====== May, 18, 1901 ====== ===== News ===== • The Athletics charged out to a 6-0 lead after two innings and broke a five-game losing streak by beating the [[Twins|Senators]], 11-6, in Washington • [[Eddie Plank]] made his first start for the A's, giving up six runs on six hits and four walks while striking out five • [[Phil Geier]] had four hits, including a double, and scored three runs • The Senators committed six errors • Manager [[Connie Mack]] tried [[Nap Lajoie]] at shortstop with [[Phil Geier]] moving to second ===== Today's Game ===== |**May 18, 1901**|||||||||||||| | |Philadelphia Athletics (5-13) at Washington Senators (11-6)|||||||||||||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | R | H | E | | |PHL| 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 11 | 14 | 4 | | |WTN| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Ballpark|American League Park||||||||||||| | |City|Washington, DC||||||||||||| | |Attendance|2,883||||||||||||| | |Managers|Connie Mack (PHL), Jimmy Manning (WTN)||||||||||||| | |Starting pitchers|Eddie Plank (PHL), Dale Gear (WTN)||||||||||||| | ---- [[may-17-1901|< May 17, 1901]] [[1901 calendar|Back to Calendar]] [[may-19-1901|May 19, 1901 >]]