1908 – Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox beats the Boston Red Sox twice in Boston by scores of 5 – 1 and 2 – 0. Walsh allows only seven hits and one walk against fifteen strikeouts in the two games.
Ed Walsh blanks the Red Sox, 3 – 0, for a Chicago win. Only four percentage points separate the top three American League teams.
The Reds’ Hans Lobert steals second base, third, and home against St. Louis.
The Tigers take over first place with a Sunday 5 – 2 win over the A’s behind righty George Mullin.
The Giants sweep the Reds, 6 – 2 and 3 – 1, behind victories by Christy Mathewson and Red Ames. For Matty, it is his 35th win.
Vic Willis tosses a 6-hit shutout over Boston for a Pittsburgh win.
Washington’s Walter Johnson loses, 5 – 4, to Cleveland when he makes a throwing error.
On September 26, 1908, at Washington Park in Brooklyn New York, as the season was winding down the Chicago and Brooklyn were scheduled to play a Morning/Afternoon doubleheader. Ed Reulbach started the first game for Chicago, he pitches a 5-0 shutout limiting Brooklyn to 5 hits over 9 innings and sprinkled in 7 strikeouts….
At the Polo Grounds, Rube Marquard makes his major league debut and the Reds rough up the Giants’ $18,000 rookie for seven hits and five runs in five innings.
Detroit’s Ed Summers pitches two complete-game wins over the A’s, winning the opener, 7 – 2. The second game is a 10-inning battle with another rookie, Biff Schlitzer, that ends 1 – 0 on a Claude Rossman drive for an inside-the-park home run. Summers allows just two hits. With the White Sox idle, the Tigers move to a half-game out of first.