September 4, 1924
September 4, 1924. The Washington Senators routed the Boston Red Sox 12-5 before 12,000 fans at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson (19-6); SV: Allen Russell (8). (Here's an odd rabbit hole: The Baseball-Reference Box Score indicates that Russell has been awarded a Save, despite entering the game in relief of Walter Johnson who is credited with 7 innings pitched. Boston scored a run in the top of the seventh inning off Walter to make the score 9-3; Washington scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh to get to 12-3 before Russell took over. Doesn't make sense to me.)
Anyway, Sam Rice had a big game (4-6 with 5 RBIs), but the card goes to Bucky Harris who was 3-5 with a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored:
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