Boston’s Babe Ruth is 2 for 3 and shuts out Cleveland, 2 – 0, on seven hits.

On September 25, 1916 — Boston’s Babe Ruth is 2 for 3 and shuts out Cleveland, 2 – 0, on seven hits.

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