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Boston Americans clinch their first AL pennant

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In a game shortened due to darkness, the Americans clinch their first AL pennant when they beat the Cleveland Naps at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, 4-3. Boston will go on to defeat the Pirates, 5 games to 3, in the first World Series the fledgling circuit plays against an established National League foe.

Boston Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate

Boston Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate

ByThis Day in Baseball

In their 14-7 victory over Cleveland at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, the first-place Americans score in every inning, making it 11 consecutive frames that at least one player has crossed the plate. The fledgling American League team will also tally in the first six innings of its next game to extend the scoring streak to 17 straight frames.

In an afternoon game called because of unusual darkness, Giants’ pitcher Red Ames, making his major league debut, tosses a five-inning no-hitter against the Cardinals. The New York right-hander, who will also no-hit the Superbas on Opening Day in 1909 before yielding a single with one out in the tenth, will have both of his no-hit bids discounted after the 1991 change of rules no longer give credit for no-hit performances in games played for less than nine innings or for contests where the first hit is given up in extra innings.

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In an afternoon game called because of unusual darkness, Giants’ pitcher Red Ames, making his major league debut, tosses a five-inning no-hitter against the Cardinals. The New York right-hander, who will also no-hit the Superbas on Opening Day in 1909 before yielding a single with one out in the tenth, will have both of his no-hit bids discounted after the 1991 change of rules no longer give credit for no-hit performances in games played for less than nine innings or for contests where the first hit is given up in extra innings.

In St. Louis, Roger Bresnahan’s 10th-inning sacrifice fly scores Jack Warner with the game winner, as New York wins, 4 – 3. Despite giving up 12 hits, Christy Mathewson is the winner over Jim Hackett.

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In St. Louis, Roger Bresnahan’s 10th-inning sacrifice fly scores Jack Warner with the game winner, as New York wins, 4 – 3. Despite giving up 12 hits, Christy Mathewson is the winner over Jim Hackett.

The Cardinals’ manager Kid Nichols pitches both games of double header splitting them

The Cardinals’ manager Kid Nichols pitches both games of double header splitting them

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The Cardinals’ Kid Nichols beats the Reds 4 – 2 in the first of two games. Encouraged, Nichols pitches the nitecap as well, but the Reds reach him for 14 hits to win, 8 – 5. As manager, Nichols keeps himself in the game rather than waste another pitcher.

A new National Agreement signed by the National Association of minor league clubs officially organizes professional baseball under one comprehensive set of rules.

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A new National Agreement signed by the National Association of minor league clubs officially organizes professional baseball under one comprehensive set of rules.

1903 – New York’s Christy Mathewson and Brooklyn’s Bill Reidy hook up for the third time in a week, and the rubber game ends in a tie, 4 – 4. The match is called by ump Tim Hurstafter eight innings because of darkness.

1903 – New York’s Christy Mathewson and Brooklyn’s Bill Reidy hook up for the third time in a week, and the rubber game ends in a tie, 4 – 4. The match is called by ump Tim Hurstafter eight innings because of darkness.

ByThis Day in Baseball

1903 – New York’s Christy Mathewson and Brooklyn’s Bill Reidy hook up for the third time in a week, and the rubber game ends in a tie, 4 – 4. The match is called by ump Tim Hurstafter eight innings because of darkness.

1903 – A year before the first subway is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers, play their cross-town rivals in a two-stadium, same day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6 – 4 and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 fans at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3 – 0.

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1903 – A year before the first subway is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers, play their cross-town rivals in a two-stadium, same day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6 – 4 and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 fans at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3 – 0.