Friday May 2nd 1873
Reds Chill Clapp's Hot Streak
Friday, May 2nd, 1873: There was double misery today for the Red Stockings John Clapp as he saw his 35-game hitting streak end and his team lose 8-6 to Cincinnati at South End Grounds I. The 21-year-old catcher was held hitless in 5 at-bats by the Reds.
Consecutive-Game Hit Streak Continues for White
Friday, May 2nd, 1873: The Boston Red Stockings suffered a 8-6 setback today at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds at South End Grounds I, but their hot-hitting third baseman Deacon White went 1-for-5 and stretched his consecutive-game hitting streak to 20 games.
Philadelphia at St Louis
Sunday May 4th 1873
Athletics 8 Brown Stockings 4
Martin Mullen goes 3-4 and Jim Devlin drives in three to lead Philadelphia over St Louis.
Tuesday May 6th 1873
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 7
Tom Pratt's 8th inning two run double leads St Louis over Athletics.
Reds Halt White's Hit Streak
Tuesday, May 6th, 1873: The 20-game hitting streak of Deacon White has come to an end. The Boston third baseman went 0-for-4 today in the 12-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at South End Grounds I.
Zettlein Hurls White Stockings to Shutout Win
Thursday, May 8th, 1873: After his 14-0 shutout win against the Atlantics, George Zettlein said, "I went out there to try and eat up innings and help out our bullpen. I felt I had my good stuff... and it turned out my command was solid and my breaking balls were good."
Saturday May 10th 1873
Philadelphia 15 St Louis 5
Ross Barnes drives in four with three hits and Holly Hollingshead has 3 RBIs to lead Athletics to a romp over St Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland
Friday May 16th 1873
Philadelphia 10 Cleveland 4
Jim Devlin and Dave Lenz both go 4-5 and Ross Barnes drives in three runs.
Saturday May 17th 1873
Cleveland 12 Philadelphia 10
Joe Jones drives in four as Blues hold on to defeat Athletics.
Wednesday May 21th 1873
Philadelphia 26 Cleveland 8
Joe Battin drives in six and Martin Mullen adds another 5 RBIs as Athletics bomb the Blues. Lip Pike scores five times.
Philadelphia at Baltimore
Sunday May 25th 1873
Baltimore 14 Philadelphia 13
Francis Abercrombie drives in five and George Bechtel scores the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Dave Lenz drives in three on three hits for the Athletics.
White Stockings Zettlein Dominates Reds
Tuesday, May 27th, 1873: George Zettlein was sneaky fast, on the mark and hard to hit today. He blanked the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 on 3 hits and had no walks and no strikeouts.
Thursday May 29th 1873
Baltimore 14 Philadelphia 5
Chick Fulmer drives in four runs and Bill Stearns scatters eight hits.
Standings
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Baltimore Canaries | 13 | 3 | .813 | - |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 7 | .563 | 4.0 |
| Cleveland Blues | 6 | 10 | .375 | 7.0 |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 4 | 12 | .250 | 9.0 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Chicago White Stockings | 10 | 6 | .625 | - |
| Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1.0 |
| Boston Red Stockings | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1.0 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.0 |