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AUGUST 3, 1906
The Cubs will hope to avoid being swept in Philadelphia as they face the Phillies today in the final game of the series. The Cubs have lost each game in the series by just one run as they have only been able to score three total runs in the series.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 65-31 at Cleveland 56-41
New York 37-60 at Detroit 40-56
Boston 47-49 at Chicago 51-45
Washington 41-56 at St Louis 49-48
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 51-49 at Boston 25-71
Pittsburgh 57-40 at Brooklyn 42-57
St Louis 43-58 at New York 64-35
CHICAGO CUBS (61-39) AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (52-46)
MATCHUPS
SP Jack Pfiester vs Tully Sparks Advantage Chicago
C Pat Moran vs Jerry Donovan Advantage Chicago
1B Frank Chance vs Kitty Bransfield Advantage Chicago
2B Johnny Evers vs Kid Gleason Advantage Chicago
3B Harry Steinfeldt vs Ernie Courtney Advantage Chicago
SS Solly Hofman vs Mickey Doolan Advantage Chicago
LF Pete Noonan vs Sherry Magee Advantage Philadelphia
CF Jimmy Slagle vs Roy A Thomas Advantage Philadelphia
RF Frank Schulte vs John Titus Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the first, Titus put the Phillies on the board with an RBI single.
In the bottom of the second, the Phillies cashed in back-to-back Cubs errors as Donovan hit a two-run double. In two innings, the Phillies had scored three unearned runs.
After three: Philadelphia 3 Chicago 0.
The Cubs got on the board in the top of the fourth as a Chance scored from third on a Hofman groundout to short.
In the bottom of the sixth, Gleason struck out for the 40th time this season. But the fourth error of the game by the Cubs led to a Sparks RBI single.
After six: Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1.
Carl Lundgren took the mound for the Cubs in the bottom of the eighth.
Sparks got the perfect ninth inning as the Phillies completed the sweep.
Final score: Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Tully Sparks 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 for 4, RBI
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 0
Detroit 6 New York 2
Chicago 4 Boston 1
St Louis 3 Washington 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 5 Cincinnati 1
Pittsburgh 1 Brooklyn 0
New York 8 St Louis 1
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Rube Waddell Philadelphia Athletics 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, W
2. Harry Howell St Louis Browns 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, W
3. Irv Young Boston Beaneaters 9.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, W
Sam Leever of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a complete game shutout against the Brooklyn Superbas.
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