS: In Chicago's 12-4 win over visiting Philadelphia, Chicago OF Jack McCarthy sprains an ankle by stepping on the umpire's long-handle broom at home plate. NL President Pulliam orders arbiters henceforward to use pocket-sized whisk brooms for housekeeping at home. The AL will comply next year.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates overcome a 5-0 deficit against Christy Mathewson by scoring a run in the 5th and five more in the 6th for a 6-5 win.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago score two in the 9th to beat Christy Mathewson, 3-2, and knock the Giants out of first place. For Matty, it is his 4th straight loss.
IN THE NEWS: Boston (AL) SS Bill O'Neill puts himself in the record books by committing six errors in a 13 inning game 5-3 loss to the Browns. O'Neill makes errors in the first inning on the first three balls hit to him, and a 4th straight error with a misplay in the 2nd frame. His final error is on an easy grounder in the 13th inning and allows two runs to score. O'Neill is only 20th century player to record six errors.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago's Jake Weimer and Christy Mathewson duel for 11 innings before the game is a called a 1-1 tie. Ump Bob Emslie calls the game at the West Side Grounds so the Giants can catch a train for New York. Matty allows six hits, one less than Weimer.
IN THE NEWS: The Tigers play a Tuesday game against the Washington Nationals in Grand Rapids, Michigan, winning 5-4.
At Brooklyn, the Superbas jump on Joe McGinnity for a 3-0 lead after two innings, but the Giants tie it in the 3rd and go on to a 5-3 win. Iron Joe is now 11-0.
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants Dan McGann steals five bases in a 3-1 victory over Brooklyn, a feat not duplicated in the NL until August 24, 1974, by Davey Lopes. Otis Nixon will steal six for the record. Christy Mathewson (5-5) is victorious over Ned Garvin. The win gives the Giants (21-10) a tie with Chicago for first place, with the Reds in 3rd place by .001.
IN THE NEWS: The Superbas score a run in the 10th against the Giants to take a 3-2 lead at the Polo Grounds, but the Giants answer with a pair for a 4-3 win. After a walk by Billy Gilbert, Jack Warner lines a pitch down the RF line into the stands, 258 feet away for the dramatic win, Joe McGinnity's 12th straight.
IN THE NEWS: In a Sunday game in Brooklyn, Hooks Wiltse makes his first ML start a good one, beating the Superbas, 5-3. Hooks adds two hits as the Giants sweep all five games from Brooklyn to remain in a tie for 1st with Chicago.
IN THE NEWS: In an a.m.-p.m. doubleheader in Cincinnati, the first-place Cubs take on the 3rd place Reds, with just a few percentage points separating the team. The two split the holiday twin bill, the Reds taking the opener 7-4, despite a 9th-inning grand slam by Davy Jones. The Reds then lose, 5-2. Frank Chance of the Cubs is the real loser as he is hit three times by P Jack Harper of the Reds in the morning game, once reportedly losing consciousness when hit in the head. He continues to play and in the 2nd game, he is hit once by Win Kellum, giving him a record four hit by pitched balls for the day. Carl Lundgren loses the opener, while the deliberate Bob Wicker takes the night cap. Historian Joe Dittmar notes that beginning in the 7th inning the Reds fans begin counting aloud "1, 2, 3, 4. . . " when Wicker receives the ball. The Enquirer reports that the count would sometimes reach 15 before he would pitch.
| SCOREBOARD: MAY 30, 1904 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Boston Braves 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Boston Braves 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 4 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 15, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Giants 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 13, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Exposition Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 7, Washington Senators 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 7, Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 1, New York Yankees 0 at Hilltop Park |
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