Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster allows three hits in beating the Browns, 1 – 0. Most of the hitting in the game comes when Browns 3B Jimmy Austin and Boston C Pinch Thomas mix it up. The Sox end the day .002 ahead of the White Sox, but will take three out of four in Chicago to open up some room.

This Day In Baseball

On August 6, 1916 — Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster allows three hits in beating the Browns, 1 – 0. Most of the hitting in the game comes when Browns 3B Jimmy Austin and Boston C Pinch Thomas mix it up. The Sox end the day .002 ahead of the White Sox, but will take three out of four in Chicago to open up some room.

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