The Athletics and the Tigers were supposed to play a double header at Columbia Park, but rain forced the cancellation of the second game and the A's came away with a 4-1 victory in the first. The Tigers loaded the bases in the seventh with no outs, but A's starter Snake Wiltse got out of the jam without giving up a run. The game was delayed twice when the steady drizzle turned into a downpour.

The Detroit Free Press reported that the team had signed third baseman Billy Lauder to a contract for the 1902 season, but no mention of the deal had been made in the Philadelphia press.