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 | Foundrymen Get One to Win Wednesday, August 29th , 1917 John Rodgers was in command in his outing against the Providence Clippers. He hurled the Newark Foundrymen to a 1-0 shutout victory, yielded 2 hits and chalked up 5 strikeouts and 2 walks. "A complete-game shutout is fun territory for me," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I had good balance and mechanics and was able to keep the ball down. When I do that, good things happen." This season, Rodgers has crafted a 18-15 mark with a 3.17 ERA in 284 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .277 against him and he has 183 strikeouts. |   |
