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MAY 23, 1906
The final game of the four game series in Chicago between the Cubs and the Giants is today. Only two games separate first place from fourth place in the National League.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 11-21 at Boston 17-17
Chicago 19-12 at New York 13-21
Cleveland 19-13 at Philadelphia 20-12
St Louis 14-18 at Washington 17-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 12-23 at Cincinnati 16-21
Boston 7-25 at Pittsburgh 21-13
Philadelphia 22-12 at St Louis 17-22
NEW YORK GIANTS (23-11) AT CHICAGO CUBS (23-14)
MATCHUPS
SP Joe McGinnity vs Fred Beebe Advantage Chicago
C Matty Fitzgerald vs Johnny Kling Advantage Chicago
1B Dan McGann vs Pete Noonan Advantage New York
2B Sammy Strang vs Johnny Evers Advantage New York
3B Art Devlin vs Harry Steinfeldt Advantage New York
SS Billy Gilbert vs Joe Tinker Advantage Chicago
LF Sam Mertes vs Jimmy Sheckard Advantage Chicago
CF Mike Donlin vs Solly Hofman Advantage New York
RF George Browne vs Frank Schulte Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage New York
In the top of the second, Evers misplayed a Gilbert grounder, allowing Browne to score from third.
After three: New York 1 Chicago 0.
In the top of the sixth with a man on second, McGann singled into right and then Schulte made a bad throw to home plate as Mertes came around to score.
The Cubs finally got on the board in the bottom of the sixth when Tinker recorded an RBI single.
After six: New York 2 Chicago 1.
In the top of the eighth, Donlin scored on a wild pitch.
Schulte led of the bottom of the eighth with a home run. It was the first out of the park home run for the Cubs this season. A couple of batters later and Tinker tied the game with a run-scoring single. Frank Chance then pinch hit and hit a grounder to short but a bad throw by Gilbert allowed Tinker to score the go-ahead run. One out later and Evers left the yard with a two run blast. Sheckard tried to get into the act with a single to right but Ollie Pickering threw Hofman out as he was trying to score from second. Nine Cubs batted in the eighth with five of them scoring.
With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Beebe walked Fitzgerald. It was the 8th free pass allowed by Beebe in the game, setting a National League record. Beebe responded by striking out pinch hitter Bill Dahlen to end the game.
The Cubs ended up out hitting the Giants 15-3.
Final score: Chicago 6 New York 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Fred Beebe 9.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 8 BB, 6 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6 Boston 4
New York 4 Chicago 3
Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 1
St Louis 8 Washington 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 1
Pittsburgh 5 Boston 2
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 3
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Rube Waddell Philadelphia Athletics 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, W
2. Bob Ewing Cincinnati Reds 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W
3. Vic Willis Pittsburgh Pirates 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, W
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