| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 1, 1908 |
| Cleveland Indians 9, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 0 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Washington Senators 1 at Columbia Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 9, St. Louis Browns 6 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Boston Braves 4, New York Giants 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 6 at West Side Grounds |
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| Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 1, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Palace of the Fans |
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IN THE NEWS: During a game with the Pirates, a bottle of ammonia explodes in the face of Cubs outfielder Jimmy Sheckard and only prompt action saves his eyesight. The injury will cause Jimmy to miss 40 games and his average will plummet to .231. The Cubs lose, 12-6.
IN THE NEWS: Christy Mathewson fans 11 in whipping the Braves, 3-0. Matty is 8-3 but the Giants are in 5th place.
IN THE NEWS: The Athletics hold first place for the last time this year. Tomorrow, the Cleveland Naps will replace them, and the next day the White Sox will take the lead for the first time. They jump from 7th to first in four days, as a 13-game winning streak puts them into the race, despite being just three games over .500.
At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson beats the Cardinals, 3-2, for his 20th straight win over St. Louis stretching back to June 16, 1904. Art Fromme takes the loss. Matty allows four hits and strikes out 8, including Joe Delahanty three times. He also walks two in a row, an unusual occurrence.
IN THE NEWS: The Detroit Tigers turn a triple play against the Boston Red Sox for the 2nd day in a row, but Boston wins 9-5. The two tri-killings in two games is a unique ML-record.
IN THE NEWS: Iron Joe McGinnity rights himself and tosses a 4-0 six hitter against the Cards. Joe's name had been in the trading mills.
IN THE NEWS: In his first start since his February operation, Walter Johnson is hammered by the St. Louis Browns in leaves in the 4th inning. He won't pitch again until the 23rd.
Vic Willis pitches Pittsburgh to a 5-2 win over the Giants. Christy Mathewson loses his 4th of the year.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago's Three Finger Brown pitches a 2-hit victory over the Phillies, with both hits coming off the bat of Sherry Magee.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants sweep two from the visiting Reds. Christy Mathewson takes the opener, 2-1, over Andy Coakley.
The Pirates and Braves swap Youngs: Pittsburgh acquires P Irv "Cy the second" Young from Boston (NL) in exchange for Harley Young and P Tom McCarthy. Irv Young, who averaged 330+ innings the past three seasons, will pitch just 175 this year, and fewer the next two seasons, his last, with the White Sox.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 17, 1908 |
| New York Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 2, Washington Senators 0 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Bennett Park |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 14, Boston Braves 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 20, 1908 |
| Chicago White Sox 1, Boston Red Sox 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 2 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, New York Yankees 2 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Baker Bowl |
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IN THE NEWS: Honus Wagner gets hit No. 2,000 in the 8th against Jake Weimer of the Reds, who wins 4-0 over the Pirates. Wagner makes an error when he is struck on the finger in the 1st inning
IN THE NEWS: The Braves and Giants split a doubleheader a the Polo Grounds, with the Giant taking the opener 6-3 and the Braves winning the nitecap, 9-7. Christy Mathewson preserves Joe McGinnity's win in game 1, pitching a perfect 9th inning; in the nitecap, he relieves Dummy Taylor in the 9th with the score 7-7, but the Braves score twice for the win. Fred Merkle cracks his 1st ML homer, against Patsy Flaherty, in the nitecap.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 23, 1908 |
| Boston Red Sox 3, Washington Senators 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, New York Yankees 6 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 6, Boston Braves 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Boston Braves 9, New York Giants 7 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Exposition Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Exposition Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: Charging the Highlander owners with refusing to spend money to build the team, manager Clark Griffith resigns; Kid Elberfeld replaces him following today's 6-6 tie with the A's. New York fades fast and finishes last with 103 losses.
Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3-3 tie with an 8th inning single. He ends his scoring with a steal of home as the Pirates win 5-3 over the Reds.
The Giants sweep two games from Boston to move into 3rd place. Hooks Wiltse tosses a 2-hit shutout to win, 4-0, and Christy Mathewson follows with a 7-1 victory over Irv Young in the 2nd match. Matty leaves after seven innings.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 24, 1908 |
| Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Cleveland Indians 6, Chicago White Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| St. Louis Browns 7, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 6, Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 4, Boston Braves 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 7, Boston Braves 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Exposition Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: The Cincinnati Reds debut two college twirlers, Jean Dubuc of Notre Dame and Bert Sincock from Michigan. Dubuc starts and Sincock relieves him. Unimpressed by the degrees, the Cubs trounce the pair by the score of 7-0 (as noted by Richard Thompson).
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 25, 1908 |
| Boston Red Sox 2, Washington Senators 1 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at League Park I |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Yankees 0 at Columbia Park |
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| New York Yankees 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 0 at West Side Grounds |
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| Boston Braves 14, New York Giants 10 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 7, Boston Braves 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: At Brooklyn, the Giants win two from the Superbas, 4-3 and 5-2. Christy Mathewson preserves Wiltse's game in the opener by relieving in the 9th and fanning the side. Matty then pitches the 2nd game, picking up his 13th win, beating Irv Wilhelm.
| SCOREBOARD: JUNE 27, 1908 |
| Cleveland Indians 6, Chicago White Sox 3 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 1, St. Louis Browns 0 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 7, Boston Red Sox 6 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Washington Senators 0 at Columbia Park |
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| Boston Braves 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| New York Giants 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: Cy Young's 3rd career no-hitter is an 8-0 Boston win over New York. Cy almost duplicates his perfect game of 1904, walking just one batter-leadoff hitter Harry Niles. Niles is then caught stealing and the next 27 batters make out. Cy also tallies three hits and drives in half the Pilgrim's runs off Rube Manning. At 41 years and three months, he is the oldest pitcher to turn the no-hit trick. Nolan Ryan will beat him in 1990 at the age of 43.