IN THE NEWS: Detroit completes a sweep of every series against visiting eastern teams, winning their 14th in a row to regain first place by a half game en route to their 3rd straight pennant.
Boston's Cliff Curtis pitches his first ML game and beats the Pirates, 10.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 2, 1909 |
| Chicago White Sox 6, St. Louis Browns 3 at South Side Park III |
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| New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 1 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 2, New York Yankees 1 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 5 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 9, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 4, 1909 |
| New York Yankees 8, Boston Red Sox 6 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| St. Louis Browns 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 7, Boston Braves 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Forbes Field |
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IN THE NEWS: In the holiday doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, the Boston Doves take the opener, 2-0 and New York wins the nitecap, 5-4. Christy Mathewson wins his own game for the Giants with a 10th inning triple to score Admiral Schlei.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1909 |
| Boston Red Sox 10, New York Yankees 9 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 6 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 2 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 9, St. Louis Browns 8 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 7, St. Louis Browns 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 8, Washington Senators 2 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Washington Senators 5 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Boston Braves 2, New York Giants 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 5, Boston Braves 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Forbes Field |
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| Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Forbes Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Robison Field |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 8, 1909 |
| Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 4 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 8, New York Yankees 6 at Shibe Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, St. Louis Browns 2 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 6, Washington Senators 3 at American League Park II |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 6, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| New York Giants 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 6 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Forbes Field |
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IN THE NEWS: George "Moon" Gibson of Pittsburgh catches his 112th consecutive game, breaking Chief Zimmer's 1890 record. His streak will end at 140.
Bill Dinneen, winner of three games in the first World Series, is released by the St. Louis Browns and becomes an AL umpire, a position he will hold through 1937.
IN THE NEWS: The Athletics and Red Sox split a doubleheader, each team winning, 1-0. The Red Sox also pick up pitcher Jack Chesbro (0-4) on waivers from the Highlanders. The future Hall of Famer will pitch and lose one game for Boston before calling it quits.
Christy Mathewson and catcher Chief Meyers are all that the Giants need in the opener against Brooklyn. Matty allows three hits in shutting down the Superbas, and the Chief clubs his first major league homer in the 2nd inning, a grand slam to score all the runs. New York wins, 4-0, beating Elmer Knetzer. The Superbas take the nitecap, 10-1, behind Bugs Raymond. Rookie Zack Wheat has his first two ML hits in the nitecap, after being collared in the opener by Matty.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 11, 1909 |
| Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 1, Boston Red Sox 0 at Shibe Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 1, Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Shibe Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| St. Louis Browns 3, Chicago White Sox 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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| New York Yankees 3, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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| New York Yankees 2, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park II |
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| Boston Braves 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Chicago Cubs 10, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at West Side Grounds |
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| New York Giants 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 10, New York Giants 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Forbes Field |
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IN THE NEWS: Ty Cobb clinches the AL home run title with his 9th round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside-the-park, including two on July 15th. He is the only player in this century to lead in home runs without hitting one out of the park. Only Sam Crawford (12 in 1901) has hit more inside-the-park homers in a year than Cobb.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 13, 1909 |
| Boston Red Sox 4, Washington Senators 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland Indians 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Detroit Tigers 10, St. Louis Browns 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 10, New York Yankees 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| Boston Braves 6, New York Giants 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| New York Giants 4, Boston Braves 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: John Heydler announces that the NL will use two umpires per game in 1910.
IN THE NEWS: President Taft attends a Cubs-Giants game in Chicago and players are introduced to him before the game. Giants ace Christy Mathewson then outdeals Chicago ace Three Finger Brown, 2-1, with each allowing seven hits. Taft downs popcorn and lemonade during the match, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The University of Wisconsin baseball team arrives in Tokyo to begin a series of games against Japanese schools.
IN THE NEWS: Before 35,409, the largest paid baseball attendance ever, Chief Bender beats Bill Donovan and the Tigers 2-0 at Philadelphia to keep the A's in the pennant race. The A's are 14-8 against Detroit this year, setting an AL record for most wins against the pennant winner. Ty Cobb is the Triple Crown winner with a .377 BA, nine home runs (all inside the park), and 107 RBI. He also will lead the AL with 216 hits, 116 runs, and 296 total bases. His 76 stolen bases make him the only player ever to win a quadruple crown.
In Pittsburgh, Vic Willis stops Brooklyn on just one hit, a topped roller in the 3rd inning by Zack Wheat. It will be the closest ever to a no-hitter by any pitcher at Forbes Field.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 18, 1909 |
| Chicago White Sox 7, Boston Red Sox 0 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago White Sox 0 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 0 at Shibe Park |
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| Washington Senators 16, St. Louis Browns 7 at American League Park II |
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| New York Giants 2, Chicago Cubs 0 at West Side Grounds |
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| Boston Braves 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, Boston Braves 5 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Forbes Field |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: Rest seems to have cured Walter Johnson's sore arm, as the Nats' ace shuts out Detroit, 2-0, his first appearance since August 29th. He will finish the season at 13-25, 10 of the losses coming in shutouts. Five of the shutout losses were to the White Sox.
IN THE NEWS: Jimmy McAleer, one of the AL's original managers, resigns from the Browns after eight years, switching to Washington.
At Robison Field, the Cardinals collect 12 hits off Christy Mathewson, but still lose to the Giants, 4-3. Fred Beebe takes the loss. It is Beebe's 14th straight loss to the Giants, establishing a major-league record that'll be tied in the 20th century by seven pitchers.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 23, 1909 |
| Cleveland Indians 7, Boston Red Sox 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 1 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, St. Louis Browns 2 at Shibe Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park II |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at West Side Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 12, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Robison Field |
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| New York Giants 12, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: Washington rookie Bob Groom loses his 15th consecutive game, an AL record that will be surpassed by John Nabors (1916) and Mike Parrott (1980) He will lead the AL with 26 losses.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 25, 1909 |
| Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Browns 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, St. Louis Browns 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 1 at Hilltop Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 10, New York Yankees 4 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 0 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 0 at Shibe Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Washington Senators 1 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, Boston Braves 4 at West Side Grounds |
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| Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Giants 2 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 1, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Forbes Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 12, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: The first-place Pirates set an NL record with their 16th victory in a row, before the Giants stop them, 8-7, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader.
IN THE NEWS: Before the start of the game in Pittsburgh, Fred Clarke is feted by the fans. He is awarded more than $600 in gold and receives a watch from Pittsburgh mayor William Magee. Against the Giants, Clarke walks twice before removing himself, and Honus Wagner collects two doubles and a single. But the Giants outslug the Pirates to win, 13-9.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 29, 1909 |
| Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 0 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| New York Yankees 5, St. Louis Browns 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 11, St. Louis Browns 0 at Hilltop Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Shibe Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 10, Chicago White Sox 1 at Shibe Park |
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| Washington Senators 2, Cleveland Indians 1 at American League Park II |
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| Washington Senators 7, Cleveland Indians 3 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at West Side Grounds |
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| Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at West Side Grounds |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Forbes Field |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 2, Boston Braves 1 at Robison Field |
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| Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org) |
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