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SENATORS, ORPHANS MAKE A RUN FOR IT – BOTH PENNANT HOLDERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE – ORIOLES FINISH THE MONTH STRONG WITH 7 STRAIGHT WINS

Notable Performances

• 1st: Cincy commits a catastrophic eight errors in an 18-5 drubbing by the Orphans.
• 4th: The A’s will be hoping Steve Cooke’s two-hit shutout of the O’s is the start of a turnaround after a slow start to the season.
• 5th: The pitchers are dropping like bombs in wartime. This time it is the Senators who lose one, with Tommy Hughes out for the season with yet another torn labrum.
• 8th: The Beaneaters post 11 in the 2nd inning en route to a 12-4 mauling of the Reds.
• 12th: Phillies CF Lenny Randle cracks 6 hits to help his side to a 10-7 win over Cincy, with Reds SS Dale Sveum bombing out 2 HR in a losing cause.
• 17th: In an amazing game at League Park between Cleveland and Detroit, the Tigers go out to a 9-0 lead after 5 and seem headed for a comfortable win at 12-6 beginning the 8th. But then the Bronchos score 7 to hit the front, only to give up 4 in the 9th and lose it 16-14. 39 hits are recorded in the match.
• 23rd: A 5-for-7 outing by RF Terrence Long can’t stop St. Louis from losing 5-3 to Boston.
• 28th: On a day of nailbiters, with all but two games decided by two runs or fewer, the O’s score 4 in the 9th for a thrilling 9-8 win over the White Sox. CF Wid Conroy is the walk-off hero with a two out two-run single to get them home.
• 30th: In a doubleheader against the Senators, White Sox outfielder Emil Frisk goes a combined 8-for-10 with a HR and 7 ribbies to give his team a win in both games.

Feats and Streaks

• 10th: Detroit left fielder Gene Richards has his hit streak snapped at 30 games by the White Sox, although his team gets the 4-3 win.
• 31st: By the end of the month, the brilliantly-named Giants LF Otis Clymer has stretched his hit streak to 31 games, just 10 shy of the all-time FL record.

Monthly Awards
American League

• Batter: Garret Anderson WAS (.439 / 2 HR / 25 RBI)
• Pitcher: Steve Cooke PHA (5-2 / 1.57 / 19 K)
• Rookie: Harry Taylor BLA (.417 / 6 RBI / 24 R)

National League

• Batter: Todd Dunwoody CHC (.427 / 29 RBI)
• Pitcher: Wilbur Wood CHC (6-0 / 2.61 / 15 K)
• Rookie: Bill Parsons CHC (5-2 / 3.70 / 19 K)

Leaders
American League

• BA: Orlando Arcia WAS .423
• HR: Steve Cox CWS 3
• RBI: Pete LaCock DET 29
• BWAR: Orlando Arcia WAS 1.9
• SB: Willie Wilson CLE 29

• W: 3 tied on 7
• ERA: Steve Cooke PHA 1.80
• K: Hooks Wiltse SLA 37
• SV: Gene Garber WAS 4
• PWAR: Steve Cooke PHA 1.6

National League

• BA: Red Barnes CIN .438
• HR: 2 tied on 3
• RBI: Todd Dunwoody CHC 39
• BWAR: Todd Dunwoody CHC 3.3
• SB: Otis Clymer NYG 22

• W: Wilbur Wood CHC 9
• ERA: Wilbur Wood CHC 2.10
• K: Bob Rhoads NYG 42
• SV: Alex Pearson NYG 5
• PWAR: Bob Rhoads NYG 1.9

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Injuries

• 1st: The Americans will have to find a way to win without gun LF Bunk Congalton after he succumbs to a forearm strain that will keep him out of action for 6 weeks.
• 3rd: The Reds pitching stocks are further tested when Jack McDowell goes down with a torn labrum and will be absent for a good portion of the season, and then a week later they lose reliever Norm Branch for a month with elbow inflammation.
• 16th: Beaneaters fans will have to do without their cult figure Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez as a herniated disc in his back will keep him out of action for 6 weeks.
• 17th: Another day, another couple of pitchers lost to torn labra as both Boston’s Pat Zachry and Gary Peters of Detroit have their season brought to a premature end.
• 23rd: A’s stalwart Hooks Dauss is put on the IL with a sore shoulder and is expected to miss the better part of two months.
• 24th: Browns RF Casper Wells has his hand broken when hit by a pitch and won’t see action again this year.
• 29th: Ulnar nerve entrapment sees Pittsburgh starter Shawn Chacon taken out of action for 4 months.
• 30th: Browns starter Charley Shanz is felled by a torn elbow flexor tendon and won’t be seen again this year, while their St Louis city-mates the Cardinals lose Harry Gumbert for 3 months to bone chips in his elbow.
• 31st: May, 1902 really has wreaked carnage on FL pitchers. The latest to be felled is Herman Pillette of the Phillies, who will miss 13 months with a torn RC.

Life in a Minor Key (news from the lower levels)

• 4th: Harrisburg 3B Rudy Regalado goes yard 3 times, driving in 6 as the Senators tore the Spudders apart 13-3.
• 15th: Harrisburg SP pitches a 6-hit shutout AND knocks out a pair of homers in a 15-0 whitewash of Cedar Rapids.
• 17th: Williamsport catcher Johnny Oakes has a day to remember, going 6-for-6 with 3 doubles and a homer while driving in 5 as his Grays thrash the Joplin Miners 18-1.
• 27th: Waterloo 3B Adam Kennedy becomes the first player in PSL history to hit for the cycle, leading the Hawks to a 15-3 triumph over the Williamsport Grays.
• 31st: Waterloo catcher Art Hoelskoetter will enter June hoping to stretch his PSL record 32-game consecutive hit streak even further.

Standings