====== May 4, 1901 ======

===== News =====

•	Fielding miscues gave the [[Yankees|Baltimore Orioles]] the edge, helping them to an 11-7 win over the Athletics at Columbia Park

•	In the second inning, Turkey Mike Donlin bunted and both pitcher [[Wiley Piatt]] and catcher [[Doc Powers]] thought the other was going to field it, giving Donlin first base free of charge

•	Later in the inning, Piatt had an easy chance to nail Cy Williams at the plate, but threw to first instead, surrendering the run

•	The Orioles led 4-1 after the end of the frame and coasted to the win from there

•	Piatt went the distance, giving up all 11 runs on 14 hits, with four walks and four strikeouts

===== Today's Game =====

|**May 4, 1901**|||||||||||||| |
|Baltimore Orioles (4-3) at Philadelphia Athletics (3-4)|||||||||||||| |
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| |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | |  R  |  H  |  E  | |
|BAL|  1  |  4  |  0  |  3  |  0  |  2  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  -  |  11  |  14  |  2  | |
|PHL|  0  |  1  |  0  |  4  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  0  |  2  |  -  |  7  |  11  |  2  | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|Ballpark|Columbia Park||||||||||||| |
|City|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania||||||||||||| |
|Attendance|9,320||||||||||||| |
|Managers|John McGraw (BAL), Connie Mack (PHL)||||||||||||| |
|Starting pitchers|Joe McGinnity (BAL), Wiley Piatt (PHL)||||||||||||| |


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