| Joyce Tosses 2-0 Shutout Against Fort Wayne Monday, August 13th , 1917 Jim Joyce had an impressive outing at Fort Wayne Grounds, hurling the Des Moines Browns to a 2-0 shutout victory over the Fort Wayne Warriors.
"He threw strikes and he was always around the plate," Fort Wayne skipper Elmer Horton said. "The ball was doing everything he wanted it to do. We hit some balls hard, but they were all right at the fielders."
On the day, the right-handed Joyce yielded 6 hits and tallied 7 strikeouts with 4 walks.
Joyce has posted a 8-14 record for the year with a 4.35 ERA. Teams are hitting .280 against him and he has rung up 117 strikeouts in 194.2 innings. | | |