1st September 1889
The fans of the Spiders continued to urge their team on in the AL pennant chase as the team suffered some poor performances that left them a little off the pace. The team picked up 15 wins during the month while giving away 12 losses. They are now sitting 6 games behind the leaders in 2nd place in the AL table.
Series Results
Won the final game of a road trip to the Baltimore Orioles
0-2 on the road to the Boston Americans (1 game to be re-arranged due to bad weather)
2-1 at home to the Detroit Tigers
1-2 at home to the Chicago White Sox
1-2 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
2-1 at home to the Boston Americans
4-0 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
1-2 at home to the Baltimore Orioles
2-1 at home to the Washington Nationals
went 1-1 to start a road trip to the Detroit Tigers
The only injury news for the Spiders during the month of August was the loss of Pitcher The Only Nolan for 3 weeks of the month due to shoulder soreness.
Second Baseman Ed Delahanty put up some excellent numbers during August. He picked up 28 hits from 81 at bats in 20 games. He scored 9 runs with 16 RBI's for an average of .346.
Pitching
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