St Louis at Philadelphia
Monday Sept 4th 1876
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 1
Brown stockings defeat Athletics for the third straight time. Trick McSorley goes 3-3. Charlie Gould goes 3-4 in place of injured Joe Battin.
Friday Sept 8th 1876
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 3
Brown Stockings make it 4 in a row. Cy Bentley scatters five hits. John McMullin has lost 5 decisions in a row.
Sunday Sept 10th 1876
Philadelphia 2 St Louis 1
McMullin and Athletics end skid. Only nine hits were allowed by both pitchers. Herman Dehlman and Lip Pike have both RBIs for Philly.
Philadelphia at Cleveland
Wednesday Sept 13th 1876
Philadelphia 9 Cleveland 7
Ross Barnes goes 4-5 with 2 RBIs and Holly Hollingshead scores three times on three hits.
Friday Sept 15th 1876
Cleveland 10 Philadelphia 8
Oscar Walker hits his third home run of the season, a solo shot in the 8th but is not enough. Dave Lenz drives in four with a 4-5 performance. Joe Gerhardt leads Blues going 3-5.
Sunday Sept 17th 1876
Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 3
Dory Dean baffles Athletics. Orator Shaffer drives in two with a 2-4 outing.
Baltimore at Philadelphia
Thursday Sept 24th 1876
Philadelphia 7 Baltimore 6 (11)
Charlie Gould scores on a throwing error in the bottom of the 11th. John McMullin signs a contract extention after the game. $362 for 2 years.
Superstar Barnes Stays in Philadelphia
Monday, September 25th, 1876: Fans hailed the signing of Ross Barnes today as the Philadelphia Athletics second baseman came to terms with the club.
Set to make $2,550 over the upcoming 6 years, Barnes signed primarily out of loyalty to the organization, thrilling the most diehard supporters who think there isn't much loyalty in a market driven by free agency.
Currently Barnes is batting .308 with 76 hits and no home runs. He has knocked in 27 runs and scored 43 times.
Monday, September 25th, 1876
Baltimore 8 Philadelphia 7
Ross Barnes celebrates by going 3-4 scoring two runs. Joe Quest has a big outing going 3-5 with 4 RBIs and two runs scored.
Philadelphia Re-Signs Pike to Extension
Tuesday, September 26th, 1876: The Philadelphia Athletics have finished a deal with All Star-caliber right fielder Lip Pike that will extend his stay in Philadelphia at least 4 years and will pay out $1,700.
Pike's current batting average stands at .276 and he has chalked up no home runs and 34 RBIs.
Standings
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Baltimore Orioles | 33 | 23 | .589 | - |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 26 | .536 | 3.0 |
| Cleveland Blues | 27 | 30 | .474 | 6.5 |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 23 | 34 | .404 | 10.5 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Chicago White Stockings | 32 | 24 | .571 | - |
| Cincinnati Reds | 32 | 25 | .561 | .5 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 25 | 32 | .439 | 7.5 |
| Boston Red Caps | 24 | 32 | .429 | 8.0 |