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Sunday August 12,1906

Epic Struggle Ends With Athletics On Wrong End Of 4-3 Decision

Sportsman's Park,St.Louis,Mo.-In one of the finest pitching duels of the season,the Athletics Eddie Plank and the Browns Barney Pelty battled to a 3-3 stalemate through 12 innings before finally in the bottom of the 13th with both pitchers out of the game,the Athletics Rube Oldring committed his third error of the contest allowing Billy Maloney to score the game winning run to give the Browns the 4-3 victory.With the win, the Browns have now gotten to within 9 games of the A's with plenty of time left to close the gap.Here's the box score.

Sunday, August 12th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 4 St. Louis Browns 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 1
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 .345 1 27 T. Hartsel LF 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 .280 1 45 S. Seybold RF 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 .285 8 62 H. Davis 1B 6 0 1 0 0 1 4 .267 3 47 R. Oldring 3B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 .261 1 53 B. Lord CF 5 0 0 0 1 1 9 .229 1 35 D. Powers C 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .204 0 6 M. Cross SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 .210 0 21 E. Plank P 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .175 1 7 a-W. Henley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 Totals 49 3 12 3 1 8 21 a - W. Henley substituted for E. Plank in the 13th BATTING Doubles: R. Oldring 2 (18, 4th Inning off B. Pelty, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off B. Pelty, 0 on, 0 outs) S. Seybold (18, 4th Inning off B. Pelty, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: R. Oldring 6, S. Seybold 3, H. Davis, E. Collins, T. Hartsel 3, M. Cross 2-out RBI: R. Oldring Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Collins, B. Lord 4 Sac Bunt: D. Powers, M. Cross Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING SB: H. Davis (13), T. Hartsel (33) CS: E. Collins (26), T. Hartsel (24) FIELDING Errors: R. Oldring 3 (30), D. Powers (3)	St. Louis AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI R. Hartzell 3B 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 .266 4 26 B. Maloney CF 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 .235 2 33 G. Stone LF 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 .345 3 69 B. Rickey C 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .210 4 42 a-A. Weaver C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 b-T. Jones PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 0 27 c-T. Spencer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 0 1 e-L. Nor**** PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .323 0 3 H. Niles 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .258 2 46 B. Wallace SS 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .266 2 33 D. Gessler 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .256 0 27 B. Koehler RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .193 1 16 B. Pelty P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 0 2 d-C. Starr PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 0 20 W. Sudhoff P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 Totals 44 4 10 2 4 5 11 a - A. Weaver substituted for B. Rickey in the 10th b - T. Jones pinch hit for A. Weaver in the 11th c - T. Spencer substituted for T. Jones in the 12th d - C. Starr pinch hit for B. Pelty in the 12th e - L. Nor**** pinch hit for T. Spencer in the 13th BATTING Doubles: H. Niles (14, 5th Inning off E. Plank, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: B. Wallace 2, D. Gessler, R. Hartzell, B. Koehler, B. Maloney 3, H. Niles 3 2-out RBI: D. Gessler Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Gessler, B. Koehler, G. Stone, B. Maloney Sac Bunt: B. Pelty Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING SB: G. Stone (45), B. Maloney 2 (22), H. Niles (18) CS: B. Pelty (2), D. Gessler (15), G. Stone (28), H. Niles 2 (17) FIELDING Errors: B. Wallace (17) PB: B. Rickey
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA E. Plank L (13-12) 12.1 10 4 1 3 5 0 155 90 2.06 W. Henley 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 2.65 PITCHING Game Score: E. Plank 75 Batters Faced: E. Plank 47, W. Henley 2 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Plank 16-11, W. Henley 0-0 Pitches - Strikes: E. Plank 155-90, W. Henley 8-3 Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Henley 1-1 WP: E. Plank	St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Pelty 12.0 12 3 3 1 8 0 170 112 2.04 W. Sudhoff W (4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 2.64 PITCHING Game Score: B. Pelty 73 Batters Faced: B. Pelty 51, W. Sudhoff 3 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Pelty 15-12, W. Sudhoff 2-1 Pitches - Strikes: B. Pelty 170-112, W. Sudhoff 10-6 HB: B. Pelty 2

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Players Of The Week For Week Ending August 12,1906

Monday, August 13th, 1906: Knabe Picked Best Player Otto Knabe has the tools to stick in this league for many years. The 22-year-old third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates had a pretty fair bat in the National League over the past seven days and won the Player of the Week honors. Knabe batted .444 with 12 hits in 27 at-bats, no home runs and 2 RBIs. This year Knabe has hit no home runs and posted a .249 batting average.

Monday, August 13th, 1906: Barrage of Hits Gets Keeler AL Award Willie Keeler is respected by most New York Highlanders fans for his no-frills style of play. The 34-year-old right fielder went about his business with vigor last week to grab the American League Player of the Week honors. He compiled a .500 average (11-22) with no home runs, 3 RBIs and 6 runs scored. Presently Keeler is batting .296 and has collected 1 home run, 32 RBIs, .348 OBP and scored 59 runs.

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Monday August 13,1906

Resilient Browns Battle Back To Upend Athletics 7-6 In 11 Innings

Sportsman's Park,St.Louis,Mo.-Faced with a 6-3 eighth inning defecit against the best pitcher in the business,things were not looking good for the Browns,but two straight singles followed by a Chief Bender throwing error closed the gap to 6-4 with runners on 1st and 3rd and nobody out for RF Doc Gessler who slammed a double down the right field line tying the game and chasing Bender from the game for the first time since the Naps did it on June 19th,almost 2 months ago! Now with the score tied at 6 and Gessler on 2nd with nobody out A's relief man Jimmy Dygert entered the game and put out the fire to send the game to extra innings where in the bottom of the 11th,with Dygert still on the mound,Browns LF George Stone ripped a single to right field scoring Harry Niles and giving the Browns the 7-6 come from behind victory.Here's the box score.

Monday, August 13th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Philadelphia Athletics 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 14 1 St. Louis Browns 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 14 2
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 .346 1 27 T. Hartsel LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .282 1 46 S. Seybold RF 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 .289 8 62 H. Davis 1B 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 .269 3 49 R. Oldring 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .264 1 54 O. Schreckengost C 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .266 1 42 B. Lord CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .228 1 35 M. Cross SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .210 0 21 C. Bender P 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .290 3 20 a-J. Dygert P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 0 4 Totals 43 6 14 6 1 4 12 a - J. Dygert substituted for C. Bender in the 8th BATTING Doubles: R. Oldring (19, 2nd Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 0 outs) S. Seybold 2 (20, 1st Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 1 out) T. Hartsel (15, 4th Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: R. Oldring 3, O. Schreckengost, S. Seybold 5, H. Davis 2, E. Collins 2, B. Lord, T. Hartsel 3, M. Cross Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Seybold, H. Davis, B. Lord, M. Cross Sac Fly: R. Oldring, T. Hartsel Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: R. Oldring 2 (17), H. Davis (14), E. Collins (41) CS: E. Collins (27) FIELDING Errors: C. Bender (5)	St. Louis AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI R. Hartzell 3B 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 .269 4 26 T. Jones 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278 0 27 b-H. Niles PH, RF 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .259 2 46 G. Stone LF 6 1 2 2 0 0 2 .345 3 71 B. Rickey C 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .214 4 42 c-T. Spencer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 0 1 d-L. Nor**** PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313 0 3 e-A. Weaver C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 B. Wallace SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .269 2 34 B. Maloney CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236 2 34 E. Smith P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .136 0 2 D. Gessler RF, 1B 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 .256 0 29 C. Starr 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .252 0 20 F. Glade P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .136 0 2 a-B. Koehler CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190 1 16 Totals 44 7 14 6 3 5 15 a - B. Koehler substituted for F. Glade in the 7th b - H. Niles pinch hit for T. Jones in the 7th c - T. Spencer substituted for B. Rickey in the 9th d - L. Nor**** pinch hit for T. Spencer in the 9th e - A. Weaver substituted for L. Nor**** in the 10th BATTING Doubles: D. Gessler (8, 8th Inning off C. Bender, 2 on, 0 outs) R. Hartzell (11, 7th Inning off C. Bender, 0 on, 1 out) Triples: R. Hartzell (9, 5th Inning off C. Bender, 0 on, 0 outs) H. Niles (5, 11th Inning off J. Dygert, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: B. Wallace 2, B. Rickey 2, D. Gessler 2, R. Hartzell 6, C. Starr, G. Stone 2, B. Maloney, T. Jones, H. Niles 3 2-out RBI: G. Stone Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Wallace 2, F. Glade, D. Gessler, R. Hartzell, G. Stone Sac Bunt: E. Smith Sac Fly: B. Wallace Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: B. Rickey 3 (16), R. Hartzell (31), G. Stone 2 (47) CS: B. Maloney (15), T. Jones (17) FIELDING Errors: B. Rickey (24), D. Gessler (13)
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Bender 7.0 12 6 4 2 3 0 113 68 1.75 J. Dygert L (4-3) 3.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 45 28 3.32 PITCHING Game Score: C. Bender 34 Batters Faced: C. Bender 35, J. Dygert 14 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Bender 8-9, J. Dygert 5-4 Pitches - Strikes: C. Bender 113-68, J. Dygert 45-28 Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Dygert 1-0	St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA F. Glade 6.1 13 6 5 0 0 0 78 49 2.41 E. Smith W (5-1) 4.2 1 0 0 1 4 0 57 35 2.93 PITCHING Game Score: F. Glade 25 Batters Faced: F. Glade 31, E. Smith 15 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Glade 10-8, E. Smith 5-4 Pitches - Strikes: F. Glade 78-49, E. Smith 57-35 Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Smith 1-0 WP: F. Glade

Boston Blanked By Mullin

Monday, August 13th, 1906: Boston Blanked by Mullin George Mullin of the Detroit Tigers blanked Boston 1-0 on 3 hits. He rang up 3 strikeouts, keeping batters off balance all day long. In 1906 Mullin has compiled a 8-15 record with a 3.28 ERA.

Cleveland Blanks Washington Behind Joss

Monday, August 13th, 1906: Cleveland Blanks Washington Behind Joss In an outstanding mound performance Addie Joss fired a complete-game shutout against the Senators. He tossed a 3-hitter for Cleveland to beat Washington 5-0 at League Park I. This season Joss has a 11-13 record with a 2.55 ERA in 26 starts.

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Wednesday August 15,1906

Dygert Goes The Distance In 6-3 Pasting Of Naps

Columbia Park,Phila,Pa.-Athletics second year twirler Jimmy Dygert was a ball of fire today holding the big hitting Naps to 9 hits while striking out 5 in the A's 6-3 victory today here in Columbia Park.After some tense moments early,the A's batters found their stride in the middle innings plating 5 runs from the 4th through the 6th innings to put the game away for young Jimmy who coasted the rest of the way for his 5th victory of the season against only 3 defeats.Here's today's box score.

Wednesday, August 15th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Naps 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 4 Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 X 6 13 1
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI H. Bay CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .294 0 26 E. Grant 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .295 1 30 E. Flick RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .286 1 43 N. Clarke C 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .260 1 62 B. Bradley 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .208 0 27 N. Lajoie SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .310 0 40 J. Birmingham LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 .316 2 25 H. Bemis 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236 0 12 B. Rhoads P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313 0 3 a-J. McCarthy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 0 18 G. Liebhardt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 0 b-T. Turner PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228 0 5 Totals 35 3 9 3 1 5 20 a - J. McCarthy pinch hit for B. Rhoads in the 7th b - T. Turner pinch hit for G. Liebhardt in the 9th BATTING Total Bases: N. Clarke, H. Bemis, N. Lajoie 2, B. Rhoads, E. Flick, H. Bay 2, E. Grant 2-out RBI: H. Bemis, E. Flick Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Birmingham, N. Clarke, T. Turner GIDP: H. Bemis Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: H. Bay (24) CS: H. Bay (20) FIELDING Errors: H. Bemis (11), N. Lajoie 2 (51), B. Rhoads (2) Double Plays: 1 (Bradley-Grant-Bemis) PB: N. Clarke 2	Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .347 1 27 T. Hartsel LF 5 0 1 1 0 2 4 .281 1 47 S. Seybold RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .289 8 63 H. Davis 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .265 3 49 R. Oldring 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .266 1 55 O. Schreckengost C 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .271 1 43 B. Lord CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .228 1 35 M. Cross SS 4 2 3 1 0 0 2 .221 0 22 J. Dygert P 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .156 0 5 Totals 39 6 13 6 0 3 23 BATTING Doubles: M. Cross (10, 4th Inning off B. Rhoads, 2 on, 1 out) Triples: O. Schreckengost (4, 7th Inning off G. Liebhardt, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: R. Oldring 2, O. Schreckengost 5, S. Seybold, E. Collins 2, B. Lord, T. Hartsel, M. Cross 4 2-out RBI: R. Oldring, O. Schreckengost, S. Seybold Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Davis 2, E. Collins, J. Dygert, B. Lord GIDP: S. Seybold Sac Bunt: J. Dygert Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING SB: R. Oldring 2 (19), T. Hartsel (34) CS: E. Collins (28), T. Hartsel (25) FIELDING Errors: E. Collins (25) Double Plays: 1 (Cross-Davis) PB: O. Schreckengost
Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Rhoads L (6-10) 6.0 9 5 4 0 2 0 93 54 3.13 G. Liebhardt 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 29 23 1.55 PITCHING Game Score: B. Rhoads 38 Batters Faced: B. Rhoads 31, G. Liebhardt 10 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Rhoads 12-3, G. Liebhardt 3-2 Pitches - Strikes: B. Rhoads 93-54, G. Liebhardt 29-23 HB: B. Rhoads	Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Dygert W (5-3) 9.0 9 3 3 1 5 0 114 74 3.29 PITCHING Game Score: J. Dygert 61 Batters Faced: J. Dygert 36 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Dygert 8-12 Pitches - Strikes: J. Dygert 114-74

Injury Takes Toll,Leever Out

Wednesday, August 15th, 1906: Injury Takes Toll, Leever Out Pittsburgh fans will be disappointed to learn that Sam Leever developed dead arm syndrome while throwing a pitch in today's game. After the doctor informed the Pittsburgh Pirates manager that Leever was expected to miss 1-2 weeks, the manager told the press that the rest of the team would have to step up their play until the starting pitcher could return. "You can't make excuses in baseball, because there's always a game tomorrow," said the team's skipper. This season Leever has a 16-6 record with a 1.88 ERA in 27 starts.

Corridon Fashions Shutout Against Reds

Wednesday, August 15th, 1906: Corridon Fashions Shutout Against Reds It was a dazzling performance by Frank Corridon of the Philadelphia Phillies. He shut out the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on a well-pitched 6-hitter, ringing up 4 strikeouts and issuing 3 walks. This year Corridon has worked 121.1 innings with 43 strikeouts en route to a 6-8 record and 3.41 ERA.

Killian Toys With New York

Wednesday, August 15th, 1906: Killian Toys with New York St. Louis hurler Ed Killian was at his best as he whitewashed the New York Giants 3-0 today. "He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches," said the New York manager. "We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit." Killian fired a 6-hitter and totaled 4 strikeouts and 1 walk in the shutout performance. So far this season Killian has a record of 13-9 with 70 strikeouts and 73 walks in 219 innings and a 2.92 ERA.

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Thursday August 16,1906

Hess Again Casts Hoodoo Over Athletics

Columbia Park,Phila,Pa.-For the second time in two starts,Naps pitcher Otto Hess went out and absolutely baffled the Athletics holding them to just 5 hits on his way to a convincing 6-0 whitewashing of the home team.The problem once again for the A's was the back end of the lineup which went a combined 0 for 15,pathetic in every sense of the word.Offensively for the Naps,leadoff hitter Harry Bay lead the charge going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI a run scored and a stolen base as he inched his average ever closer to that magical .300 mark.Here's the box score.

Thursday, August 16th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Naps 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 14 0 Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI H. Bay CF 5 1 3 2 0 1 0 .298 0 28 T. Turner SS 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .232 0 5 E. Flick RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .282 1 43 N. Clarke C 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .259 1 62 J. McCarthy LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .279 0 18 E. Grant 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .301 1 31 N. Lajoie 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .309 0 41 G. Stovall 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .255 1 31 O. Hess P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 0 1 Totals 39 6 14 4 0 6 10 BATTING Doubles: N. Lajoie (19, 2nd Inning off J. Coombs, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: N. Clarke, G. Stovall 2, N. Lajoie 2, T. Turner 2, J. McCarthy 2, H. Bay 3, E. Grant 3 2-out RBI: H. Bay Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Clarke, N. Lajoie, E. Flick Sac Bunt: O. Hess Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: H. Bay (25), E. Grant (18) CS: G. Stovall (5) FIELDING PB: N. Clarke	Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .346 1 27 M. Cross SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 0 22 O. Schreckengost C 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .271 1 43 S. Seybold RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .291 8 63 H. Davis 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .264 3 49 T. Hartsel LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .279 1 47 B. Lord CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .226 1 35 R. Oldring 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .264 1 55 J. Coombs P 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267 0 6 a-W. Henley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 3 4 16 a - W. Henley substituted for J. Coombs in the 8th BATTING Doubles: O. Schreckengost (20, 1st Inning off O. Hess, 0 on, 2 outs) S. Seybold (21, 6th Inning off O. Hess, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: O. Schreckengost 2, S. Seybold 3, E. Collins, M. Cross Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Seybold, H. Davis, T. Hartsel, J. Coombs Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: T. Hartsel (35) CS: E. Collins (29) FIELDING Errors: O. Schreckengost (24) PB: O. Schreckengost
Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA O. Hess W (13-11) 9.0 5 0 0 3 4 0 132 82 2.15 PITCHING Game Score: O. Hess 78 Batters Faced: O. Hess 35 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: O. Hess 11-11 Pitches - Strikes: O. Hess 132-82 HB: O. Hess	Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Coombs L (6-8) 7.0 14 6 4 0 5 0 136 88 2.53 W. Henley 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 12 2.37 PITCHING Game Score: J. Coombs 34 Batters Faced: J. Coombs 35, W. Henley 5 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Coombs 9-7, W. Henley 3-1 Pitches - Strikes: J. Coombs 136-88, W. Henley 20-12 Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Henley 1-0
GAME NOTES Player of the Game: O. Hess Ballpark: Columbia Park Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph Start Time: 3:05 pm Time: 2:48 Attendance: 5816

Tenney Hits For Cycle Against Pittsburgh!

Thursday, August 16th, 1906: Tenney Hits for Cycle Against Pittsburgh "It's too bad I can't do that every day," Fred Tenney said with a smile to reporters after today's game. "It would do wonders for my batting average." Tenney had every right to be in a good mood after hitting for the cycle today against Pittsburgh at South End Grounds III. The Beaneaters won the ballgame 15-10, he hit for the cycle, had a 5-for-6 game and boosted his batting average up a few points. The 34-year-old Boston first baseman chalked up 3 runs batted in and 4 runs scored for the game, too. Who says you can't have it all? He told the press that a triple is the tough hit to get in a cycle. "As soon as it left the bat, guys jumped off the bench and were rooting hard for me to have enough gas to get there," Tenney said. "It was hard to enjoy it... I was breathing too hard... you got to really be in shape to run out a triple." F. Tenney flied out in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, tripled in the 4th, doubled in the 6th, hit an RBI single in the 7th and hit a two-run home run off B. Maxwell in the 9th. Tenney is hitting at a .279 mark this season. His stats show 1 home run, 40 RBIs and 68 runs scored. He has played 109 games for the Beaneaters.

Wilhelm Breezes To Shutout Victory

Thursday, August 16th, 1906: Wilhelm Breezes to Shutout Victory On the hill Kaiser Wilhelm stood out and was the master of the moment as he blanked New York 1-0. At bat the Highlanders floundered, fizzled and failed to score. "His fastball moves and he mixes in the slider," the New York manager said. "He kept us off-balance." The Detroit pitcher hurled a 3-hit shutout in an exceptional effort. He gave up 1 walk and had 2 strikeouts. "I felt good," Wilhelm said. "That's probably the best fastball I've had all season. I was able to locate it pretty well. They were super-aggressive, which helped me." So far in 25 starts this season, Wilhelm has recorded 11 wins and sustained 14 losses. He has pitched 210 innings, yielded 182 hits, fanned 61 and has a 2.74 ERA.

Howell Records Shutout Against Washington

Thursday, August 16th, 1906: Howell Records Shutout Against Washington Harry Howell of the St. Louis Browns blanked Washington 8-0 on a 2-hit complete-game shutout, striking out 6 batters and walking 1. To this point in the season, Howell shows a 14-12 record, 28 starts, 224 innings, 116 strikeouts and a 2.61 ERA.

New York Whitewashes St.Louis,Ames Winner

Thursday, August 16th, 1906: New York Whitewashes St. Louis, Ames Winner "It was just one of those games, when everything went right. I threw a lot of strikes," Red Ames said. "And the pitches they did get to hit, they didn't do anything with them." The New York Giants pitcher really got it done in his 10-0 shutout victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, shutting them down on 4 hits. Ames issued 4 walks and had 6 strikeouts. In pitching stats this season Ames has rung up 9 wins and 9 losses in 27 games. He has an ERA of 2.38 and has fanned 98 batters in 158.2 innings.

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Friday August 17,1906

Naps Jump On Plank Early As Joss Cruises To 8-2 Victory

Columbia Park,Phila,Pa.-Cleveland Naps suburbanite Elmer Flick's 2 run double in the top of the first inning followed shortly by his steal of home put the Athletics in an early 3-0 hole that they could not get out of thanks to the twirling expertise of one Addie Joss who held the home towners to just 5 hits and 2 earned runs in the Naps 8-2 victory today in Columbia Park.For Plank,its just another bump in the road in what has been a consistently inconsistent season in which he has lost just as many games as he has won for the first place Athletics.Here's the box score.

Friday, August 17th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Naps 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 11 1 Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 2
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Jackson LF 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 .118 0 6 T. Turner SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .237 0 5 E. Flick RF 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .284 1 45 N. Lajoie 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .308 0 41 H. Bemis C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .237 0 12 B. Bradley 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .208 0 27 J. Birmingham CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .315 2 26 G. Stovall 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .259 1 31 A. Joss P 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .159 0 5 Totals 37 8 11 5 1 5 11 BATTING Doubles: E. Flick (25, 1st Inning off E. Plank, 2 on, 0 outs) Triples: T. Turner (2, 3rd Inning off E. Plank, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: J. Birmingham, A. Joss, H. Bemis, G. Stovall 2, N. Lajoie, B. Bradley, T. Turner 4, E. Flick 3 2-out RBI: J. Birmingham, A. Joss Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: G. Stovall, J. Jackson 3 Sac Bunt: A. Joss 2 Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING SB: E. Flick (35) CS: E. Flick (33) FIELDING Errors: N. Lajoie (52)	Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .345 1 27 T. Hartsel LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .278 1 47 S. Seybold RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .291 8 64 H. Davis 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .261 3 50 R. Oldring 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .262 1 55 O. Schreckengost C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 1 43 B. Lord CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227 1 35 M. Cross SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .218 0 22 E. Plank P 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .181 1 7 Totals 31 2 5 2 0 4 5 BATTING Total Bases: E. Plank, S. Seybold, E. Collins, B. Lord, T. Hartsel Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING CS: E. Collins 2 (31) FIELDING Errors: E. Collins (26), M. Cross (14) PB: O. Schreckengost
Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA A. Joss W (12-13) 9.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 119 74 2.52 PITCHING Game Score: A. Joss 73 Batters Faced: A. Joss 32 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Joss 12-9 Pitches - Strikes: A. Joss 119-74 HB: A. Joss	Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA E. Plank L (13-13) 9.0 11 8 4 1 5 0 136 95 2.14 PITCHING Game Score: E. Plank 45 Batters Faced: E. Plank 40 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Plank 14-7 Pitches - Strikes: E. Plank 136-95

Boston Left Fielder Demands Trade?

Friday, August 17th, 1906: Boston Left Fielder Demands Trade? "Don't believe everything you hear" was the word from the team's ownership group after rumors of Kip Selbach wanting out of Boston surfaced late yesterday. No one knows exactly how this news broke and Selbach laughed it off when told of the story.

Flaherty Fires Shutout In Pittsburgh Win

Friday, August 17th, 1906: Flaherty Fires Shutout in Pittsburgh Win "Good pitching beats good hitting" is an old baseball adage. Well, good pitching also beats bad batting. In his postgame interview the Boston manager said, "Patsy Flaherty made us look real bad today. He was outstanding. He was down in the zone with all his pitches. Everything was sinking." Flaherty had 1 strikeout, no walks and allowed only 5 hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates whitewashed the Boston Beaneaters 4-0. In 1906, Flaherty has chalked up 8 wins and 8 losses in 14 starts with 24 strikeouts in 126.2 innings and a 2.49 ERA.

Morgan Blanks Cubs

Friday, August 17th, 1906: Morgan Blanks Cubs Cy Morgan shut 'em down and shut 'em out, hurling Brooklyn past Chicago 2-0 in a complete game victory. He told BNN sportswriters in the postgame interview, "This is a game of adjustments and I made some good ones in this game." Morgan held the Chicago Cubs without a run, tossing a 3-hitter while walking 3 and fanning 2. To this point in the season, Morgan shows a 6-6 record, 11 starts, 119 innings, 43 strikeouts and a 1.89 ERA.

Chicago SS Will Miss 4-5 Weeks

Friday, August 17th, 1906: Chicago SS Will Miss 4-5 Weeks Chicago fans will be disappointed to learn that George Davis developed a strained back muscle while running the bases in today's game. After the doctor informed the Chicago White Sox manager that Davis was expected to miss 4-5 weeks, the manager told the press that the rest of the team would have to step up their play until the shortstop could return. "You can't make excuses in baseball, because there's always a game tomorrow," said the team's skipper. This season Davis has hit at a .287 clip with 45 RBIs, 0 home runs and 41 runs scored. He has played in 106 games.

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Saturday August 18,1906

Glade Outduels Bender As Browns Defeat Athletics 4-3 In 10 Inning Thriller

Columbia Park,Phila,Pa.-The man is human after all,riding an undefeated streak of 4 months and 2 days,the A's Chief Bender came into today's game brimming with confidence and fully expecting to get win number 25 against the second place St.Louis Browns in the friendly confines of Columbia Park here in the city of brotherly love.To make a long story short,it didn't happen.The Browns,led by twirler "Lucky" Fred Glade defeated Bender and the Athletics 4-3 in 10 innings to snap Bender's undefeated streak and more importantly move one game closer to the A's in the standings which are suddenly a lot more cozey than they were a week ago.In the game today,Browns SS Bobby Wallace put the Browns on the board first with a monsterous 2 run home run in the top of the 4th inning the put St Louis in front 2-0.The A's tied the game in the 6th when following two straight hits by Eddie Collins and Topsy Hartsel,Socks Seybold and Harry Davis got back to back RBI ground outs to end the 6th with the game tied at 2.the game would stay tied at 2 until the top of the 10th where Browns LF George Stone smoked a line drive single to left center scoring Glade and Roy Hartzell to give the invaders a 4-2 lead.In the bottom of the inning,A's CF Bris Lord led off the inning with a searing triple to the gap in right center before SS Monte Cross brought him home with a ground out to short to make it a 4-3 game with one out.Undaunted,Glade,with nearly 6,000 rowdy fans screaming hysterically,cooly retired the next two batters to preserve the victory for the upstart Browns.Here's the box score.

Saturday, August 18th, 1906 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E St. Louis Browns 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 1 Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 7 3
St. Louis AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI R. Hartzell 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .273 4 28 T. Jones 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .273 0 27 G. Stone LF 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 .341 4 74 B. Rickey C 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .226 4 42 b-T. Spencer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 0 1 d-L. Nor**** PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303 0 3 e-A. Weaver C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2 B. Wallace SS 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 .264 3 37 B. Maloney CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .234 2 35 D. Gessler RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .258 0 30 c-B. Koehler RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 1 16 C. Starr 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253 0 21 a-H. Niles PH, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .259 2 49 F. Glade P 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .143 0 2 Totals 38 4 8 4 2 4 15 a - H. Niles pinch hit for C. Starr in the 7th b - T. Spencer substituted for B. Rickey in the 9th c - B. Koehler substituted for D. Gessler in the 9th d - L. Nor**** pinch hit for T. Spencer in the 10th e - A. Weaver substituted for L. Nor**** in the 10th BATTING Doubles: B. Rickey (15, 4th Inning off C. Bender, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: B. Wallace (3, 4th Inning off C. Bender, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: B. Wallace 4, F. Glade, B. Rickey 2, R. Hartzell 2, G. Stone, B. Maloney 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Wallace, B. Rickey, T. Jones, H. Niles Sac Bunt: R. Hartzell, T. Jones Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: R. Hartzell (32), G. Stone (49) CS: B. Wallace (16), B. Maloney (16) FIELDING Errors: D. Gessler (14)	Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI E. Collins 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .346 1 27 T. Hartsel LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .278 1 47 S. Seybold RF 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .288 8 65 H. Davis 1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 .259 3 51 R. Oldring 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 1 55 O. Schreckengost C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .268 1 43 B. Lord CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .230 1 35 M. Cross SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .214 0 23 C. Bender P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284 3 20 a-J. Hannifin PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 2 7 Totals 36 3 7 3 0 4 7 a - J. Hannifin pinch hit for C. Bender in the 10th BATTING Doubles: O. Schreckengost (21, 2nd Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 2 outs) Triples: B. Lord (3, 10th Inning off F. Glade, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: R. Oldring, O. Schreckengost 2, E. Collins 2, B. Lord 4, T. Hartsel Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Lord Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING CS: E. Collins (32) FIELDING Errors: C. Bender (6), R. Oldring 2 (32)
St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA F. Glade W (11-10) 10.0 7 3 3 0 4 0 131 80 2.42 PITCHING Game Score: F. Glade 70 Batters Faced: F. Glade 37 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Glade 15-10 Pitches - Strikes: F. Glade 131-80 HB: F. Glade	Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Bender L (24-2) 10.0 8 4 3 2 4 1 141 89 1.79 PITCHING Game Score: C. Bender 64 Batters Faced: C. Bender 42 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Bender 14-11 Pitches - Strikes: C. Bender 141-89

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