Editing 1903 World Series (section)

==Matchups==
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===Game 1===
[[File:JimmySebring.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Jimmy Sebring]] hit the first home run in World Series history, an [[inside-the-park home run]] in Game 1.]]
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|Date=Thursday, October 1, 1903,
|Location=[[Huntington Avenue Grounds|Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds]] in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]
|Road='''Pittsburgh'''|RoadAbr=PIT
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The Pirates started Game 1 strong, scoring six runs in the first four innings, and held on to win the first World Series game in modern baseball history. They extended their lead to 7–0 on an [[inside-the-park home run]] by [[Jimmy Sebring]] in the seventh, the first home run in World Series history. Boston scored a few runs in the last three innings, but it was too little, too late; they ended up losing 7–3 in the first ever World Series game. Both Phillippe and Young threw [[complete game]]s, with Phillippe striking out ten and Young fanning five, but Young also gave up twice as many hits and allowed three [[earned run]]s to Phillippe's two.

===Game 2===
[[File:Patsy Dougherty, Chicago White Sox, baseball card portrait LCCN2008676442.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|In Game 2, [[Patsy Dougherty]] hit the first over-the-fence home run in World Series history.]]
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|Date=Friday, October 2, 1903,
|Location=Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts
|Road=Pittsburgh|RoadAbr=PIT
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After starting out strong in Game 1, the Pirates simply shut down offensively, eking out a mere three hits, all singles. Pittsburgh starter Sam Leever went 1 inning and gave up three hits and two runs, before his ailing arm forced him to leave in favor of [[Bucky Veil]], who finished the game. Bill Dinneen struck out 11 and pitched a complete game for the Americans, while Patsy Dougherty hit home runs in the first and sixth innings for two of the Boston's three runs. The Americans' [[Patsy Dougherty]] led off the Boston scoring with an [[inside-the-park home run]], the first time a lead-off batter did just that until [[Alcides Escobar]] of the [[Kansas City Royals]] duplicated the feat in the [[2015 World Series]], 112 years later. Dougherty's second home run was the first in World Series history to actually sail over the fence, an incredibly rare feat at the time.

===Game 3===
[[File:Boston Policemen pose in dugout at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series - DPLA - 1232799a8b571aedaca4c194f98d6079.jpg|thumb|Members of the [[Boston Police Department]] at [[Huntington Avenue Grounds]] during the series]]
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|Date=Saturday, October 3, 1903,
|Location=Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts
|Road='''Pittsburgh'''|RoadAbr=PIT
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=2|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=4|RH=7|RE=1
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|WP=[[Deacon Phillippe]] (2–0)|LP=[[Long Tom Hughes|Tom Hughes]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=
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Phillippe, pitching after only a single day of rest, started Game 3 for the Pirates and didn't let them down, hurling his second complete-game victory of the Series to put Pittsburgh up two games to one.

===Game 4===
[[File:Exposition Park Pittsburgh 1903.jpg|thumb|right|Game 4 at [[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park]]]]
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|Date=Tuesday, October 6, 1903,
|Location=[[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park (III)]] in [[Allegheny, Pennsylvania]]
|Road=Boston|RoadAbr=BOS
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After two days of rest, Phillippe was ready to pitch a second straight game. He threw his third complete-game victory of the series against Bill Dinneen, who was making his second start of the series. But Phillippe's second straight win was almost not to be, as the Americans, down 5–1 in the top of the ninth, rallied to narrow the deficit to one run. The comeback attempt failed, as Phillippe managed to put an end to it and give the Pirates a commanding 3–1 series lead.

===Game 5===
[[File:Cy Young.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Game 5 winning pitcher [[Cy Young]]]]
{{Linescore
|Date=Wednesday, October 7, 1903,
|Location=Exposition Park (III) in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
|Road='''Boston'''|RoadAbr=BOS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=6|R7=4|R8=1|R9=0|RR=11|RH=13|RE=2
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Game 5 was a pitcher's duel for the first five innings, with Boston's Cy Young and Pittsburgh's [[Brickyard Kennedy]] giving up no runs. That changed in the top of the sixth, however, when the Americans scored a then-record six runs before being retired. Young, on the other hand, managed to keep his shutout intact before finally giving up a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. He went the distance and struck out four for his first World Series win.

===Game 6===
[[File:1900 Bill Dinneen.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Game 6 winning pitcher [[Bill Dinneen]]]]
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|Date=Thursday, October 8, 1903,
|Location=Exposition Park (III) in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
|Road='''Boston'''|RoadAbr=BOS
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Game 6 was a rematch between the starters of Game 2, Boston's Dinneen and Pittsburgh's Leever.  Leever pitched a complete game this time but so did Dinneen, who outmatched him to earn his second complete-game victory of the series. After losing three of the first four games of the World Series, the underdog Americans had tied the series at three games apiece.

===Game 7===
[[File:1903WorldSeries.png|thumb|right|Souvenir card of the "World's Championship Games"]]
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|Date=Saturday, October 10, 1903,
|Location=Exposition Park (III) in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
|Road='''Boston'''|RoadAbr=BOS
|R1=2|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=7|RH=11|RE=4
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The fourth and final game in Allegheny saw Phillippe start his fourth game of the Series for the Pirates. This time, however, he did not fare as well as he did in his first three starts. Cy Young, in his third start of the Series, held the Pirates to three runs and put the Americans ahead for the first time as the Series moved back to Boston.

===Game 8===
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|Date=Tuesday, October 13, 1903,
|Location=Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts
|Road=Pittsburgh|RoadAbr=PIT
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=4|RE=3
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}}
The final game of this inaugural World Series started out as an intense pitcher's duel, scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when [[Hobe Ferris]] hit a two-run single. Phillippe started his fifth and final game of the series and Dinneen his fourth. As he did in Game 2, Dinneen threw a complete-game shutout, striking out seven and leading his Americans to victory, while Phillippe pitched respectably but could not match Dinneen because his arm had been worn out with five starts in the eight games, giving up three runs to give the first 20th-century World Championship to the Boston Americans, Honus Wagner striking out to end the Series.