After the Tigers take the lead in the top of the inning at Chicago’s South Side Park, the White Sox slow down the pace of the game in hopes the contest will be rained out. Umpire Tom Connolly is not impressed and forfeits the game, the first in American league history, giving Detroit a 7-5 victory.

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On May 2, 1901 — After the Tigers take the lead in the top of the inning at Chicago’s South Side Park, the White Sox slow down the pace of the game in hopes the contest will be rained out. Umpire Tom Connolly is not impressed and forfeits the game, the first in American league history, giving Detroit a 7-5 victory.

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