$Unique_ID{BAS00098} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1928} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1928 New York Yankees St Louis Cardinals} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1928 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 0 GAME 1 AT NY OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- STL 000 000 100 1 3 1 NY 100 200 01X 4 7 0 Pitchers: SHERDEL, Johnson (8) vs HOYT Home Runs: Meusel-NY, Bottomley-STL Attendance: 61,425 GAME 2 AT NY OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- STL 030 000 000 3 4 1 NY 314 000 10X 9 8 2 Pitchers: ALEXANDER, Mitchell (3) vs PIPGRAS Home Runs: Gehrig-NY Attendance: 60,714 GAME 3 AT STL OCT 7 ---------------------------------------- NY 010 203 100 7 7 2 STL 200 010 000 3 9 3 Pitchers: ZACHARY vs HAINES, Johnson (7), Rhem (8) Home Runs: Gehrig-NY (2) Attendance: 39,602 GAME 4 AT STL OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- NY 000 100 420 7 15 2 STL 001 100 001 3 11 0 Pitchers: HOYT vs SHERDEL, Alexander (7) Home Runs: Ruth-NY (3), Durst-NY, Gehrig-NY Attendance: 37,331 After squandering a 13 1/2-game lead and falling briefly behind the Athletics in early September, the Yankees recovered to meet the Cardinals--winners of another tight National League race--in the Series. With Herb Pennock lost to arm trouble, the Yankees made do with just three pitchers in extending their Series win streak to eight games. The four games offered little suspense, but for Yankee fans there were thrills aplenty. The Bronx Bombers' nine home runs (including four by Lou Gehrig and three by Babe Ruth) nearly equalled St. Louis' total scoring (ten runs), and Gehrig himself drove in as many runs (nine) as the entire Cardinal offense. Ruth and Gehrig started things off with successive doubles and a run in the first inning of the opener, and when Bob Meusel followed Ruth's second double with a home run in the fourth, the Yanks had more than they would need to support Waite Hoyt's three-hitter. The Cardinals' Jim Bottomley homered off Hoyt in the seventh, but successive singles by Mark Koenig, Ruth, and Gehrig produced a fourth Yankee run and concluded the scoring. Gehrig homered in the first inning of Game Two to get New York off to a 3-0 lead against forty-one-year-old Grover Cleveland Alexander. The Cards snapped back to tie the game, but the Yankees retook the lead with a run in the last of the second and put together four hits, two walks, and a hit batsman for four more in the third. A final Yankee run in the seventh capped a 9-3 four-hit win for pitcher George Pipgras. Jim Bottomley gave St. Louis its first lead of the Series with a two-run triple in the first inning of Game Three. But Yankee Tom Zachary gave up only one more run, taking the third Yankee win as Gehrig drove in three runs with homers in the second and fourth, and his teammates scored three more in the sixth (thanks in large part to two Cardinal errors and Meusel's steal of home) and a final (unearned) run an inning later. New York completed its second straight Series sweep with another 7-3 win two days later. Waite Hoyt gained his second victory, mostly on the strength of five solo Yankee homers, including three by Babe Ruth. NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benny Bengough, c .231 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Pat Collins, c 1.000 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earle Combs, ph .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Joe Dugan, 3b .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Leo Durocher, 2b .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cedric Durst, of .375 4 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 Lou Gehrig, 1b .545 4 11 5 6 1 0 4 9 6 0 0 Waite Hoyt, p .143 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Koenig, ss .158 4 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tony Lazzeri, 2b .250 4 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Bob Meusel, of .200 4 15 5 3 1 0 1 3 2 5 2 Ben Paschal, of .200 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 George Pipgras, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gene Robertson, 3b .125 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Babe Ruth, of .625 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 1 2 0 Tom Zachary, p .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL .276 134 27 37 7 0 9 25 13 12 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waite Hoyt 2 0 1.50 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 14 3 6 14 George Pipgras 1 0 2.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 4 8 Tom Zachary 1 0 3.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 9 3 1 7 TOTAL 4 0 2.00 4 4 4 0 0 36.0 27 8 11 29 STL (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Alexander, p .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ray Blades, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jim Bottomley, 1b .214 4 14 1 3 0 1 1 3 2 6 0 Taylor Douthit, of .091 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Frankie Frisch, 2b .231 4 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 Chick Hafey, of .200 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Jesse Haines, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Harper, of .111 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Andy High, 3b .294 4 17 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 Wattie Holm, of-1 .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Syl Johnson, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranville, ss .308 4 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Pepper Martin, pr .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clarence Mitchell, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti, of-1 .286 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Flint Rhem, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Sherdel, p .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Earl Smith, c .750 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Thevenow, ss .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson, c .091 3 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 TOTAL .206 131 10 27 5 1 1 9 11 29 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Alexander 0 1 19.80 2 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 11 4 2 Jesse Haines 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 3 Syl Johnson 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 1 Clarence Mitchell 0 0 1.59 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 2 1 2 2 Flint Rhem 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 Bill Sherdel 0 2 4.72 2 2 0 0 0 13.1 15 7 3 3 TOTAL 0 4 6.09 9 4 0 0 0 34.0 37 23 13 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------