Harry Wolverton’s bases-loaded home run in the bottom of the 9th gives the Chicago Orphans an 8 – 7 victory over Cleveland.

On May 8, 1899 — Harry Wolverton’s bases-loaded home run in the bottom of the 9th gives the Chicago Orphans an 8 – 7 victory over Cleveland.

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