At the Polo Grounds, Hooks Wiltse edges the Reds for a 4 – 3 Giants win. Christy Mathewson preserves the win with a scoreless 9th.
1907 – At Chicago‚ Ed Walsh loses to the Red Sox and George Winter‚ 5 – 3‚ but ties the American League record for assists by a pitcher in a game with 11. It is the second time this year he’s had 11 assists.
Just enough to win. The first place Cubs beat the visiting Phillies twice by scores of 1 – 0. Orval Overall and Jack Pfiester apply the calcimine.
Ed Karger of the Cardinals throws a perfect game against the Boston Doves in the second game of a doubleheader, shortened to 7 innings by prior agreement.
Cardinal Ed Karger pitches a seven-inning perfect game in game two of a doubleheader, beating the Boston Braves, 4-0. The contest was shortened by a prior agreement between the clubs.
1907 – At Pittsburgh‚ the Giants sweep two from the Pirates‚ 4 – 3 and 7 – 0. Christy Mathewson wins the opener‚ with relief help from Joe McGinnity‚ and Hooks Wiltse slams the door in the nitecap. The Giants move ahead of Pittsburgh into 2nd place.
The A’s Socks Seybold socks a homer off Ed Killian to beat the Tigers. Killian had not given up a homer since September 19, 1903 – 1001 innings. He lost that game as well, and will tee up just nine homers in his short career.
Walter Johnson picks up his first major league victory
Three Finger Brown tops Christy Mathewson for the third time this season, allowing just four hits in shutting out the Giants, 5 – 0. The first-place Cubs paste Matty for nine hits, and will take four out of five games in the series with New York.
The Senators’ 19-year-old rookie right-hander Walter Johnson makes his major league debut, losing to the Tigers, 3-2. Ty Cobb, with a bunt single, gets the first hit off of the future Hall of Famer, who will finish with a 417-279 (.519) record while compiling an ERA of 2.17 during his 21-year big-league tenure, all with Washington.
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