====== June 29, 1901 ====== ===== News ===== • The Athletics tagged a pair of [[Yankees|Orioles]] pitchers for 23 hits, but it wasn't enough as the Orioles came back from a five-run deficit to win their tenth straight, 15-13, in Baltimore • A's third baseman [[Lave Cross]] was ejected in the sixth inning by umpire Al Mannassau for the ferocity of his protest regarding a close play at first base • In the seventh inning a frustrated [[Wiley Piatt]] let Massannau have it over a called ball four and Massannau let Piatt have the rest of the game off • [[George Leitner]], a well-regarded amateur pitcher in the Baltimore area, made his major league debut and finished the game for the A's in Piatt's absence • [[Phil Geier]], who played three different positions in the game—shortstop, right field, and third base—went 5-for-6 with a triple, an RBI, and three runs scored • Shortstop [[Joe Dolan]] missed the contest because of illness ===== Today's Game ===== |**June 29, 1901**|||||||||||||| | |Philadelphia Athletics (21-31) at Baltimore Orioles (26-20)|||||||||||||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | R | H | E | | |PHL| 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 13 | 23 | 4 | | |BAL| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | - | 15 | 15 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ballpark|Oriole Park||||||||||||| | |City|Baltimore, Maryland||||||||||||| | |Attendance|3,024||||||||||||| | |Managers|Connie Mack (PHL), John McGraw (BAL)||||||||||||| | |Starting pitchers|Wiley Piatt (PHL), Joe McGinnity (BAL)||||||||||||| | ---- [[june-28-1901|< Jun 28, 1901]] [[1901 calendar|Back to Calendar]] [[june-30-1901|Jun 30, 1901 >]]