====== May 7, 1901 ======

===== News =====

•	The Athletics lost to the [[Yankees|Orioles]], 14-10, at Columbia Park

•	The Orioles put together a four-run sixth inning to give them the lead for good

•	[[Billy Milligan]] started the game for the A’s, going six innings and giving up eight runs on ten hits while walking three more

•	[[Wiley Piatt]] closed the game and didn’t fare much better, surrendering six runs on six hits and six walks

•	Baltimore manager John McGraw and his starting pitcher, Germany Schmit, were tossed for arguing balls and strikes

===== Transactions =====

•	The team released outfielder [[Fred Ketchum]] and first baseman [[Pat Crisham]]

•	They also acquired left-handed pitcher [[Bock Baker]] from Cleveland and signed former Phillies catcher [[Morgan Murphy]]

===== Today's Game =====
|**May 7, 1901**|||||||||||||| |
|Baltimore Orioles (5-4) at Philadelphia Athletics (4-5)|||||||||||||| |
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| |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | |  R  |  H  |  E  | |
|BAL|  1  |  1  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  4  |  1  |  3  |  2  |  -  |  14  |  16  |  3  | |
|PHL|  4  |  1  |  0  |  1  |  1  |  2  |  0  |  1  |  0  |  -  |  10  |  11  |  2  | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|Ballpark|Columbia Park||||||||||||| |
|City|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania||||||||||||| |
|Attendance|3,836||||||||||||| |
|Managers|John McGraw (BAL), Connie Mack (PHL)||||||||||||| |
|Starting pitchers|Germany Schmit (BAL), Billy Milligan (PHL)||||||||||||| |


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