• The Athletics won their first game today, beating Boston, 8-5, at Columbia Park
• Nap Lajoie led the way at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a pair of triples
• Bill Bernhard got the win, giving up five runs on 13 hits with three strikeouts and a pair of walks
• Manager Connie Mack made a lineup change, sitting ineffective first baseman Charlie Carr and replacing him with Socks Seybold
• Fred Ketchum took Seybold's place in left field
• The team acquired shortstop Harry Lochhead from Detroit on undisclosed terms
• Lochhead was expected to be in the lineup tomorrow, with Dave Fultz going to left field and Ketchum returning to the bench
• The team released first baseman Charlie Carr on or around this date
| April 29, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Boston (AL) (0-2) at Philadelphia Athletics (0-2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| BOS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 13 | 3 | |
| PHL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | x | - | 8 | 13 | 3 | |
| Ballpark | Columbia Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,421 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | Jimmy Collins (BOS), Connie Mack (PHL) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | George Cuppy (BOS), Bill Bernhard (PHL) | |||||||||||||