IN THE NEWS: Christy Mathewson tops Boston, 8–2, scattering 11 hits in beating Irv Wilhelm. The Giants (31-9) are now seven 1/2 games ahead of the Pirates.
IN THE NEWS: The Reds send little-used (2 at bats) C Gabby Street to the Boston Nationals. Boston will only play Street in three games before sending him back to Cincinnati on July 30.
IN THE NEWS: At Pittsburgh, Christy Mathewson beats Patsy Flaherty, 5–3, for the Giants. Matty drives in an insurance run in the 9th with his 2nd hit of the game.
IN THE NEWS: Red Ames, 22-year-old righthander, loses to Pittsburgh after winning nine in a row. A surprise winner for the Giants, Ames will have the best season of his 19-year career, 22–8.
IN THE NEWS: Rube Waddell loses after 10 wins in a row; as the White Sox beat him 3–2 in 14 innings. Waddell will be 26–11 for the Athletics this year; his 1.48 ERA will be the American League's best.
The Giants score five runs in the top of the first against Sam Leever, but the Pirates come back with six runs off Joe McGinnity in the bottom of the inning. Christy Mathewson relieves in the 2nd but six Giant errors help sink the visiting New Yorkers. Pitt wins, 12-6.
IN THE NEWS: At the West Side Grounds, Christy Mathewson and the Zephyrs' (Cubs) Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown almost matched Matty for eight innings, allowing just two hits, but four straight hits in the 9th score the winning run for Giants, 1–0. Matty tosses his 2nd no-hitter and his 31–8 record and 1.27 ERA, with nine shutouts, will mark his 3rd straight 30-win year.
During a 7–0 White Sox win over host Washington, Frank Owen of the Sox, steals home in the 8th inning, It is his 2nd steal of home, both against the Nats.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants lose to Cincinnati when New York P Hooks Wiltse accidentally swallows a quid of chewing tobacco that upsets his stomach and his pitching.
Cleveland clubs the Highlanders, 12–3, behind Nap Lajoie's 5-for-6 hitting.
IN THE NEWS: A young woman sues the Giants for injury suffered when a foul ball hits her. Judge M. Laughlin rules that patrons attend baseball games at their own risk.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants score four in the first against the Reds and Christy Mathewson scatters seven hits and coasts to a 6–3 victory. Tom Walker is the loser.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago Zephyrs rookie righthander Ed Reulbach wins an 18-inning marathon duel with the Cards' Jack Taylor 2–1 in St. Louis. First baseman Frank Chance has 27 putouts and two assists for Chicago.
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2–1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a flyball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on 1B, chugs around with the winning run. Irv Young is the unfortunate loser.
IN THE NEWS: At Brooklyn, the Giants tally seven runs in the first three innings off Mal Eason to coast to an 11–1 victory. Christy Mathewson leaves after five innings of shutout ball, and Mal Eason tosses the last four innings. Dan McGann paces the offense with a triple and homer, while Moonlight Graham, in his only game in the majors, takes over in right field as a late inning replacement. Graham will have no at-bats but will be made famous in W.P. Kinsella's Field of Dreams.
IN THE NEWS: Nap Lajoie is sidelined by blood poisoning from neglect of a spike wound. He will play in only 65 games, losing a chance to lead the American League in batting for the 5th straight year.
At New York, Eddie Plank is removed with no outs in the 9th inning and the A's leading 7–4. Rube Waddell comes in and retires the side to preserve the A's victory.
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