Every team occasionally wins some games where they get help from the opposition. Sometimes, it’s from an anemic display from the opposing offense. Sometimes, it’ll happen because the other team makes a bunch of errors.
On September 14, 1904, the Yankees, then known as the Highlanders, got a bit of both, in a very nice gift from the Boston Red Sox, then known as the Americans.
Coming into September 14th, the Highlanders trailed Boston by just 0.5 games in the AL standings, having spent much of the previous couple weeks trading the lead back and forth.