The Pirates score an unearned run in the 10th to beat Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phils, 2 – 1. It is Pete’s first loss to Pittsburgh.

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The Pirates score an unearned run in the 10th to beat Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Phils, 2 – 1. It is Pete’s first loss to Pittsburgh.

August 14, 1912 - In the first game of a twin bill against Vean Gregg, Stuffy McInnis

In the first game of a twin bill against Vean Gregg, Stuffy McInnis has two inside-the-park home runs to pace the A’s to an 8 – 3 win over Cleveland. Philadelphia takes the nitecap, 2 – 0.

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In the first game of a twin bill against Vean Gregg, Stuffy McInnis has two inside-the-park home runs to pace the A’s to an 8 – 3 win over Cleveland. Philadelphia takes the nitecap, 2 – 0.

Tris Speaker runs his hitting streak to 20 games, lining a hit in the first game of today’s twin bill with the Browns. This is Speaker’s third long streak of the season; earlier he had streaks of 20 games and 30 games, the only player in history to have three such streaks in a year. In the nitecap, Smoky Joe Wood wins his 25th, beating the Browns, 8 – 0. He allows four hits and strikes out 9.

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Tris Speaker runs his hitting streak to 20 games, lining a hit in the first game of today’s twin bill with the Browns. This is Speaker’s third long streak of the season; earlier he had streaks of 20 games and 30 games, the only player in history to have three such streaks in a year. In the nitecap, Smoky Joe Wood wins his 25th, beating the Browns, 8 – 0. He allows four hits and strikes out 9.

1911 – Rube Marquard bests young Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 2, in 12 innings. Rube strikes out 13 Quakers to give New York the victory.

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1911 – Rube Marquard bests young Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 2, in 12 innings. Rube strikes out 13 Quakers to give New York the victory.

1908 – The Nationals’ Walter Johnson hurls a 1 – 0 victory over the White Sox, allowing just two hits, the first a 9th-inning single by Sox P Doc White.

1908 – The Nationals’ Walter Johnson hurls a 1 – 0 victory over the White Sox, allowing just two hits, the first a 9th-inning single by Sox P Doc White.

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1908 – The Nationals’ Walter Johnson hurls a 1 – 0 victory over the White Sox, allowing just two hits, the first a 9th-inning single by Sox P Doc White.

Little Tommy Leach of Pittsburgh, hits two home runs at Boston

Little Tommy Leach of Pittsburgh, hits two home runs at Boston

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1902 – Little Tommy Leach of Pittsburgh, hits two home runs at Boston. He will close out the season with only 6, all inside-the-park, but it is enough to give him sole leadership of the National League, which totals only 99. Leach’s leading number is the lowest since Paul Hines hit four in a 60-game schedule in 1878.

Today is Bid McPhee Day at Cincinnati. The Reds lose the game‚ but the veteran 2B‚ playing in his 16th season‚ receives a check for $1‚800.

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Today is Bid McPhee Day at Cincinnati. The Reds lose the game‚ but the veteran 2B‚ playing in his 16th season‚ receives a check for $1‚800.