IN THE NEWS: Honus Wagner steals his away around the bases in the first inning of the nitecap against Chicago It is the 3rd time he has performed this feat, an NL record. The Pirates take both games in Chicago, winning 5-2 and 6-0, swiping two bases in the opener and six steals in first inning of the nitecap.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates top Chicago, 9-2, as Honus Wagner again steals three bases, including home. Wagner, who was 5-for-6 yesterday, duplicates that today.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates sweep Chicago, winning their 4th straight by edging Three-Finger Brown, 1-0, in 11 innings. Dots Miller drives in the lone run. It is the 2nd time in three weeks that the Pirates have beaten Brown, 1-0, in extra innings.
Christy Mathewson makes his first appearance of the year, giving up nine hits, four walks and three runs in seven innings against the Phillies. Philadelphia wins, 5-2, to complete a 3-game sweep of the cellar-dwelling Giants.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates move into first place to stay in the NL. The Tigers will lead all the way in the AL, except for one week in May and two in mid-August.
Highlanders pitcher Lew Brockett records nine assists in his 2-0 win over the Pilgrims.
| SCOREBOARD: MAY 6, 1909 |
| Cleveland Indians 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at League Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 3 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Washington Senators 1 at Shibe Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 7, St. Louis Browns 3 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| New York Giants 2, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| New York Giants 1, Boston Braves 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 7, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at West Side Grounds |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Exposition Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: The St. Louis Cardinals take out a $50,000 life insurance policy on manager Roger Bresnahan for reasons having to do more with publicity than concerns about his health.
IN THE NEWS: Organized baseball's longest no-hitter takes place in a Blue Grass League contest between the Lexington Colts and the Winchester Hustlers. Fred Toney, later to pitch in the only double no-hitter, throws a 17-inning no-hitter for Winchester, winning 1-0. He fans 19 opponents and walks only one, in beating Lexington's Baker, who allows seven hits. A squeeze play ends the game.
The White Sox edge the Senators 1-0 in 11 innings, handing Walter Johnson his 2nd straight 1-0 loss on his way to a 20th century record ten losses by shutouts. For the Nationals, it is their 3rd straight 1-0 loss, tying a mark set by the Browns two weeks ago.
IN THE NEWS: The first use of wireless to transmit baseball results is made by the Columbia University Wireless Club. The proceedings of the game between the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia were relayed from the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia to New York's Waldorf Astoria, where students took the messages. Penn prevails 11-0.
IN THE NEWS: New York ace Christy Mathewson tosses a 4-hitter, to beat the Cubs Rube Kroh, 4-1.
The Red Sox jump on former teammate Cy Young for 17 hits-4 by Harry Hooper-in an 8-1 win over Cleveland. Cleveland 3B Bill Bradley makes seven putouts, tying his own team mark set in 1901.
IN THE NEWS: NL President John Heydler calls a meeting with the league's umpires to discuss ways that the new two-umpire system can prevent fighting by the players. A serious incident occurred several days earlier in Boston when Reds catcher Frank Roth attacked umpire Steve Cusack after a play at home. Several other Reds players threatened the umpire with baseball bats.
IN THE NEWS: After giving up a leadoff triple to Dick Egan, Christy Mathewson shuts down the Reds and the Giants paddle Jack Rowan to win, 6-0.
Red Sox catcher Bill Carrigan and Detroit infielder George Moriarty earn a suspension by AL Prexy Ban Johnson for their fight in a game in Detroit.
IN THE NEWS: In New York, Honus Wagner is given a silver trophy for winning the 1908 NL batting crown.
After five losses, Walter Johnson picks up his first win, outdueling Cleveland's Addie Joss 3-2. Johnson strikes out 10 and drives in the winning run.
IN THE NEWS: Under new manager Roger Bresnahan, the Cardinals finally beat Christy Mathewson after losing to the Giants ace 24 consecutive times. Matty allows just six hits to his former battery mate's squad, but the Giants score once off John Lush to lose, 3-1.
IN THE NEWS: Righthander George Mullin wins his 9th in a row for Detroit 7-4 over Washington, on his way to a league-leading 29-8 record.
Orval Overall (8-2) allows two hits and strikes out eight in beating Boston, 7-0. His batterymate Pat Moran has a triple and a homer off losing P Al Mattern.
IN THE NEWS: In a game featuring a record-setting 44 assists by both teams (as noted by historian Joe Dittmar), the Naps nip the Browns, 5-2. The NL high assist marks of April 23, 1903 and May 15, 1909 (NY vs. Cin) fall short of today's record. Addie Joss for Cleveland and Barney Pelty for St. Louis are the pitchers as each team records 22 assists.
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils split two. The Phils win the opener, 11-1, then lose to Christy Mathewson 3-0 in a rain-shortened six inning affair.
IN THE NEWS: At Pittsburgh's Exposition Field, President William Taft is among the overflow crowd of 14,000 on hand for the Chicago-Pirates game. The visitors break open the 3-3 game in the 11th by scoring five runs to win for Three-Finger Brown and move Chicago just percentage points behind the Bucs. Both teams leave immediately to play two games tomorrow in Chicago.
| SCOREBOARD: MAY 29, 1909 |
| Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 2 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 2 at Shibe Park |
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| New York Yankees 4, Washington Senators 2 at American League Park II |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Cincinnati Reds 11, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Exposition Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: The Pirates come from behind to beat Chicago, 5-4 in the first game of a DH. In the nitecap, Honus Wagner breaks up a 2-2 tie with a 9th inning double off Jack Pfiester and the Pirates prevail, 4-2. Pittsburgh now leads the Cubs by two games, and will not lose for another 13 games.
The Cardinals score 11 runs in the first inning against the Reds.
the A's Frank Baker belts the first homer over the RF wall at Shibe Park. His drive comes off Red Sox hurler Frank Arellanes.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants sweep an a.m.-p.m. twinbill. Hooks Wiltse wins the morning game, 3-2 and Mathewson, thrills the crowd of 35,000 with a 5-4 victory over Lew Moren. Matty wins the game with an 8th inning home run into the LF bleachers.
Pitchers Otto Burns of Decatur and Ed Clarke of Bloomington (Three I League) both go the distance in a 26-inning game won by Decatur 2-1.
| SCOREBOARD: MAY 31, 1909 |
| Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Detroit Tigers 7, Chicago White Sox 7 at South Side Park III |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, St. Louis Browns 1 at League Park I |
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| Boston Red Sox 3, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Shibe Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Shibe Park |
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| Washington Senators 8, New York Yankees 1 at American League Park II |
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| Boston Braves 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Boston Braves 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Exposition Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Exposition Park III |
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