Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx , Joe Cronin , and Jim Tabor connect in the 6th inning. Foxx's HR is his 500th. Though he will make six more starts, this will be Grove's last career win. The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 to clinch the AL pennant, the earliest date in ML history. The Yankees need only 136 games, giving them a 91-45 record.
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He doubles and triples off Santiago Ullrich and Joe Cleary , each time with the bases loaded. In the Sox second-game win, the famous Boudreau Shift is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the 3B and LF, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift. Williams punches the ball over the shift when LF Pat Seerey pulls in behind the SS position.