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Athletics Squeak Past Senators 3-2,As Waddell Wins Again

American League Park,Wash.DC.-A's pitcher Rube Waddell continued his winning ways with a workmanlike 3-2 victory over the Washington Senators giving Rube his 9th straight decision and improving his record to 9-5.The Senators took advantage of a Tom Needham errant throw followed by a Rube Waddell wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead after 1 inning of play.In the third though,the A's struck for two runs on RBI singles by Danny Murphy and Tom Needham giving Philadelphia the 2-1 lead.The Senators retied the game in the 6th when following a leadoff triple by Rabbitt Nill(the first hit of the game for Washington),Jack Stahl reached on an infield single scoring Nill and tying the game at 2.In the 9th,the A's Danny Hoffman worked a leadoff walk that was followed by a Harry Davis single giving the A's runners on the corners with nobody out for Topsy Hartsel.Hartsel flied out to deep center,scoring Hoffman and giving Philadelphia the 3-2 victory.Here's the box score.

Wednesday, June 28th, 1905 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 3 Washington Senators 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 3
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI D. Murphy 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .255 2 31 M. Cross SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .247 0 24 T. Needham C 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .265 5 27 L. Cross 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .254 0 27 D. Hoffman CF 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .252 0 15 H. Davis 1B 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .247 4 28 T. Hartsel LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .230 0 22 B. Lord RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .220 0 11 R. Waddell P 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .292 0 9 Totals 31 3 7 3 5 3 14 BATTING Total Bases: R. Waddell, T. Needham 2, H. Davis, D. Murphy 2, B. Lord 2-out RBI: T. Needham Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Murphy, L. Cross, T. Hartsel Sac Fly: T. Hartsel Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING CS: H. Davis (20), L. Cross (7) FIELDING Errors: T. Needham 2 (15), M. Cross (9)	Washington AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI R. Nill 2B 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .227 3 22 J. Cassidy SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .254 0 15 J. Stahl 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .224 1 23 F. Huelsman LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .264 2 29 a-J. Stanley PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 1 18 P. Knoll RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .241 0 5 C. Jones CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .219 2 15 J. Mullin 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .184 1 11 M. Heydon C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .168 1 18 b-H. Hill PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .234 0 11 C. Patten P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .149 0 0 Totals 31 2 4 1 2 6 13 a - J. Stanley pinch ran for F. Huelsman in the 9th b - H. Hill pinch hit for M. Heydon in the 9th BATTING Triples: R. Nill (2, 6th Inning off R. Waddell, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: J. Stahl, R. Nill 3, F. Huelsman, P. Knoll 2-out RBI: J. Stahl Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Heydon, J. Stahl, F. Huelsman, H. Hill Sac Bunt: C. Jones Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING SB: J. Stahl (35), R. Nill (29) FIELDING Errors: C. Patten 2 (7), F. Huelsman (7)
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA R. Waddell W (9-5) 9.0 4 2 2 2 6 0 123 81 1.92 PITCHING Game Score: R. Waddell 75 Batters Faced: R. Waddell 35 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Waddell 14-7 Pitches - Strikes: R. Waddell 123-81 WP: R. Waddell HB: R. Waddell	Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Patten L (3-13) 9.0 7 3 3 5 3 0 131 82 3.27 PITCHING Game Score: C. Patten 59 Batters Faced: C. Patten 37 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Patten 13-9 Pitches - Strikes: C. Patten 131-82

News Notes And Scores From The Rest Of Today's Games

Wednesday, June 28th, 1905: Orth Pitches New York to Shutout Victory At Hilltop Park today Boston dropped a 3-0 decision to Al Orth and the New York Highlanders. The Americans offered little resistance to Orth, who stopped them on 4 hits, fanned 0 and walked 0. In 1905 Orth has posted a record of 4 wins and 8 losses with a 2.56 ERA. He has appeared in 13 games and struck out 30 in 91.1 innings.