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JUNE 18, 1906
The Cubs begin a four game series in Boston against the Beaneaters with a double header today. The Beaneaters have the worst record in all of baseball and have lost 9 of their last 10. Chicago leads the season series 2-1. The Cubs are 6-5 on this road trip.
AL Player of the Week: SP Doc White Chicago White Sox
NL Player of the Week: SP Jake Weimer Cincinnati Reds
At age 36, Washington Senators C Malachi Kittridge will be retiring at the end of this season.
WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS
1. Philadelphia Athletics
2. New York Giants
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Chicago Cubs
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Cleveland Naps
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. Philadelphia Phillies
9. Boston Americans
10. St Louis Browns
11. St Louis Cardinals
12. Brooklyn Superbas
13. Washington Senators
14. Detroit Tigers
15. New York Highlanders
16. Boston Beaneaters
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 22-34 at Detroit 20-33 (2)
Philadelphia 36-19 at Cleveland 31-25
Boston 30-27 at Chicago 33-23
Washington 24-33 at St Louis 28-30
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 31-28 at Brooklyn 20-36
Pittsburgh 33-23 at New York 37-19
St Louis 27-33 at Philadelphia 30-25
CHICAGO CUBS (36-22) AT BOSTON BEANEATERS (13-41) GAME ONE
MATCHUPS
SP Mordecai Brown vs Patsy Flaherty Advantage Chicago
C Pat Moran vs Tom Needham Advantage Chicago
1B Frank Chance vs Fred Tenney Advantage Chicago
2B Johnny Evers vs Allie Strobel Advantage Chicago
3B Harry Steinfeldt vs Dave Brain Advantage Chicago
SS Joe Tinker vs Al Bridwell Advantage Chicago
LF Jimmy Sheckard vs Gene Good Advantage Chicago
CF Jimmy Slagle vs Johnny Bates Advantage Push
RF Frank Schulte vs Cozy P Dolan Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the top of the third, Steinfeldt hit a two run triple.
After three: Chicago 2 Boston 0.
In the top of the fifth, a Sheckard single scored one. Steinfeldt then scored from third when Needham committed a throwing error while trying to pick Sheckard off of first. Slagle then delivered an RBI single.
After six: Chicago 5 Boston 0.
Mike O'Neill took over pitching duties for the Beaneaters in the top of the eighth.
In the top of the ninth, the Cubs added to their lead with an RBI triple by Schulte. Steinfeldt then got his 40th RBI of the season when he singled to score Schulte. Steinfeldt scored on a Sheckard double.
Brown then finished the complete game shutout as the Cubs out hit the Beaneaters 17-5.
Final score: Chicago 8 Boston 0.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Mordecai Brown 9.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
CHICAGO CUBS (37-22) AT BOSTON BEANEATERS (13-42) GAME TWO
MATCHUPS
SP Ed Reulbach vs Vive Lindaman Advantage Chicago
C Pete Noonan vs Fred Jacklitsch Advantage Boston
1B Frank Chance vs Fred Tenney Advantage Chicago
2B Johnny Evers vs Allie Strobel Advantage Chicago
3B Harry Steinfeldt vs Dave Brain Advantage Chicago
SS Joe Tinker vs Al Bridwell Advantage Chicago
LF Jimmy Sheckard vs Gene Good Advantage Chicago
CF Jimmy Slagle vs Johnny Bates Advantage Push
RF Frank Schulte vs Cozy P Dolan Advantage Chicago
Overall Advantage Chicago
In the bottom of the first, Chance booted a grounder for his 10th error of the season. But the Beaneaters failed to cash it in.
In the top of the second, the Cubs loaded the bases with one out. Noonan drew a walk to bring in the game's first run. Reulbach then delivered a run scoring single. Evers then beat out the 6-4-3 allowing Slagle to score. Tinker then brought home two with a double as the Cubs put up a crooked number.
Reulbach had a no hitter through three.
After three: Chicago 5 Boston 0.
In the bottom of the fourth, a Dolan ground out scored Bates as the Beaneaters had their first run before they had their first hit.
In the bottom of the fifth with one out, the Beaneaters finally got into the hit column when Good singled. The Beaneaters went on to load the bases with two out. But Bates lined out to right to end the inning.
In the top of the sixth, the Cubs added an RBI single by Slagle. Noonan then brought home two with a triple. Noonan would cross the plate when Reulbach grounded to first.
After six: Chicago 9 Boston 1.
In the top of the seventh, the Cubs continued to pour it on witha run scoring single by Sheckard.
Once again, Mike O'Neill came in to pitch for the Beaneaters in the top of the eighth.
In the bottom of the eighth, Reulbach issued his 40th base on balls of the season, walking Bridwell to lead off. Bridwell would go on to score on a Bates double. An Evers throwing error would give the Beaneaters two more runs. Dolan then brought one home with a single.
But it was way too little and way too late. Out hitting the Beaneaters 11-5 in the second game, the Cubs completed the sweep of the double header.
Final score: Chicago 10 Boston 5.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Ed Reulbach 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 for 4, 2 RBI
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3 New York 0 Game 1
Detroit 3 New York 2 Game 2
Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 1 13 innings
Boston 2 Chicago 1
St Louis 1 Washington 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 2 New York 0 11 innings
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4 17 innings
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Frank Schulte Chicago Cubs 6 for 7, 2 3B, RBI, 5 R, 3 BB
2. Ed Karger Pittsburgh Pirates 11.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, W
3. Harry Howell St Louis Browns 9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W
Bill Donovan of the Detroit Tigers pitched a complete game shutout against the New York Highlanders.
Cincinnati Reds CF Cy Seymour has extended his hitting streak to 25 games.
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