In the first of two games in Chicago, Sox RF Bill Barrett breaks a 1 – 1 tie with a 9th-inning solo homer of Washington’s Walter Johnson to give the win to Tommy Thomas, 2 – 1. The Senators take the second game, 3 – 2, behind Firpo Marberry.

On September 25, 1926 — In the first of two games in Chicago, Sox RF Bill Barrett breaks a 1 – 1 tie with a 9th-inning solo homer of Washington’s Walter Johnson to give the win to Tommy Thomas, 2 – 1. The Senators take the second game, 3 – 2, behind Firpo Marberry.

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In the first of two games in Chicago, Sox RF Bill Barrett breaks a 1 – 1 tie with a 9th-inning solo homer of Washington’s Walter Johnson to give the win to Tommy Thomas, 2 – 1. The Senators take the second game, 3 – 2, behind Firpo Marberry.

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En route from Baltimore to Tampa Bay to play the Rays, the Orioles’ charter is forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida because of smoke on the plane. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, but there are no reported injuries.

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In the first of two games in Chicago, Sox RF Bill Barrett breaks a 1 – 1 tie with a 9th-inning solo homer of Washington’s Walter Johnson to give the win to Tommy Thomas, 2 – 1. The Senators take the second game, 3 – 2, behind Firpo Marberry.

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En route from Baltimore to Tampa Bay to play the Rays, the Orioles’ charter is forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida because of smoke on the plane. The cause of the fire is not immediately known, but there are no reported injuries.

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