1917 – The Braves’ Jesse Barnes tops the Reds, 1 – 0, in the first of two games. Art Nehf follows with a 3 – 0 win to sweep Cincinnati.

1917 – The Cards beat the Series-bound Giants, 5 – 3. Ross Youngs debuts for the Giants, and the future Hall of Famer is 0 for 4.

1917 – Déjà Vu all over again: Grover Alexander beats Chicago’s Shufflin Phil Douglas, this time 4 – 1, their second match-up in three days.

1917 – In Boston, the White Sox clinch the pennant with a 2 – 1 win in 10 innings. Pinch-hitting in the bottom of the 10th, Babe Ruth grounds into a game-ending double play.

1917 – In the first of two, the host Red Sox make eight errors to help the Tigers to a 5 – 2 win.

For the second time this month, a pitcher beats Brooklyn twice in one day, as the Cardinals’ Bill Doak wins, 2 – 0 and 12 – 4. With his 14th and 15th victories, Doak picked up a bonus check as well. In a salary dispute in the spring, the Cards and Doak agreed upon a bonus if the pitcher reached 15 wins, and another bonus if he won twenty. He’ll win just one more.

The Giants suspend team captain Buck Herzog for refusing to accompany the team on its western trip. Herzog will be traded after the season.

The Senators toss shutouts in both games today with the A’s. Harry Harper wins the opener 5 – 0, and Walter Johnson follows with a 4 – 0 victory.

At the Polo Grounds, Boston’s Babe Ruth takes an 8 – 0 lead into the 9th before allowing three Yankee runs. He finishes with a complete game 8 – 3 win and slugs his 2nd and last homer of the season.