The Yankees trade shutouts with the Senators, winning 2 – 0 before losing, 5 – 0. Doc Ayers wins the nitecap, his second shutout in a row over the Yankees and the third time he’s beaten them in eight days. Nick Cullop takes the loss for New York. In the opening game, Ray Caldwell fires his only shutout of the year.

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On September 8, 1917 — The Yankees trade shutouts with the Senators, winning 2 – 0 before losing, 5 – 0. Doc Ayers wins the nitecap, his second shutout in a row over the Yankees and the third time he’s beaten them in eight days. Nick Cullop takes the loss for New York. In the opening game, Ray Caldwell fires his only shutout of the year.

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