The Yankees won the first two games of the 1937 World Series by the score of 8-1!
I guess, it meant all the more that they were facing the Giants in the World Series. What better team to do it against, other than Brooklyn! The 1936 Fall Classic had been close, but the Yankees made it clear they were the better team the next year. Much better!
Carl Hubbell started game 1 for the Giants. And for a while, he must've had the Yankees thinking it would be a long day. The Yankees got a walk and a single in the bottom of the 1st, but then they began to have problems with King Carl.
In the bottom of the second, the ALers went down 1-2-3, with all three hitters grounding out. Then, in the 3rd, it was another 1-2-3 inning for Hubbell. In the 4th, Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey grounded out around Lou Gehrig going down on strikes.
The Giants, who now had to feel a jolt of confidence, went out in the top of the 5th and got the game's first run off Lefty Gomez. The Yankees had no answer in the bottom of the frame, as Hubbell got 'em on a popup, ground out, and strikeout.
It was in the bottom of the 6th that the Yankees made their move. And it was one big move. Or one big inning.
Lefty led off with a walk. Soon, he was on third with the bases loaded. DiMaggio was up to bat and The Yankee Clipper delivered a 2-run single. Joe took second on the throw and the Giants were forced to walk Lou Gehrig. 2-1 Yankees, bases loaded and still nobody out! After a run-scoring single by Dickey and an out, it was time for The Canadian to do something! George Selkirk got into the action by hitting a single. Two more runs scored. King Carl had been overthrown. It was 5-1 in favour of the junior circuit.
The Yankees scored still another run off new pitcher Harry Gumbert as Tony Lazzeri reached on an error. This was the Giants' second error in the inning. Dick Coffman came in to pitch for the NLers. Gomez then did a second of his own. He walked again. That loaded the bases. One out later it was Red Rolfe's turn to walk. The Yankees' seventh run of the inning scored. The Giants finally got out of the inning. But the Yankees were not through with touching home.
Tony Lazzeri greeted new pitcher Al Smith with a home run in the bottom of the 8th, sealing up an 8-1 win for New York.
Cliff Melton, a 20 game winner for the Giants, had the task of trying to even things up in game 2. For four innings, he kept the Yankees off the scoreboard. Then reality set in.
The Giants, for the second straight game, scored first as Mel Ott drove in a run in the top of the 1st. Melton, meanwhile, looked poised as a rookie. Not exactly an easy assignment against such a great Yankee team! But Cliff went out and got the first ten Yankee batters out. The Yankees put two men on with two out in the bottom of the fourth, but Bill Dickey fanned. End of 4 innings, 1-0 Giants!
But our Canadian boy, George Selkirk, singled home a run in the bottom of the 5th inning. After Lazzeri hit a single, starting pitcher Red Ruffling singled home Selkirk. The Bronx Bombers were ahead to stay. The rookie was also out of the game. It was 2-1 for the junior circuit. Gumbert was needed again. He retired the next three batters. But he would not be so lucky the next inning.
With two on and only one out, Selkirk delivered again in the bottom of the sixth. This time, he lashed a double to scored two more runs. Ruffling delivered again, as well. And again, it was a double. Selkirk scored, as did Lazzeri. 6-1, Yankees. Coffman again came in to pitch, as he had in game one.
The Yankees scored twice more off Coffman in the bottom of the 7th, and it was 8-1 for the Yankees. Once again, that would be the final score.
The Yankees went on to win the Fall Classic of 1937 in only 5 games. It was the second of four straight World Series for the Yankees, who had clearly put the stamp of champions on the AL side of New York. They were carrying on the tradition that had started with the legendary Babe Ruth back in 1923!
I guess, it meant all the more that they were facing the Giants in the World Series. What better team to do it against, other than Brooklyn! The 1936 Fall Classic had been close, but the Yankees made it clear they were the better team the next year. Much better!
Carl Hubbell started game 1 for the Giants. And for a while, he must've had the Yankees thinking it would be a long day. The Yankees got a walk and a single in the bottom of the 1st, but then they began to have problems with King Carl.
In the bottom of the second, the ALers went down 1-2-3, with all three hitters grounding out. Then, in the 3rd, it was another 1-2-3 inning for Hubbell. In the 4th, Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey grounded out around Lou Gehrig going down on strikes.
The Giants, who now had to feel a jolt of confidence, went out in the top of the 5th and got the game's first run off Lefty Gomez. The Yankees had no answer in the bottom of the frame, as Hubbell got 'em on a popup, ground out, and strikeout.
It was in the bottom of the 6th that the Yankees made their move. And it was one big move. Or one big inning.
Lefty led off with a walk. Soon, he was on third with the bases loaded. DiMaggio was up to bat and The Yankee Clipper delivered a 2-run single. Joe took second on the throw and the Giants were forced to walk Lou Gehrig. 2-1 Yankees, bases loaded and still nobody out! After a run-scoring single by Dickey and an out, it was time for The Canadian to do something! George Selkirk got into the action by hitting a single. Two more runs scored. King Carl had been overthrown. It was 5-1 in favour of the junior circuit.
The Yankees scored still another run off new pitcher Harry Gumbert as Tony Lazzeri reached on an error. This was the Giants' second error in the inning. Dick Coffman came in to pitch for the NLers. Gomez then did a second of his own. He walked again. That loaded the bases. One out later it was Red Rolfe's turn to walk. The Yankees' seventh run of the inning scored. The Giants finally got out of the inning. But the Yankees were not through with touching home.
Tony Lazzeri greeted new pitcher Al Smith with a home run in the bottom of the 8th, sealing up an 8-1 win for New York.
Cliff Melton, a 20 game winner for the Giants, had the task of trying to even things up in game 2. For four innings, he kept the Yankees off the scoreboard. Then reality set in.
The Giants, for the second straight game, scored first as Mel Ott drove in a run in the top of the 1st. Melton, meanwhile, looked poised as a rookie. Not exactly an easy assignment against such a great Yankee team! But Cliff went out and got the first ten Yankee batters out. The Yankees put two men on with two out in the bottom of the fourth, but Bill Dickey fanned. End of 4 innings, 1-0 Giants!
But our Canadian boy, George Selkirk, singled home a run in the bottom of the 5th inning. After Lazzeri hit a single, starting pitcher Red Ruffling singled home Selkirk. The Bronx Bombers were ahead to stay. The rookie was also out of the game. It was 2-1 for the junior circuit. Gumbert was needed again. He retired the next three batters. But he would not be so lucky the next inning.
With two on and only one out, Selkirk delivered again in the bottom of the sixth. This time, he lashed a double to scored two more runs. Ruffling delivered again, as well. And again, it was a double. Selkirk scored, as did Lazzeri. 6-1, Yankees. Coffman again came in to pitch, as he had in game one.
The Yankees scored twice more off Coffman in the bottom of the 7th, and it was 8-1 for the Yankees. Once again, that would be the final score.
The Yankees went on to win the Fall Classic of 1937 in only 5 games. It was the second of four straight World Series for the Yankees, who had clearly put the stamp of champions on the AL side of New York. They were carrying on the tradition that had started with the legendary Babe Ruth back in 1923!
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