After being ejected for swearing, Johnny Evers claims he was talking to the ball and not to umpire Mal Eason, but the Braves’ shortstop is still suspended for three days.
The Giants edge the Phillies, 3 – 2, but the Quakers jump on Christy Mathewson for seven runs on seven hits in three innings, and win 10 – 6.
1913 – In front of the largest crowd of the season (22,000), Cubs hurler Larry Cheney hurls a 14-hit shutout against the visiting Giants, defeating them 7 – 0 while setting a major-league record for most hits allowed in a 9-inning whitewashing. Milt Gaston of Washington will duplicate the feat on July 10, 1928. Cheney wins his 20th over Rube Marquard, also seeking his 20th.
1912 – Former ML player and current president of the Connecticut League Jim O’Rourke catches a complete game for New Haven at age 60.
1911 – At Boston, the Giants pound the Rustlers 13 – 9, scoring six runs in the 9th inning for a 13 – 4 lead. The winner is Hooks Wiltse with little relief from Doc Crandall in the 9th: Doc allows seven hits and five runs.
1910 – Detroit rookie Dave Skeels, just 17 years old, make his first and only ML appearance, surrendering eight runs on nine hits and four walks in six innings, but comes away with a win. He finishes the day and his ML career with an ERA of 12.00.
In the second game of a doubleheader, as night is falling, second baseman Charles Pinkney of the Dayton Veterans of the central League is hit square in the head by a pitch from Casey Hageman of Grand Rapids Wolverines. He will die the in a Dayton, OH hospital the following day.
John Heydler announces that the National League will use two umpires per game in 1910.
1908 – Former ML outfielder Ike Van Zandt, age 31, commits suicide by shooting himself.
At the West Side Grounds, Chicago beats the visiting Reds, 12 – 5. The Cubs collect 19 hits to the Reds 10 hits – all 29 are singles.
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