2002
» The Cardinals clinch the National League Central title with a 9–3 win over the Astros.

Baltimore's Mike Bordick sets a major-league record with his 102nd consecutive errorless game at SS as the Orioles drop a 4–2 decision to the Red Sox. He also extends his ML mark of errorless chances at SS to 504.

2000
» The Cardinals shoot down the Astros, 11-6, to clinch the NL Central and become the 1st team to earn a playoff spot. Jim Edmonds hits a grand slam for St. Louis and is followed by Ray Lankford's home run. It is the 15th time this year that the Cards have homered in consecutive at bats, tying the NL mark set by Cincinnati in 1956.

San Diego Adam Eaton is staked to a 15–4 lead, and the Padres hang on for a 15–11 win over the Rockies Dave Magadan and Mike Darr each have four RBIs, while the Rock's Ben Petrick knocks in four runs without a hit, likely a ML record. Petrick has a sac fly, bases loaded walk, and two ground outs.

1999
» The Angels defeat the Devil Rays, 10-5, in a game marked by a confrontation between umpire John Shulock and TB C Mike DiFelice in the 3rd inning. Shulock was on his way out to the mound after being hit with a pitch from Devil Rays P Wilson Alvarez when he was intercepted by DiFelice. American League president Gene Budig will suspend Shulock for three games and fine him an undisclosed amount for his "overly aggressive behavior, display of temper, inappropriate remarks and physical contact."

1998
» Baltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. takes himself out of the Orioles lineup prior to the game with the Yankees to end his major league record consecutive game streak at 2,632. The Orioles lose the historic game by a score of 5–4. Ryan Minor, Ripken's replacement at 3B, gets one hit in four at bats.

Mark McGwire wastes no time as he hits home run #65 in the 1st inning of the Cardinals' 11–6 win over Milwaukee.

1995
» Maybe it shoulda rained. The Padres play their 1,000th straight home game without a rainout, a streak going back to 1983, but the Rockies win, 10–2. Bill Swift (8-2) is the winner. Vinny Castilla hits his 32nd home run and Walt Weiss his 1st of the year.

1993
» Giants P Jim Deshaies goes 0-for-2 in a 7-2 win over the Astros. In doing so, he sets a major league record by going 372 career at bats without having an extra-base hit. The old mark had been set by Virgil Barnes.

1992
» Phillies 2B Mickey Morandini becomes the 9th player in history to turn an unassisted triple play in Philadelphia's 13 inning 3–2 loss to the Pirates. With runners on 1st and 2nd in the 6th inning, Morandini caught Jeff King's line drive, stepped on 2nd to double up Andy Van Slyke, and tagged out Barry Bonds, who was running from 1st.

The Cubs Shawn Boskie gives up six hits and six runs in the 1st and departs with no outs. He also loses as the Cards coast to a 16–4 win. St. Louis 3B Stan Royer has four hits, four runs, and four RBIs.

1988
» Wade Boggs goes 3-for-3 with two walks in Boston's 13–2 rout of Toronto to become the first player this century to collect 200 hits in six consecutive seasons. Willie Keeler had eight straight 200-hit seasons from 1894-1901. Boggs also joins Lou Gehrig as the only players to collect 200 hits and 100 walks in three consecutive seasons.

Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run off John Farrell in the 5th inning, and Chet Lemon hits his 200th career home run off Scott Bailes in the bottom of the 9th to lead Detroit to a 3–1 win over Cleveland.

1986
» San Diego's Tony Gwynn steals five bases in a 10–6 loss to the Astros, tying the modern National League record for steals in one game.

Texas rookie Kevin Brown, the Rangers top pick in the June draft, registers his first professional win, beating the Oakland A's, 9–5. Earlier in the year, teammate Bobby Witt also won his first pro game in the majors. The first Ranger to do it was David Clyde in 1973.

1985
» A federal jury in Pittsburgh convicts Curtis Strong of 11 counts of cocaine distribution after a trial whose prosecution witnesses revealed how widely the drug problem afflicts major league baseball. Prominent players who were granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony include Dave Parker, Lonnie Smith, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, and Tim Raines.

1984
» The Padres clinch their first National League West title since entering the league in 1969 with a 5–4 win over the Giants. The key blow is winning pitcher Tim Lollar's 3-run home run, his 3rd home run of the season.

The first-place Cubs break two million in home attendance for the first time as 33,651 watch them lose to Pittsburgh 7–6.

1983
» The Tigers rap 10 consecutive hits on the way to an 11-run first inning against Baltimore, tying the American League record set by Boston in 1901. Detroit wins 14–1 in a rain-shortened 5-inning game.

1981
» Twins rookie Gary Gaetti homers in his first ML at bat, off Charlie Hough (2–1) but Texas beats the Twins, 4–3.

1980
» George Brett goes 0-for-4 in a 9–0 loss to the A's dropping his average below .400 for good. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.

California's Tony Armas does it all hitting two doubles, two home runs to drive in five RBIs in a 6–4 win over Texas. Armas also has an, intentional walk, and steals 3rd.

1978
» The Red Sox collect six hits -- 4 by Jerry Remy -- off Dave Rozema but the Tigers clobber Boston, 12–2. Lou Whitaker and Rusty Staub both have 3-run homers to lead Detroit's 15-hit attack. The Sox loss, combined with the Yankees split with Toronto, leaves New York two games in front with 10 games to go.

The Yanks split a pair with Toronto, with Ron Guidry losing his 3rd game of the year. Lefty Mike Willis wins the duel with Guidry, 8–1.

1977
» The Dodgers clinch the National League Western Division title with a 3–1 win over the Giants.

In San Diego, Tom Seaver pitches a two hitter as the Reds win, 4–0.

1976
» The Angels Nolan Ryan outduels Rangers Bert Blyleven, 1–0.

1975
» The A's and Royals set an American League record by using 42 players in a 9-inning game. Oakland wins 16–4, with a AL record-tying 13 different players scoring. The Yankees were the last to do it, in 1949.

1973
» The Pirates lose 4–3 in 13 innings in New York and their lead over the Mets is cut to one-half game. A Wayne Garrett relay from Cleon Jones nails Richie Zisk at the plate in the top of the last inning.

A's speedster Bill North trips over 1B in a 5–4 loss to the Twins, severely spraining his right ankle and costing him both the American League SB crown and a chance to play in the World Series. The Twins are 14–4 against Oakland this year, tying the AL record of the 1909 Athletics for most wins against a pennant winner.

1972
» In the nitecap of a doubleheader, the Braves score all their runs in the 2nd inning in routing the Astros 13–6. Dusty Baker has three at bats in the inning, doubling to lead off, hitting a 3-run home run, then grounding out to end the inning with the bases full.

At Anaheim, Royals pitcher Steve Busby loses a grand slam when 1B ump John Rice signals that he had called time before the gopher pitch. John Mayberry had already hit a grand slam in the inning.

Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants hits a home run to set a new Japanese record of seven home runs in seven consecutive games. Dale Long in 1956 hit in eight straight, and several players have hit in 6.

1971
» The Senators beat the Indians 8–6 in 20 innings, thus completing a suspended game begun six days earlier in Cleveland. The two teams finish the 20 frames with 30 walks issued, an American League record for an extra-inning game. Washington pitchers hand out 19 walks. The two teams combine on another AL record as they strand 25 base runners, and the teams combine for record four runs in the 20th inning. In the nitecap, the Indians win, 3–1, handing Denny McLain his 21st defeat. Meanwhile, Senators owner Bob Short is given permission to move his team to Texas, where they will become the Rangers, a nickname adopted on November 23rd.

1970
» Jim Palmer wins his 20th game, defeating the Indians, 7–0. The Orioles are the first club since 1956 to have three 20-game winners.

Bill Melton sets a White Sox club record with his 30th home run (Eddie Robinson had the mark with 29) leading Chicago to an 8–4 win over the Royals in game 1. Kansas City's Jim York makes his ML debut in the nitecap, pitching four 2/3 innings of relief in winning his first game, 8–2. Paid attendance at Comiskey is 672.

1969
» Bob Moose stops the pennant-bound Mets 4–0 with the National League's record 5th no-hitter of the season. Moose is now 12-3. But the Mets will win their next nine games.

1968
» At Yankee Stadium, Boston's Jim Lonborg tosses just his 3rd complete game of the year to beat New York, 4–3. Yastrzemski has three hits, including a homer, to raise his average to .306. Mantle hits homer number 536, the last of his career, for New York.

1967
» Steve Carlton of the Cardinals strikes out 16 batters, including seven in a row, in eight innings but still loses 3–1 to Chris Short and the Phillies.

The Red Sox, down 2–0 in Cleveland, rally on Yaz's 41st home run and a 3-run home run by Rico Petrocelli to win 5–4. Yaz, with four hits in the game, is now leading the American League with a .316 average, and is 1st in RBIs and home runs. The Twins, Tigers and White Sox all keep pace. The Twins win 6–2 as Dean Chance K's 13 for his 18th victory. Detroit routs the Yankees 10–1, while Chicago tops the Angels 6–4.

In the Reds 9–4, win over the Braves, Johnny Bench hits his first ML homer, a 3-run shot off Jim Britton in Atlanta.

1966
» Orioles P Tom Phoebus hurls his 2nd straight shutout in his 2nd ML game, blanking the A's 4–0 in Kansas City. Karl Spooner was the last rookie to start with two shutouts.

Vern Law shuts out the Giants 6–0 to keep the Pirates one 1/2 games behind the Dodgers. Pittsburgh turns four double plays in the game and will end the year with an National League-record 215.

1965
» Just 812 see the soon-to-be Atlanta Braves lose to the Phils, 4–1, in Milwaukee.

Fewer fans (537) see the A's Jim "Catfish" Hunter beat Jim "Mudcat" Grant, 8–2, in Minnesota. Both contests are makeup games.

In Cleveland's 5–4 win, Pedro Gonzalez of the Indians swings a bat at P Larry Sherry of the Tigers following a Sherry brushback pitch. Gonzalez is fined $500 by American League President Joe Cronin the following day.

1964
» Jim Bunning, in relief, strikes out Johnny Roseboro in the 9th to preserve the Phils 3–2 win in Los Angeles. The win comes after two straight losses and leaves the 1st place Phils in front of the National League by six 1/2 games with 12 to play. When they return to Philley in the early morning, 2,000 fans including Mayor James Tate are on hand to greet the team.

1963
» The Yankees edge the Athletics, 5–4 in 13 innings. Rookie 2B Pedro Gonzalez helps the win by pulling the hidden ball trick in the 11th frame and tagging out A's OF Ken Harrelson, who had advanced to 2B after a single and a sac bunt. As noted by Bill Deane, Gonzalez plays only seven games in the field this year.

1961
» The Yankees' 154th game of 1961 (including a tie) is Roger Maris' last chance to beat Babe Ruth, in compliance with Commissioner Ford Frick's statement that, for the record to be broken, Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris' 59th home run of the year, off Milt Pappas, is short of the record, but helps New York beat Baltimore 4–2, clinching its 26th American League pennant. In 1998, Pappas will state that he told Maris the night before that, if the game's outcome is not on the line, he would throw him nothing but fastballs.

1960
» Boston OF Carroll Hardy pinch-hits for Ted Williams, who is forced to leave the game after fouling a ball off his ankle and grounds into a DP. It is the only time Williams has been pinch hit for; Hardy also pinch hit for Roger Maris when both were at Cleveland. The Orioles win 5–4 when Brooks Robinson pulls away from a pitch and accidentally bloops an RBI single in the 8th.

In Milwaukee, Jay Hook gives up just two hits as the Reds win, 8–0, and chill the Braves pennant hopes.

First place Pittsburgh sweeps a pair from the Phillies, winning 7–1 and 3–2. The Bucs lead by six games. Bob Friend wins the opener and sets a new club record for strikeouts, beating Hendrix' mark of 176 set in 1912.

1959
» The Giants play their last game in Seals Stadium before moving to Candlestick Park, losing to Los Angeles 8-2. The Dodgers sweep the series and drop the Giants from first to 3rd. The Braves are in 2nd, a half game back.

1958
» Orioles P Hoyt Wilhelm, in a rare start (he is 0-6 this year when starting), pitches a 1–0 no-hitter, the first in O's history, against Don Larsen of the Yankees, fanning 8. Larsen allows one hit through six innings. The Orioles acquired Wilhelm in August for the $20,000 waiver price. The win, Wilhelm's first ML complete game, and his only this year for the O's, improves his record to 3-10. The winning margin is Gus Triandos' 30th home run, off reliever Bobby Shantz.

The Giants Ruben Gomez gives up three hits, all to Bobby Gene Smith, as the Giants beat St. Louis 5–1. Willie Mays's three hits raises his average to .340, and he steals his 30th base, the first to steal 30 three times since Kiki Cuyler in 1930.

1955
» Reserve 1B Frank Kellert's HR is the Dodgers' 200th of the season, making them the first team to hit 200 or more in a season more than once. They did it with 208 in 1953. Robin Roberts surrenders 2 HRs to the Dodgers, making it 40 for the season, a ML record.

Giants slugger Willie Mays poles 2 HRs against the Pirates, giving him 50 for the year, making him only the 7th player in history to accomplish this. The Giants sweep the doubleheader, winning 11-1 and 14-8. Mays's HR in the 2nd game was his 7th in 6 consecutive games.

1953
» Ernie Banks of the Cubs hits his first ML HR, against Gerry Staley, but the Cards win 11-6.

1951
» Following a day off in Cincinnati, Ken Raffensberger beats the Giants, 3–1, with reliever Blackwell striking out Westrum and Hank Thompson in the 9th with two runners on base. Jim Hearn is the loser.

Carl Erskine pitches the Dodgers to a 4–3 win over the Cardinals. Brooklyn's magic number is reduced to 5.

The owners elect National League President Ford Frick as the 3rd commissioner of baseball for a 7-year term at $65,000 per annum. Warren Giles withdraws on a vote deadlock to open the way for Frick, who has been NL prexy since 1934.

1950
» Thrashing the Cubs 9–6 at Philadelphia, the Phils open a seven 1/2 game lead, their biggest so far. Jim Konstanty, appearing for the 68th time, wins his 16th. Boston and Brooklyn are tied for second place with 79-61 records: The Phils are at 87-54.

The Red Sox pennant hopes are jolted the Indians who take a doubleheader sweep, 6–3 and 7–1. The losses drop the Yawkeymen out of a second place with Detroit. Bob Lemon wins his 21st in the opener, and Early Wynn cops his 17th in game 2. Easter and Gordon homer to give the Tribe a club-record 156. Goodman, hitting .357, is 2-for-8 to go over 400 at bats and qualify for the hitting title. He is leading George Kell by 14 points.

1949
» Jackie Robinson steals home in a 5-0 Dodger win against the Cubs. It is his 5th steal of home this year and the 13th in his 3 years in the NL. That is the most in the ML since Ben Chapman stole his 15th and last in 1940, his 11th season.

1943
» The hottest club at the end of the season is the Senators, who win 10 straight and 15 in a row at home, including a doubleheader win today over the Yankees. The Bombers, however, will clinch the flag on Sept. 25 with a 2-1 win over the Tigers in 14 innings.

1935
» The Pittsburgh Crawfords beat the New York Cubans to win the Negro NL Championship 3–0 behind the pitching of Leroy Matlock and the extra-base hits of Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell and Oscar Charleston.

1933
» Lefty Grove scores his 23rd victory as the A's down Detroit, 2–1. The Mackmen garner just five hits off Carl Fischer.

The Senators clinch a tie for the pennant, routing the Browns with seven runs in the 3rd, and winning 13–5. Alvin Crowder wins his 24th. The Yankees win, 5–3 over Chicago.

At Grand Central Station, a crowd of 5,000 to 10,000 fans are on hand to greet the Giants on their return from the west.

1932
» The Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant when Kiki Cuyler hits a triple with the bases loaded for a 5–2 win over Pittsburgh. Guy Bush wins his 19th game and rookie Billy Herman tops the 200 mark in hits for the season. Tomorrow the Cubs will snub ex-manager Rogers Hornsby on the split of World Series shares.

At the Polo Grounds, Fred Fitzsimmons coasts to a 15–3 win over the Braves. Boston catcher Johnny Schulte bangs a 9th inning solo shot for the final score, the homer coming in his last ML at bat. The veteran caught on with the Braves when Pinky Hargrave broke a leg in a game that Schulte was watching at Sportsman's Park. Earlier in the year, he was watching at game at the same park when the Browns C Rick Ferrell broke a hand, and Schulte was signed for the recovery period.

Babe Ruth returns to the Yankees lineup.

Hoping to boast attendance, the Sacramento Senators and Oakland Acorns open their final Coast League series here by starting two Asian American pitchers. For the Senators is Kenso Nushida, a Japanese-American, and Lee Hun Hong, a Chinese-American goes for Oakland.

1931
» The Yanks run their win streak to 10 in a row, beating the Indians 7–1 and 10–4 in seven innings. Lou Gehrig hits his 45th homer in game one and drives in four runs for the afternoon to break his old RBI mark of 175, set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184. Ruth also drives home four runs and hits his 44th in game 2.

Before a game with Brooklyn, Sparky Adams, Cards 3B, injures his ankle. He can see only limited action in the World Series, leaving a chance for Andy High to shine as his substitute. Gabby Street, 48-year-old Cardinal manager, catches the last three innings of the 6–1 win against the Robins. Street, who last played in 1912, throws out Babe Herman, the only Brooklyn runner who tries to steal. Street is 0-for-1 at the plate.

1930
» Joe Hauser of the Baltimore Orioles (International League) sets a new minor league record by hitting his 63rd HR.

Hack Wilson hits no HRs but gets his 176th RBI, passing Lou Gehrig's 1927 major-league record.

1928
» The White Sox beat New York 4–3, and the Yankee lead is cut to one game.

A crowd of 50,000 at the Polo Grounds sees the Giants and Cardinals split a doubleheader. The Cards take the first game 8–5 behind pitcher Willie Sherdel plus three homers by former Giant George Harper. The Giants salvage the nightcap 7–4 when they score five runs in the 8th inning to give rookie Carl Hubbell the win over Grover Cleveland Alexander. Shanty Hogan's grand slam off Alexander is the big blow. New York remains two games behind the National League-leading Cardinals.

1926
» With the Cardinals idle, the Reds' nosedive continues as the Braves sweep a pair from Cincinnati, 4–3 and 3–0. In game 1, Edd Roush misses a shoestring catch of a Andy High fly ball, which goes for an inside-the-park home run. Roush also misses an easy fly ball in the 6th. Bob Smith applies the calcimine in game 2, with Dolf Luque on the losing end.

1925
» In Cleveland, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland old-timers play a 6–6, 8-inning tie. The lineups include Three Finger Brown, Jimmy Archer Artie Hofman, Mort Scanlan and Dutch Meier for Chicago; For Cleveland, Larry Nap Lajoie, Dode Paskert, Chief Zimmer, Cy Berger, Cy Young, and Joe Delahanty. The game benefits the Amateur and Old-timer's Baseball Association of Cleveland: "This association employs a doctor to look after the injuries of any boy hurt in baseball in that district." Before boarding the train for Cleveland, Brown throws batting practice for the Cubs at Chicago.

1924
» Pete Alexander slows the pennant-bound Giants and earns his 300th career victory in the process. The Cubs top the Giants in 12 innings at the Polo Grounds, 7–3.

Pitching on two days rest in St. Louis, Walter Johnson is pounded out of the box by the Browns and pinch hit for in the 2nd. Each team collects 18 hits as the Browns prevail 15–14. Goslin gives the Nats a 14–13 lead in the 10th with his 2nd home run of the game, but a wild throw to 2nd by reliever Firpo Marberry gives the win to the Browns.

Eager Beavers. Portland, scoring in every inning except the 1st, beats visiting Salt Lake City, 18-8. Emmett McCann of Portland sets a PCL record collecting seven hits, all singles, as Portland has 34 hits.

1923
» The Yanks clinch their 3rd straight pennant, beating St. Louis 4–3 to lead by 18 games. Their final margin is 16.

1922
» Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes stops the Cardinals on three scratch hits to win the opener, 6–1, of twinbill against St. Louis. Grimes also snaps Rogers Hornsby's hit streak at 33 games, which still stands as a Cardinal record. Hornsby recovers his stroke in the nightcap and hits two home runs as the Cards outslug the Robins, 13–7.

1920
» Carl Mays stops the Yanks four game loss streak with a 4–3 win over the Browns. Ruth tallies the winning run in the 11th inning for NY, giving the Babe an American League-record 148 runs scored. Ty Cobb had 147 in 1911. Ruth doubled off Carl Weilman in the 11th after striking out twice on slow curves.

In Cleveland, Duster Mails cancels the Red Sox 8–3, for the Indians' 6th win in a row. The A's lose to the White Sox 13–6.

At New York, the Giants and Reds break even, with New York taking the 1st game, 5–2, with three unearned runs. The Reds win game 2, 9–3, as Hod Eller strikes out 8, including George Burns three times. Cincinnati 2B Maurice Rath, who will hit only two home runs in 506 ABs, collects both of them in game 2: both are inside-the-park home runs, in the 7th and 8th innings.

1919
» Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major-league HR mark of 27 with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the White Sox. Four days later he will hit No. 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.

1917
» Baltimore (Federal League) files suit against the NL.

1915
» In front of a full house at Fenway Park, including Vice-President Thomas Marshall, Babe Ruth gives Boston a 3–2 win over Detroit. Rube Foster relieves Babe with two outs in the 8th. Ruth is 1-for-3 at bat.

After the A's win the opener 54 over Cleveland, Bud Davis walks 12 Indians in game two and Cleeland wins, 5–3. Davis is the 2nd A's pitcher in two weeks to walk that many.

1914
» John Lush of Portland (PCL) pitches a 9-inning no-hitter against Venice, losing 1–0. It is the 2nd no-hit loss in the PCL in five years (Frank Arellanes, Sacramento, October 17, 1910, loses 2–0).

1912
» Joe Wood's bid for a 17th straight victory falls short as Detroit beats Boston 6–4 on two unearned runs. Wood gives up seven hits and, in the 3rd, walks four in a row. Detroit starter Bill Covington is thrown out of the game in the 5th inning with the Tigers ahead 3–1, receives credit for the victory. Joe Lake mops up the last five innings for Detroit.

1910
» The Cards beat the Giants, 5–1, then lose the nitecap 3–2. Rookie Ed Zmich, still looking for his first win, loses to Christy Mathewson. Matty allows 10 hits, but K's 10.

1908
» in St. Louis, Rube Waddell strikes out 17 Washington Nationals in 10 innings to beat Walter Johnson 2-1.

Frank Smith pitches a no-hitter for the White Sox against the A's, winning 1-0 and giving up just one walk. It is Smith's 2nd no-hitter. The winning run scores in the bottom of the 9th when Freddy Parent, whom Eddie Plank is walking intentionally, reaches out and pokes a sacrifice to short RF.

1907
» Every player but one is hitless in the Pittsburgh-Brooklyn game, won by the Pirates, 2-1. Twenty-year-old rookie Nick Maddox, making his 3rd appearance, allows no Superbas hits for the first Pittsburgh 9-inning no-hitter. Pirate manager Fred Clarke gets the only two hits given up by Elmer Stricklett, but neither safety figures in the scoring: all three runs in the game are unearned. Earlier in the year, Maddox hurled two no-hitters while at Wheeling (Central League).

1906
» The 2nd-place Giants split two in Pittsburgh, winning the opener 10-4 behind Joe McGinnity. In the 5-inning nitecap, called on account of darkness, the Pirates reach Christy Mathewson for seven hits to win, 3-2.

1905
» Cleveland makes seven errors in the 8th inning, a major-league record, giving the White Sox eight runs and a 9-6 victory.

Chicago President Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.

1903
» In front of a packed house of 25,000+, the Cubs miss taking over second place from the Giants by losing to New York, 6-2. Jack Taylor loses to Joe McGinnity, with umpire Bob Emslie getting blamed for "frequent and inexcusable blunders" (The Chicago Inter Ocean). Pittsburgh leads by nine games.

A bad day for the Poughkeepsie Giants (Class D Hudson River League) as they drop a quadruple header to Hudson by the scores of 2-1, 6-4, 3-1, and 4-2.

1902
» OF-P James "Nixey" Callahan of the White Stockings pitches a no-hitter against Detroit, winning 3-0.

1889
» Kelly and Nash, each of whom homered earlier in the game, combine hits in the 8th inning to beat Washington, 4–3, and keep the Beaneaters a half game behind the Giants.