1st July 1883
The fans of the Atlantics are still in hope of a push for the NL pennant but are starting to see it slip away. The team picked up 21 wins and 7 losses during June to see them stay in second place in the NL table, 11 games behind. There are 20 games left in the season and they will need to win as many as they can and hope for a fall in form from the Beaneaters to have a chance of the pennant.
The team started the month badly as they went 1-2 at home to the St Louis Browns before picking the form up with a 2-1 road trip win against the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and a 2-1 home series win against the New York Gothams. The form continued to improve as the next 2 series were sweeps of their opponents as they won 3-0. The opponents were the Chicago White Stockings at home and the Cincinnati Red Stockings on the road. The form then dipped as they went 1-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters and 2-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers. The end of the month saw another return to form as they swept both the St Louis Browns on the road and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys at home 3-0. They finished the month with a win on the road to the New York Gothams to start that series.
The pitching was the big reason for the strong performance this month. Both starters picked up 10 wins from their 14 starts but the best of them was Jim Whitney. Whitney pitched 131.1 innings in his 14 games to give up 96 hits and 20 earned runs for an ERA of 1.37
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