IN THE NEWS: Lou Gehrig begins a consecutive-game streak that will surpass Everett Scott's mark by pinch-hitting for Paul Wanninger, the SS who replaced Scott in the Yankees lineup. The next day, 1B Wally Pipp shows up with a headache, and Gehrig takes over. Babe Ruth plays his first game of the season following his illness.
IN THE NEWS: Veteran hurler Joe Bush, playing RF for the Browns, is called in to pitch to Cleveland pinch hitter Harvey Hendrick with the bases filled and two out in the ninth. Hendrick hits the first pitch for a triple, and the Indians win 11-10.
IN THE NEWS: Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner are in the lineup of a 1901 Pirates team that plays a brief game as part of Golden Jubilee Day in Pittsburgh. A week later Clarke joins the Pirates as assistant to the president, a move that will lead to a player revolt in which heads roll and pennants are lost.
IN THE NEWS: Against the Pirates, the Giants make a triple play that goes from SS Travis Jackson to C Hank Gowdy to 3B Heinie Groh to RF Ross Youngs to 2B George Kelly to 1B Terry. In the first inning, with Max Carey on 3B and Johnny Rawlings on 2B, Kiki Cuyler taps a slow roller to SS that gets away from Jackson for a few seconds. Carey starts home and is caught, Jackson to Gowdy to 3B Groh. Rawlings, on his way to 3B, heads back to 2B and is run down. Cuyler tries for 2B and gets caught in a rundown.
IN THE NEWS: In Shibe Park with the Indians leading 15-4 after seven innings, many fans leave and miss one of the greatest rallies of the century. The A's score 13 in the eighth for a 17-15 win. The outburst gives P Tom Glass his lone major-league victory.
IN THE NEWS: The Tigers score 13 runs in the sixth and beat the Yankees 19-1 at Yankee Stadium. It takes 49 minutes to play the top of the sixth, in which there are seven walks and six hits. Eleven runs score before the first out is made.
IN THE NEWS: After a day of rest, Pittsburgh again wallops St. Louis, winning 24–6. Max Carey collects 2 hits in an inning twice, in both the first and eighth frames, while Kiki Cuyler and Pie Traynor hit grand slams. The Pirates collect 21 hits, 6 for home runs. George Grantham, with a pair of homers, and Carey score 4 times each as the Cards help with 7 errors. Pittsburgh scored 21 runs in their previous game with the Birds, to set an NL scoring record (20th C.) for 2 games.
IN THE NEWS: The Senators beat the A's 4-2 to move within a halfgame of the top. The next day Walter Johnson blanks the A's 7-0 to knock them out of the lead.
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