Browns interim manager Jimmy Austin is replaced by Branch Rickey. Austin (2-6) took over when George Stovall (50-84) was fired.
Athletics 2B Eddie Collins steals home twice in a 9 – 2 victory against the Red Sox to tie the major league mark.
Ed Reulbach pitches Brooklyn to a 2 – 0 whitewash of the Giants‚ allowing just 2 hits. Christy Mathewson takes the loss‚ his 9th of the year. John McGraw‚ frustrated with his team’s lack of hitting‚ loses an argument with umpire Mal Eason and is tossed.
1913 – The Phils score the only run this afternoon in a doubleheader in Boston. The visitors win the opener, 1 – 0, then the two play 10 innings of scoreless baseball before the game is called. Grover Cleveland Alexander misses his 20th win, but will reach the mark in three days.
In his major league debut, 22 year-old Hal Schwenk pitches 11 innings, giving up 12 hits, but earns a complete-game victory when St. Louis defeats the White Sox at Sportsman’s Park, 5-4. The Browns’ rookie southpaw will never again appear in a big league game.
1913 – Cleveland lefty Vean Gregg strikes out Ty Cobb three times in a row, but Cobb doubles in the winning run in the 12th.
1913 – Boston sidearmer Lefty Tyler spins a one-hitter over the Giants to win, 2 – 1. The Braves reach Christy Mathewson for eight hits and two runs.
Frederick W. Thayer‚ inventor of the catcher’s mask‚ dies at 65.
In Pittsburgh‚ the Pirates arrive late by train from Chicago for a morning/afternoon doubleheader against Cincinnati. For the morning game‚ they wear their road grays‚ losing 5 – 4 in 10 innings. In their home whites for the p.m. game‚ they win‚ 5 – 1.
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