On this date in 1918, Pittsburgh beat the Boston Braves 2–0 in 21 innings while being out-hit 15 to 12. It took 4 hours and 8 minutes.
The Committee has looked at all 1,371 major-league games played on August 1, from 1871 to 2025, and this is the one that does not behave.
| 1890-08-01 | BSP at BFP | 21–13 | ||
| 2000-08-01 | The Boston Red Sox at Seattle | 4–5 | 18.5 | 334 min |
| 1893-08-01 | Pittsburgh at St. Louis | 25–2 | by 23 | |
| 1993-08-01 | San Francisco at Colorado | 6–5 | 9.0 | 72,431 paid |
| 1976-08-01 | Detroit at Baltimore | 3–4 | 8.8 | hits 12-5 |
| 1943-08-01 | Cleveland at the Boston Red Sox | 8–6 | 9.0 | hits 9-15 |
| 1965-08-01 | Houston at Cincinnati | 4–6 | 8.5 | hits 15-9 |
| 1898-08-01 | CL4 at Philadelphia | 0–1 | 8.5 | 000000000 / 01000000x |
| 1898-08-01 | The Boston Braves at St. Louis | 1–3 | 8.5 | 100000000 / 10001001x |
| 1901-08-01 | Detroit at the White Sox | 0–4 | 8.5 | 000000000 / 00010003x |
1870s 9 · 1880s 53 · 1890s 62 · 1900s 73 · 1910s 83 · 1920s 68 · 1930s 69 · 1940s 76 · 1950s 82 · 1960s 84 · 1970s 132 · 1980s 111 · 1990s 133 · 2000s 139 · 2010s 126 · 2020s 71
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