It was one of the few highlights in a dismal season. Sox pitcher Jerry Nyman one-hit the Senators, winning in Chicago, 6-0.
Nyman allowed only a one-out single in the second inning to Brant Alyea — a comebacker right through the box that Nyman could not get a glove on. Nyman also helped himself with the bat in that game hitting a bases-loaded double, knocking in three runs.
[I may have told this story over at SSHP or perhaps in the comments here, but it’s a short day of items for History and if we don’t stretch to 150 words, Google doesn’t pick up our feed.