Baseball Historians

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June 30, 1918 at Griffith Stadium
Red Sox 3, Senators 1  (39-28)
Babe Ruth belted a two run homer in the top of the tenth inning as the Red Sox not only topped the Senators for the second straight game, but they also reclaimed the lead in the American League.  The homerun for Ruth was his eleventh [...]

June 29, 1918 at Griffith Stadium
Red Sox 3, Senators 1  (38-28)
The Red Sox snapped their three game skid with three late runs and some solid pitching by Sad Sam Jones and Bullet Joe Bush.  Jones threw the first seven frames and held the Senators to a single run while Bush held the opposition hitless in [...]

June 28, 1918 at Griffith Stadium
Senators 3, Red Sox 1  (37-28)
The Red Sox fell further behind the first place Yankees as they took their third straight loss in an opener against the Senators. The lone hit of the game for the Sox was Babe Ruth’s tenth homer of the season, a solo shot in the [...]

June 27, 1918 at the Polo Grounds
Yankees 7, Red Sox 5  (37-27)
The Red Sox couldn’t salvage a split with the now first place Yankees as they fell from atop their perch in the American League.  Joe Bush had a tough time and he gave up seven runs in seven innings for his fourth consecutive loss.
Harry [...]

June 26, 1918 at the Polo Grounds
Yankees 3, Red Sox 1  (37-26)
The Yankees took game three in their series with the Red Sox and the Red Sox lead in the American League once again slipped to a single game despite a solid outing by Carl Mays.  Mays gave up three runs on six hits and [...]

June 25, 1918 at the Polo Grounds
Red Sox 7, Yankees 3  (37-25)
The Red Sox evened up their pivotal series with the second place Yankees in a game where the Sox poured on the offense.  Babe Ruth and Fred Thomas both went yard in the game while Dave Shean and Harry Hooper both tripled.  Shean had [...]

June 24, 1918 at the Polo Grounds
Yankees 3, Red Sox 2  (36-25)
The Red Sox and Yankees squared off in a battle of first and second place teams and it was the Yankees who came out on top in the opener.  The Sox offense was held to just two runs on three hits and the loss [...]

June 21, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 13, Athletics 0  (36-24)
The Red Sox put on a show for the home crowd as they salvaged a split in their four game series with the Athletics.  Dave Shean had a big day at the plate with a team high four hits and four runs while Harry Hooper [...]

June 20, 1918 at Fenway Park
Athletics 2, Red Sox 0  (34-24)
For the second straight game, the Red Sox were shutout by the opposition and this time they were held to just three hits in the opener of their doubleheader with the Athletics.  Harry Hooper had two of those hits while Everett Scott had the other.
A [...]

June 19, 1918 at Fenway Park
Athletics 5, Red Sox 0  (34-23)
The Red Sox were held to just seven hits and not one baserunner crossed the plate as they return to Fenway Park.  Fred Thomas was the only hitter with a pair of hits and Babe Ruth was held hitless in the loss.
Bullet Joe Bush took [...]

June 17, 1918 at Sportsmans Park
Red Sox 8, Browns 0  (34-22)
The Red Sox salvaged a split in their four game series with the Browns behind a four hit shutout by Carl Mays.  He struck out three and he didn’t allow a walk in his third shutout of the season.
Everett Scott had a big day at [...]

June 16, 1918 at Sportsmans Park
Browns 2, Red Sox 1  (33-22)
A solid pitching performance by Dutch Leonard went to waste as the Red Sox lost for the second time in three games against the Browns.  The game winning run came when the pinch runner Ernie Johnson tried to steal second base with two outs in [...]

June 15, 1918 at Sportsmans Park
Red Sox 8, Browns 4  (33-21)
Babe Ruth belted a three run homer that helped push the Red Sox to their first win in a four a game series with the Browns.  Ruth also singled and the contest while Dave Shean three for five with a pair of runs.  Harry Hooper [...]

June 14, 1918 at Sportsmans Park
Browns 5, Red Sox 4  (32-21)
Sad Sam Jones looked all but ready to take the win in this one but he gave up a two run triple in the bottom of the turn that turned a 4-3 lead into a 5-4 defeat.  Jones final line had him giving up five [...]

June 13, 1918 at Comiskey Park
Red Sox 6, White Sox 0  (32-20)
Another game, another shutout as the Dutch Leonard threw his second straight shutout and the third in his last four starts.  He gave up just five hits and six walks in the impressive start.
Harry Hooper and Dave Shean both had a pair of hits [...]

June 8, 1918 at League Park
Indians 3, Red Sox 1  (28-19)
The Red Sox fell from first place after taking their third loss in four games against the Indians.  Carl Mays had a tough time finding the plate and he finished with six walks to go with the three runs and six hits he gave up.
Unfortunately, [...]

June 7, 1918 at League Park
Indians 14, Red Sox 7  (28-18)
Red Sox pitchers gave up more runs in this one then in any other game in the 1918 season as the Indians retook the lead in their four game series with the Red Sox.  Even worse, the loss came with the Red Sox scoring four [...]

June 6, 1918 at League Park
Red Sox 1, Indians 0  (28-17)
The Red Sox turned the tables and this time it was they who walked away with a ten inning victory over the Indians.  Sad Sam Jones did it again with an outstanding outing as he led the Indians to just five hits over ten shutout [...]

June 5, 1918 at League Park
Indians 5, Red Sox 4  (27-17)
Babe Ruth homered in his fourth straight game but it wasn’t enough as the Red Sox lost their series opener to the Indians.  Ruth’s three run blast gave the team a 3-1 lead but that was short lived as the Indians scored single runs in [...]

June 4, 1918 at Navin Field
Red Sox 7, Tigers 6  (27-16)
The Red Sox salvaged a split with the Tigers in their four game series in a tight game that saw the Sox score three runs in the top of the ninth.  Harry Hooper had yet another great game hitting leadoff with a pair of hits [...]

June 3, 1918 at Navin Field
Red Sox 5, Tigers 0  (26-16)
Dutch Leonard threw his second career no hitter as he put the Red Sox on his back and carried them to victory.  The only Tiger to reach base came on a walk in the first inning.
Babe Ruth got the start in centerfield and he belted [...]

June 2, 1918 at Navin Field
Tigers 4, Red Sox 3  (25-16)
Babe Ruth really struggled in his first start in a couple of weeks and he took the loss as the Red Sox lost their third straight.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks with two strikeouts but two of those walks came with [...]

June 1, 1918 at Navin Field
Tigers 4, Red Sox 3  (25-15)
The Red Sox and Tigers played thirteen innings in a game that saw Harry Heilman double home the winning run in the bottom half of the inning off of Carl Mays.  Joe Bush got into trouble in the first inning and gave up three runs [...]