The Athletics Logbook

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====== May, 18, 1901 ======

===== News =====

•	The Athletics charged out to a 6-0 lead after two innings and broke a five-game losing streak by beating the [[Twins|Senators]], 11-6, in Washington

•	[[Eddie Plank]] made his first start for the A's, giving up six runs on six hits and four walks while striking out five

•	[[Phil Geier]] had four hits, including a double, and scored three runs

•	The Senators committed six errors

•	Manager [[Connie Mack]] tried [[Nap Lajoie]] at shortstop with [[Phil Geier]] moving to second

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

|**May 18, 1901**|||||||||||||| |
|Philadelphia Athletics (5-13) at Washington Senators (11-6)|||||||||||||| |
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| |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | |  R  |  H  |  E  | |
|PHL|  2  |  4  |  0  |  0  |  1  |  2  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  -  |  11  |  14  |  4  | |
|WTN|  0  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  0  |  4  |  1  |  0  |  0  |  -  |  6  |  6  |  6  | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|Ballpark|American League Park||||||||||||| |
|City|Washington, DC||||||||||||| |
|Attendance|2,883||||||||||||| |
|Managers|Connie Mack (PHL), Jimmy Manning (WTN)||||||||||||| |
|Starting pitchers|Eddie Plank (PHL), Dale Gear (WTN)||||||||||||| |


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