• The Athletics played their first double header of the season, a Decoration Day affair in Cleveland, and came away with a sweep
• In the morning contest, the A's scored three runs on just four hits and a pair of Cleveland errors to win, 3-1
• In the afternoon game, limited to eight innings by darkness, the A's led after three, 5-1, and coasted to an 8-2 win
• The afternoon game featured a 15-minute rain delay in the seventh inning that was punctuated by a wild seat cushion throwing fracas that ended with stadium cops wading into the bleachers
• There were only two police officers on the scene and one of them required assistance from Cleveland manager Jimmy McAleer to rescue him from the unruly crowd
| May 30, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Game one | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Athletics (10-17) at Cleveland (8-19) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| PHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ballpark | League Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,500 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | Connie Mack (PHL), Jimmy McAleer (CLE) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | Eddie Plank (PHL), Bill Hart (CLE) | |||||||||||||
| May 30, 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| Game two | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Athletics (11-17) at Cleveland (8-20) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| PHL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 8 | 11 | 0 | |
| CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
| Ballpark | League Park | |||||||||||||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||||||||
| Attendance | 7,500 | |||||||||||||
| Managers | Connie Mack (PHL), Jimmy McAleer (CLE) | |||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers | Bill Bernhard (PHL), Ed Scott (CLE) | |||||||||||||