• With the help of a seven-run third inning, the Athletics put an end to Cleveland's five-game winning streak, 12-8, at Columbia Park
• Jack Hayden had three hits for the A's, including a triple, and drove in four
• Orioles manager John McGraw refused to accept American President Ban Johnson's ruling that the A's owned the signing rights to infielder Hughie Jennings and threatened legal action
| June 17, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Cleveland (14-26) at Philadelphia Athletics (19-22) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
| PHL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | - | 12 | 12 | 3 | |
| Ballpark | Columbia Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,843 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | Jimmy McAleer (CLE), Nap Lajoie (PHL) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | Bill Hoffer (CLE), Wiley Piatt (PHL) | |||||||||||||