• 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

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