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How the Yankees made seven errors in one game and still won

If I told you about one game from history where the Yankees made seven errors in a game, you would probably assume that they lost it. If I then included the fact that according to accounts of the game, they probably made even more than that, but were only taken pity upon by the scorers, you’re probably assuming the final score was even worse than you thought.

On August 29th, 1911, the then-New York Highlanders did all that. Yet, they somehow won the game in question.

That day with the Highlanders hovering around .500, they were in St.