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An exciting 16-inning affair that saw a combined 37 hits on the day. In the end, the Boston Americans (34-33) prevailed over the Washington Senators (30-37) by a 9 to 8 score. With the win, the Americans sit alone in 4th place in the American League standings; 9 games out of 1st place.

Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision and, to be honest, did not pitch particularly well. For Boston, Noodles Hahn went 9 2/3 innings in which he allowed 8 runs (7 earned) on 13 hits; Game Score 37. Jose Ramos allowed 1 hit in a scoreless 1 1/3 innings, before he turned it over to Al Orth who provided 3 innings of scoreless ball. Oscar Jones (3-1) picked up the win in his 2 innings of scoreless work.

Doc Scanlan was the Senators starting pitcher, allowing 7 runs (6 earned) on 10 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings of play; Game Score 24. Carl Lundgren pitched a scoreless 7th inning, followed by Rube Waddell who allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits and 1 walk in 3 innings of play. Frank Kitson and Ed Poole each provided 2 innings of scoreless ball, before the ball was turned over to Jock Menefee (0-3) who was tagged with the loss after serving up 1 earned run on 2 hits and 1 walk in 1 1/3 innings.

There were several outstanding hitting performances on the day. For the Americans, Bill Lange (3 for 8, Double, Homerun, 2 Runs, 2 RBIs), Jesse Hoffmeister (4 for 8, Double, Run, RBI, 2 Stolen Bases), Fred Clarke (2 for 5, Triple, Run, 2 RBIs, 2 Stolen Bases), Frank Chance (3 for 8, Triple, Run, RBI, Stolen Base), and Jiggs Donahue (2 for 6, Double, 2 Runs, RBI) played great! Washington was led by Kid Gleason (3 for 7, 2 Doubles, Run, 2 RBIs), Danny Green (2 for 8, Triple, Run, 2 RBIs), and Doc Casey (3 for 7, Stolen Base).

Of note, Bill Lange, Frank Chance, and Jesse Hoffmeister set a Boston team record with 8 at bats in the game.

Player of the Game: Bill Lange (Season: #1 / Career: #3)