IN THE NEWS: Syracuse (Eastern League) beats Scranton three times in a triple header.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 3, 1904 |
| Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 3, Boston Braves 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Cleveland Indians 9, Boston Red Sox 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 1 at Hilltop Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, St. Louis Browns 2 at Columbia Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 6, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park II |
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| Washington Senators 5, Chicago White Sox 4 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: In Front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston 6-1 and 4-3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Irv Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 5, 1904 |
| New York Giants 6, Boston Braves 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 4, Boston Braves 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Exposition Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Exposition Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Robison Field |
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| Boston Red Sox 12, Washington Senators 5 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, St. Louis Browns 3 at League Park I |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at League Park I |
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| Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 7, New York Yankees 2 at Hilltop Park |
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IN THE NEWS: In the first of two, Boston beats the Washington Nationals, 4-1, the 16th straight victory the year for the Pilgrims over the Nats. They have now beaten Washington in 22 straight games (6 in 1903: 16 in 1904) over two seasons. The Nats take the nitecap, 6-3, to snap the streak. The Sox have won a ML-record 20 straight home games at Boston against Washington-10 in 1903 and 10 in 1904.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1904 |
| New York Giants 8, Boston Braves 7 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Exposition Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Robison Field |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Washington Senators 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 5, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Hilltop Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Rookie George "Hooks" Wiltse records his 10th straight win without a loss, and the Giants 12th in a row, as he beats the Phillies, 6-3. Wiltse allows eight hits.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 7, 1904 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Robison Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Robison Field |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, St. Louis Browns 1 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Chicago White Sox 7 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Yankees 0 at Columbia Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 3 at American League Park II |
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| Washington Senators 6, Boston Red Sox 1 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: The visiting Phillies stop the Giants win streak at 12 when the beat up Dummy Taylor to win, 9-8. Bill Duggleby is the victor. New York then wins the nitecap, 4-1 as Christy Mathewson notches his 30th victory, over Tom "Tully" Sparks. Darkness ends the game in the 7th inning.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 8, 1904 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 7, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Giants 8 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cleveland Indians 6, Chicago White Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, St. Louis Browns 0 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Detroit Tigers 3 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 3, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Columbia Park |
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| New York Yankees 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Columbia Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 8, Washington Senators 2 at American League Park II |
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| Boston Red Sox 3, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Cold weather keeps the crowd to 1,844 in New York as Joe McGinnity allows 12 Phillie hits but wins his 31st. The nitecap is called after five innings and no score.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 9, 1904 |
| New York Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 0, New York Giants 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Chicago White Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, St. Louis Browns 1 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Yankees 2 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, New York Yankees 1 at Columbia Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 7, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: The A's Eddie Plank and Boston's Cy Young face each other, with the Athletics prevailing, 1-0, in 13 innings.
A crowd of 15,250 cheer the first-place Giants to a pair of one-run wins over the Phillies. Roger Bresnahan's 9th inning triple scores two in the opener, as Hooks Wiltse earns his 11th straight win. Dummy Taylor wins the nitecap, 6-5, as the Giants finish four straight doubleheaders with five victories, a loss and a tie. New York leads the 2nd-place Colts by 17 games.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 10, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 10, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 0 at Exposition Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 4 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 11, Chicago White Sox 6 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 2, St. Louis Browns 0 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 1, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| Washington Senators 3, New York Yankees 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 6, Washington Senators 5 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 1, Boston Red Sox 0 at Columbia Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Boston wins its 2nd of 19 games against the Giants, and beats Christy Mathewson in the process, 3-1.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 12, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 3, New York Giants 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 at Washington Park III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 12, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at West Side Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 0 at South Side Park III |
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| New York Yankees 4, Washington Senators 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 6, Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 2 at Columbia Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: The Pilgrims with a half-game lead over New York send Bill Dineen to the mound. Patsy Dougherty leads off with a single off Jack Chesbro and Willie Keeler follows with a bunt that C Lou Criger fires into the crowd to allow Patsy to score. Keeler scores a play later. Boston's only tally comes in the 9th on a 2-base error and a wild pitch. New York wins 31. The nitecap is called after five innings and a 1-1 score.
IN THE NEWS: Giants rookie Hooks Wiltse wins his 12th straight game, beating Boston, 3-2 at the Polo Grounds. Hooks sets a ML mark for consecutive games won at the start of a career, a record that will be tied by relief hurler Butch Metzger, in 1976. He'll end up at 13-3.
Boston edges New York, 3-2, to move back into first place in the AL. Jesse Tannehill allows nine hits in besting Al Orth. The nitecap is called after nine innings with the score 1-1.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 15, 1904 |
| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 14, Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 3, Boston Braves 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 1, Boston Red Sox 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 0, Cleveland Indians 0 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 8, Washington Senators 4 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Washington Senators 3 at Columbia Park |
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IN THE NEWS: The Giants sweep two from Brooklyn as Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 2-1, allowing just four hits. Two of the hits, a triple and homer, are by rookie Emil Batch. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap, 5-3.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 16, 1904 |
| Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 10, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 1, Cleveland Indians 0 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 5, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Columbia Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 1, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: More than 23,000, reputedly the largest crowd in Boston history, show up for the showdown twinbill with the New York Highlanders. New York scores three runs in each of the first two innings against Bill Dineen. Jack Chesbro (35-8) holds on for a 6-4 win, his 7th win in a row. New York briefly takes over 1st place. But Cy Young tops New York, 4-2, in the nitecap, beating Ned Garvin, recently acquired from Brooklyn. The two teams complete their three doubleheaders at 2-2-2.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 17, 1904 |
| New York Giants 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, New York Giants 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 5 at West Side Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Boston Braves 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Boston Braves 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Robison Field |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 9, Cleveland Indians 5 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 0, Cleveland Indians 0 at League Park I |
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| New York Yankees 6, Washington Senators 5 at Hilltop Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 2, Chicago White Sox 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Chicago White Sox 5 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: The Reds sweep the Giants, winning 6-4 and 2-0 to stall the Giants clinching of the flag. The Reds rough up Christy Mathewson in the opener and Jack Harper scatters five hits for the shutout. New York has lost three in a row for the first time this season.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 21, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 9, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Giants 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Chicago Cubs 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Boston Red Sox 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 9, St. Louis Browns 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 2 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: In the opener of a twinbill with the Reds, the Giants win, 7-5, behind Joe McGinnity. Their 100th win, it clinches the NL pennant for New York. In the final game of his 19-year career as an OF/C, future Hall of Famer Jim O'Rourke, 52, catches for Joe McGinnity. It is O'Rourke's first ML game since 1893 (Benton Stark writes that O'Rourke hit .358 in 1900, but it was not in OB) and is 1-for-4 and scores a run. He'll be elected to Cooperstown in 1945. The Reds come back in the nitecap to win, 7-3, in seven innings beating Hooks Wiltse.
The Giants .262 will lead the NL in team batting, 31 points below the 1900 leaders. Team batting averages have dropped since then, mainly due to: the change from a diamond-shaped, 10-inch home plate to the 5-sided, 17-inch plate after 1901; the foul-strike rule adopted in 1901; and the introduction of the spitball and other doctored pitches in 1903.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants sleepwalk against the Pirates ("Pittsburg Plays All By Itself" is the NY Herald headline) as Red Ames allows three runs in eight innings before John McGraw pulls him. His replacement is Frank Bowerman who gives up four runs in his only ML inning. The Pirates win, 7-0.
IN THE NEWS: Cubs P Bob Wicker, who pitched a 12-inning one-hitter in June, allows just one hit in regulation in beating Brooklyn, 4-0. Chicago also takes the nitecap, 7-4, in seven innings.
For the 2nd time this season, Chicago's Patsy Dougherty spoils a no-hit bid with a safety. This time it is off New York's Joe Lake. Patsy did it earlier in the year while with Boston.
At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 32nd, defeating the Pirates, 3-1. Matty allows just four hits-two each to Ginger Beaumont and Tommy Leach-in beating Joe Robitaille.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 26, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 3 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 6, New York Yankees 2 at League Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 2, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 3 at Bennett Park |
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| Washington Senators 2, St. Louis Browns 2 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Bob Rhoads, Cleveland righthander, holds Boston hitless for eight 2?3 innings before Chick Stahl singles. Cleveland wins, 3-1.
In St. Louis, the Browns Willie Sudhoff and the A's Chief Bender face off for 10 innings without either team scoring. The game ends in a tie.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 27, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Washington Senators 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at League Park I |
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| New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 0, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 28, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Washington Senators 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 0 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Chicago scores five unearned runs in the 2nd inning and rattles Christy Mathewson for 13 hits to beat New York, 7-3. The series-bound Giants will lose six in a row as they stroll towards the end of the season.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 29, 1904 |
| St. Louis Cardinals 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 3, Washington Senators 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Boston Red Sox 1 at League Park I |
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| New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 1, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Doc White, White Sox lefthander, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days, defeating New York. Of his seven shutouts for the year, six come in September.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 30, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 12, New York Giants 9 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 5, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Washington Senators 0 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Detroit Tigers 4 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 3, Boston Red Sox 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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