The Giants tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 – 0.
The Giants tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 – 0.
The Giants tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 – 0.
George Pearce of the Cubs stops the Cards on one hit, a single by Ed Konetchy. Pearce wins, 6 – 0, over Pol Perritt.
On June 19, 1913 Wilbur Good hits the first pinch-hit home run in Chicago Cubs history, off Grover Alexander in the 8th inning, in a 2 – 1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
On June 11, 1913 The Browns end the A’s 15-game winning streak‚ winning 5 – 2‚ but Philadelphia’s 5-game lead over Cleveland will be maintained to the end.
On June 11, 1913 With the score tied 5 – 5‚ Ivy Olson of Cleveland steals home in the top of the 15th for the winning run over the Red Sox. Jack Graney then steals home for an insurance run‚ marking the only time teammates would steal home in extra innings in the same game. Dutch Leonard watches on the mound for Boston.
On June 10, 1913 A bounce home run by Fred Luderus into the right field stands at Redlands Field is the difference as the Phillies defeat the Reds‚ 3 – 2. Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Jack Ryder writes “the feat was thought impossible.” The ball bounced over a 10-foot high wall 400 feet from home plate. “There is little chance of another hit like that of Luderus…
The Giants send Red Ames, Heinie Groh and outfielder Josh Devore to Cincinnati for P Art Fromme and infielder Eddie Grant. The little-used Groh will star in Cincinnati, and eventually manage the team. Devore will be sold to the Phillies in August. Grant, a starter until today, will not play until June 4th, so there is some confusion about whether he was sold on that date or part of today’s trade.
Browns rookie Dwight Stone gives up six hits, seven walks and plunks three batters, but still beats the Yankees, 7 – 0. The visiting New Yorkers strand a modern major league-record 15 runners in the shutout by Stone, who will win just one more game this season. Ed Klepfer is the losing pitcher in his only decision of the year. The record will be matched three times and finally topped, in 1994. The National League record of 14 runners stranded in a shutout was set less than two weeks earlier by Pittsburgh against the Phillies.
Ruling that a ballplayer on the field is a “public person,” a New York judge throws out cases brought by New York and Boston players against a motion picture company that took movies of the 1912 World Series.
Pirates OF Ed Mensor will draw eight walks all year, but one of them comes in the 3rd inning against New York, ending Christy Mathewson’s string of perfect control at 47 innings. Mathewson takes a 7 – 1 lead into the 8th, but Ham Hyatt roasts a fastball into the RF stands to lead off and the Bucs follow with five singles. Matty holds on for a 7 – 4 win.
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