On one notable occasion, on September 26, 1926, in St. Louis, the Browns beat the Yankees 6–1 in just one hour and twelve minutes in the first game of a doubleheader, then came back and won the second game 6–2 in fifty-five minutes. These were both full nine-inning games. Quite how they managed it is a wonder. The two teams banged out 25 hits between them in the first game and 20 in the second, so these were hardly classic pitchers’ duels. There was just a lot less messing around.
