The Giants release Rube Marquard to Toronto (International League) but the veteran pitcher refuses to go to the minors. He works out his own deal and is signed by Wilbert Robinson and the Robins. Rube will post a 13-6 record next season for Uncle Robby.

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The Giants release Rube Marquard to Toronto (International League) but the veteran pitcher refuses to go to the minors. He works out his own deal and is signed by Wilbert Robinson and the Robins. Rube will post a 13-6 record next season for Uncle Robby.

The Red Sox win, 2 – 1 in 13 innings, to sweep the Tigers and solidify their hold on first place. Boston has now won seven straight and 19 of 21.

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The Red Sox win, 2 – 1 in 13 innings, to sweep the Tigers and solidify their hold on first place. Boston has now won seven straight and 19 of 21.

1915 – The Browns bring George Sisler in to pitch five innings of relief. Sisler gives up one run and earns the win, a 10 – 7 victory over the A’s Rube Bressler.

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1915 – The Browns bring George Sisler in to pitch five innings of relief. Sisler gives up one run and earns the win, a 10 – 7 victory over the A’s Rube Bressler.

1915 – At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals sweep two from the Giants, winning 5 – 4 and 4 – 3. New York is in 7th place, 8 1/2 games back of the leading Phillies.

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1915 – At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals sweep two from the Giants, winning 5 – 4 and 4 – 3. New York is in 7th place, 8 1/2 games back of the leading Phillies.

In the 2nd inning of game one of a doubleheader versus Detroit, the crowd sees the Senators score a run with no times at bat, the only time it’s ever happened. Chick Gandil and Merito Acosta walk; Rip Williams sacrifices, and George McBride hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Gandil, and the Tigers catch Acosta off second base when OF Bobby Veach throws to Ossie Vitt. Washington’s Walter Johnson goes on to win, 8 – 1, and snap the Tigers’ 9-game win streak.

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In the 2nd inning of game one of a doubleheader versus Detroit, the crowd sees the Senators score a run with no times at bat, the only time it’s ever happened. Chick Gandil and Merito Acosta walk; Rip Williams sacrifices, and George McBride hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Gandil, and the Tigers catch Acosta off second base when OF Bobby Veach throws to Ossie Vitt. Washington’s Walter Johnson goes on to win, 8 – 1, and snap the Tigers’ 9-game win streak.

In the Federal League, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush’s 10th inning inside-the-park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Chicago 4th, only 1 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season’s end Newark will be 5th, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with a record of 86-66 to St. Louis’s 87-67 and Pittsburgh’s 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell’s 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.

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In the Federal League, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush’s 10th inning inside-the-park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Chicago 4th, only 1 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season’s end Newark will be 5th, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with a record of 86-66 to St. Louis’s 87-67 and Pittsburgh’s 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell’s 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.