The Phillies rout the Colonels at the Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, 29-4. Louisville right-hander John Wadsworth sets a National League record by giving up 28 singles in one game.
Philadelphia‚ still smarting from Louisville’s 6-HR assault 3 days ago‚ mauls the Colonels 29-4 beating Bill Wadsworth. Sam Thompson leads the stampede by spraying 6 hits and hitting for the cycle in 7 at bats. Three teammates-Hamilton‚ Sullivan and Grady-get 5 hits each‚ a ML record‚ as Philadelphia chalks up 36 hits‚ including 28 singles‚ both ML records. John Boyle and Lave Cross have 8 plate appearances. Ed Delahanty scores 5 runs as all 11 Phillies who bat have hits. The Phils end at a 5-1 record at Varsity Grounds‚ returning to newly rebuilt Huntington Grounds tomorrow with a victory over Cleveland.
James “Bug” Holliday hits a 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to carry the Reds to a 7 – 6 win over St. Louis.
Emulating Holiday‚ Brooklyn’s Candy LaChance slugs a bottom-of-the-9th homer to overcome Boston‚ 11 – 10.
John Tanner‚ a pitcher at Hebron‚ Kentucky‚ is struck by lightning and killed while trying to catch a fly ball.
1894 – Led by Billy Hamilton‚ who scores 5 runs‚ the Phils outslug first-place Boston‚ 18 – 10. Baltimore sweeps two from Brooklyn to move a game behind the Beaneaters.
Philadelphia ties New York in the 9th when Sam Thompson hits a bases-loaded triple. They acore again the 12th‚ but New York evens it on a HR by pitcher Joett Meekin. The Giants finally win in the 13th‚ 11-10.
Future Hall of Famer Fred Clarke sets a record by going 5 for 5 with a double in his first major league game, but Louisville squanders his performance in a 13 – 6 loss to Philadelphia. Clarke will be appointed manager in just three years.
Louisville P George Hemming throws an 11-inning 25-hitter, as the Colonels edge Boston, 11 – 9.
On June 27, 1894 For the first time in nearly a month, covering 24 games, Baltimore fails to score at least seven runs, losing to Chicago, 13 – 4.