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The club from Washington has seen their once 10.5 game lead shrink down to 2.5 games with 2 weeks to play in the season. Now to New York and Mike Tiernan's once promising triple crown feat. Well, that looks all but dead now because his teammate Dave Orr seems to be driving in all the runs on the team. As for the pennant race, the schedule seems to favor the Nationals very much as they play out their remaining game all at home while the Alleghenys play out the rest of their season on the road including a 3 game trip to Washington from Oct 3-5.

Washington (11 games)
IND (2)
PIT (3)
CHN (3)
DTN (3)

Pittsburg (11 games)
@ PHI (2)
@ WHS (3)
@ NYG (3)
@ BSN (3)

Batting Leaders
BA: Mike Tiernan (NYG) .354
Hits: Jake Beckley (PIT) 174
2B: Dave Orr (NYG) 38
3B: Mike Tiernan (NYG) 28
HR: Mike Tiernan (NYG) 10
RBI: Dave Orr (NYG) 101
Runs: Mike Tiernan (NYG) 123
SB: Mike Tiernan (NYG) 103

Pitching Leaders
ERA: Milo Lockwood (PIT) 2.08
Wins: George Bradley (WHS) 33
Losses: Larry McKeon (DTN) 31
SHO: Bob Black (IND), Daisy Davis (CHN) 5
K's: Milo Lockwood (PIT) 229

Injuries
BSN- CF Harry Lyons (torn back muscle, 2 weeks)
CHN- C Fred Carroll (torn PCL, 4 weeks)
CHN- RF Hugh Duffy (damaged knee meniscus, 4 days)
PHI- 3B Jerry Denny (scratched cornea, 7 weeks)

Various News & Notes
9/4: New York P Harry Salisbury made history today at the Polo Grounds as he picked up his 300th win of his career. The 33-year old had his best season with Cleveland in 1884 when he went 45-11 in 57 games and posted a all-time low ERA of 1.16. He also won the Cartwright Award that year, given to the best pitcher.
9/10: Less than a week after picking up a milestone victory, New York P Harry Salisbury had a career game with his bat. That's right, Salisbury went 5-6 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI in a 16-5 victory over Indianapolis. He also picked up the win.
9/11: Pittsburg C Jack Rowe goes hitless ending his streak at 20 games.
9/19: New York RF Mike Dorgan has 5 hits in 6 trips to the plate in a 7-5 victory over Pittsburg in 12 innings.





From start to finish will the be story for the Baltimore Orioles as they have destroyed their opponents all year long behind timely hitting and superb pitching. This will be the Orioles 5th pennant in 5 years and 6th total in the 7 year history of the league. Even with all those pennants, they have only won it all once, in 1885 when they triumphed over the Chicago White Stockings of the NL. It may be tough for them to win it all this year as late in the year they lost one of their best offensive threats in Harry Moore to an apparent eye injury.

Batting Leaders
BA: Pete Browning (LOU) .346
Hits: Harry Moore (BLO) 163
2B: Jocko Milligan (PHA) 40
3B: Pete Browning (LOU), Dick Johnston (CLV) 20
HR: Billy Otterson (KCC), Dick Johnston (CLV), Dan Brouthers (PHA), Sam Thompson (LOU) 6
RBI: Sam Thompson (LOU) 84
Runs: Mike Griffin (BLO) 124
SB: Mike Griffin (BLO) 125

Pitching Leaders
ERA: Bob Emslie (BLO) 2.12
Wins: Bob Emslie (BLO) 44
Losses: Alex Voss (PHA) 33
SHO: Dan Casey (KCC), Ed Morris (CLV) 6
K's: Elmer Smith (CIN) 322

Injuries
BLO- LF Harry Moore (scratched cornea, 8 weeks)
BRO- RF Jack McGeachy (torn thigh muscle, 3 weeks)
KCC- 2B Paul Radford (fractured hand, 5 months)
PHA- LF Dan Brouthers (sprained ankle, 1-2 weeks)

Various News & Notes
9/8: Baltimore P John Harkins signed a 2-year $2,700 extension. Harkins was acquired August 27 from Chicago where he owned a 3-7 record in 24 games. Since being acquired by the Orioles, he has gone 10-0 in 10 starts!
9/10: Baltimore LF Harry Moore goes 5-5 in a 17-6 win over Philadelphia.
9/26: Kansas City LF Darby O'Brien goes 5-5 with 3 RBI in an 11-3 triumph over Brooklyn.
9/29: Having already clinched the AA pennant, Baltimore LF Harry Moore is lost for the season after suffering a scratched cornea while making a defensive play in a game against Cincinnati.