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THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
Carl Mays wins his 19th game by beating St. Louis
August 21, 1918 ...
The Red Sox opened against the St. Louis Browns by beating them 4 to 1, and in the process Carl Mays posted his 19th victory of the season at Fenway Park. He was opposed by Allen Sothoron, who held the Sox to just two hits over seven innings. One of those was a home run by Jack Coffey
in the fifth inning.
Sothoron had a very tougher afternoon. The Sox bench was riding him after he got into a tussle with Wally Mayer, who was coaching on first. Sothoron is playing his last game, as he has secured a position at Dayton on must be on the job by the end of the week. Frits Maisel is also
scheduled to leave the team soon. After Sothoron retired for a pinch hitter, he was relieved by Byron Houck.
Four of the seven hits the Browns got of Mays were doubles. They scored their only run in the fifth inning and Coffey tied the game with his homer in the bottom of the inning. In the sixth the Sox took the lead with two runs. Sothoron passed Amos Strunk, and Ruth and McInnis both
singled. Strunk scored when Everett Scott shot a long fly to Ray Demmitt. The Babe scored of Demmitt's poor throw home. Strunk's single and Ruth's single gave the Sox their final run in the eighth.
Today was Shriners' Day at Fenway Park. Catcher Les Nunamaker, also a Shriner, was presented with a diamond pin. They brought cigars and passed them out to the sailors and soldiers who were at the ballpark.
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