ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION
Saturday, August 30, 1901
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BRONX BOMBERS BEATEN BY SIXTH PLACE CLEVELAND...LEAD OVER SECOND PLACE WHITE SOX DIPS TO 4 GAMES...CHICAGO DEFEATS THIRD PLACE DETROIT...FOURTH PLACE ATHLETICS STOP LAST PLACE ST. LOUIS...AND FIFTH PLACE RED SOX ROUT SEVENTH PLACE SENATORS
TRIBE'S HARDER TAMES NEW YORK
CLE - 131 000 000 - 5 11 2
NYY -101 000 000 - 2 7 0
WP: Harder (4-4 3.35)
LP: R. Foster (8-6 3.10) Raschi (7th)
HR: (none)
Cleveland's Mel Harder crafted a 7-hitter to topple the Yankees, fanning 5 and walking 4...The Indians shelled Rube Foster for 5 runs in the first three innings...Nap Lajoie 9.292) and Julio Franco (.217) each cracked 3 hits, while Willie Wells (.269) chipped in 2 hits and a pair of RBIs.
CHICAGO SOCKS IT TO TIGERS
CWS- 000 304 001 - 8 14 0
DET - 000 010 101 - 3 7 0
WP: W. Wood (14-10 2.95)
LP: Lary (9-12 3.51) Trucks (6th) Morris (9th)
HR: DET - Greenberg (23)
Detroit had trouble connection with Wilbur Wood's fluttering knuckler and were throttled on 7-hits...he walked only one and struck out 3 to gain his 14th win...Happy Felsch (.327) and Shoeless Joe Jackson (.327) carded 3 hits apiece...Jackson scored 3 as well...Luke Appling (.271) got a pair of bingles and pushed in 3.
PHILLY POWER ROCKS BROWNS...ROMMEL WINNER
PHA - 012 011 110 - 7 13 2
STB - 000 200 000 - 2 7 0
WP: Rommel (9-9 3.47)
LP: Cuellar (14-12 3.16) Shocker (8th)
HR: PHA - Henderson (8) Canseco (18) Tenace (8) D. Murphy (1)
Philadelphia pounded 4 homers among 13 hits to lambast the St. Louis...Rickey Henderson (.240), Jose Canseco (.251), Gene Tenace (.243) and Danny Murphy (.220) banged home run shots...Al Simmons (.295) smacked 4 hits...Ed Rommel was sharp, holding the Browns to 7 singles with 3 Ks and one walk.
BOSTON BLOWS OUT WASHINGTON...SMOKEY JOE 2-HITS SENATORS
BOS - 400 020 303 - 12 13 2
WAS- 000 000 000 -- 0 2 1
WP: J. Wood (10-11 4.15)
LP: Johnson (9-16 3.26) Dailey (7th) Aguilera (9th)
HR: BOS - Garciaparra (14) Charleston (11) M. Vaughn (12)
From the Get-Go it was no contest...the Bosox salted this one away with 4 scores in the first...Moe Vaughn (.235) accounted for 5 runs with 2 circuit blasts...Nomar Garciaparra (.290) and Oscar Charleston (.310) cleared the fences, too, and drove in 3 runs each...Smokey Joe Wood was in great form and tossed a 2-hit shutout with 4 strikeouts and a walk...Walter Johnson didn't have it today and suffered his 16th defeat, tops in the AAA.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
RACE TIGHTENS UP...SECOND PLACE PHILS AND THIRD PLACE GIANTS WIN...FIRST PLACE PITTSBURGH LOSES AND LEADS BY SCANT GAME OVER PHILADELPHIA AND 3 OVER NY...FOURTH PLACE CARDS FALL TO SEVENTH PLACE BRAVES...AND FIFTH PLACE DODGERS MAUL THE SIXTH PLACE BRUINS
KING CARL HUBBELL HUMBLES NL LEADER ON 3-HIT WHITEWASH
NYG- 000 000 101 - 2 9 1
PIT - 000 000 000 - 0 3 1
WP: Hubbell (14-10 2.44)
LP: Kremer (10-8 2.89) Adams (9th)
HR: (none)
Two of the best teams and two of the best twirlers tangled in a tense tussle...when it was over, Carl Hubbell was King of the Hill and got the best of the first place Pirates and Ray Kremer...Hubbell hurled a masterful 3-hit shutout, whiffing 5 and walking none...Kremer only gave up one run and rung up 10 batters in a tough loss...Bill Terry (.317) doubled in the game-winner in the seventh and Hubbell squeezed in the second one in the ninth.
SHORT AND PHILLIES STAND TALL IN PRESSURE GAME
PHI - 010 100 050 - 7 10 0
CIN - 000 001 021 - 4 10 0
WP: Short (5-3 2.24) Schilling (9th)
Save: Schilling 5 (8-7 4.02)
LP: J. Williams (5-10 4.59) Luque (8th) Walters (8th)
HR: PHI - Klein (25) Schmidt (25) CIN - Perez 2 (7)
Mid-season signee Chris Short did the job on the mound for Philly and Mike Schmidt (.222) did it at the plate with a 3-run rip in the 5-run eighth...Biz Mackey (.340) drove in a pair and Chuck Klein (.301) and Del Ennis (.267) both added an RBI to the winners offense...Tony Perez homered twice for Cincy.
MAGNIFICENT MADDUX PUTS THE QUIETUS ON REDBIRD PENNANT HOPES
BSN - 010 101 100 - 4 11 0
STL - 000 000 010 - 1 4 1
WP: Maddux (17-7 2.52)
LP: M. Cooper (12-14 3.24) Hrabosky (8th) Paige (9th)
HR: BSN - J. Lopez (15)
Boston righthander Greg Maddux continues to shine for the weak-hitting second division Braves...It was win #17 for him...He handcuffed the Cards on just 4 hits to deal a crucial blow to their pennant aspirations...Javy Lopez 9.229) jolted a homer and Andruw Jones punched in 2 runs for Boston...season-wise the Braves are by far the worst hitting team in both leagues...team BA is only .234...14 points below the next worst club and 22 points short of the league-wide average.
DODGERS DESTROY CHICUBS
BRO - 003 503 000 - 11 14 1
CHC - 012 000 000 -- 3 8 0
WP: Vance (18-6 3.13)
LP: Jenkins (15-10 3.52) Smith (4th) Malone (4th) Root (6th) Sutter (6th) Reuschel (8th)
HR: BRO - Cuccinello 2 (3) Wheat (11) CHC - Grace (5) Stearnes (20)
Brooklyn battered Cub pitchers for 14 hits and Dazzy Vance easily cruised to his 18th triumph of the season, second only to Chicago's Mordecai Brown, who has 19...Tony Cuccinello (.309) had a career day, going 3-5, scored 3 times and smashed in 8 runs, a new AAA standard for RBIs...Cooch had 2 home runs...Zach Wheat (.317) also yanked one out of Wrigley and drove in 3.
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