| Knoxville Blanks New Orleans Behind Somerville Monday, September 17th , 1917 Today at Knoxville Base Ball Park, Hi Somerville of the Knoxville Aces held the New Orleans Crescents to 6 hits en route to an impressive 3-0 shutout.
"He was able to keep hitters off-balance and got the ball down," said Aces skipper Herman Ackerman about his starter's performance.
Somerville had 2 strikeouts and 2 walks in the game.
Over the season Somerville has thrown 287.2 innings and dished out 100 strikeouts with a 22-10 mark and a 2.66 ERA. | | |