Yanks complete sweep of Giants

The '27 NY Yankees took all four games from the second place 1905 NY Giants to widen their gap to 5.5 games. Lou Gehrig was a monster all series, passing teammate Babe Ruth in the MVP voting.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1905 NY (AL) 1905 Giants At 1927 N.Y. (AL) 1927 Yankees   5/27/2007
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Strang 2B         4  1  1  0 .260     E.Combs CF          4  0  1  2 .365  
  A.Devlin 3B         4  0  1  0 .285     B.Meusel LF         5  1  2  0 .270  
  M.Donlin CF         4  0  1  0 .390     B.Ruth RF           4  0  0  0 .339  
  D.McGann 1B         4  0  0  0 .349     L.Gehrig 1B         3  1  2  0 .365  
  S.Mertes LF         4  1  2  0 .301     T.Lazzeri 2B        4  0  0  0 .291  
  G.Browne RF         4  1  2  1 .262     P.Collins C         3  1  1  1 .256  
  B.Dahlen SS         4  0  1  0 .162     M.Koenig SS         3  1  2  0 .278  
  R.Bresnahan C       4  0  1  1 .231     J.Dugan 3B          4  0  0  0 .240  
  D.Taylor P          1  0  0  0 .087     W.Moore P           3  1  1  2 .103  
A-B.Gilbert PH        0  0  0  0 .305   C-M.Gazella PH        1  0  1  0 .269  
  C.Elliot P          0  0  0  0 .000     G.Pipgras P         0  0  0  0 .000  
B-B.Clarke PH         1  0  0  0 .303                                          
  C.Mathewson P       0  0  0  0 .200                                          
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         Totals      34  3  9  2                 Totals      34  5 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Taylor In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Elliot In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Moore In 8th Inning
 
Giants.......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  3  9  1
Yankees......... 0 4 0  0 1 0  0 0    -  5 10  0
 
Giants (31-20)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Taylor LOSS(5-4)        5       6   5   4   3   5   0   5.67
C.Elliot                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   7.68
C.Mathewson               2       4   0   0   1   1   0   2.24
Totals                    8      10   5   4   4   7   0
 
Yankees (37-15)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
W.Moore WIN(7-0)          8       8   3   3   1   2   0   2.74
G.Pipgras SAVE(9th)       1       1   0   0   0   0   0   2.79
Totals                    9       9   3   3   1   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,088 DATE- Sunday, May 27th 2007 TIME- Day 
T- 2:04
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 5  Yankees: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- D.Taylor
DOUBLES- M.Donlin(6th), R.Bresnahan(8th), B.Meusel(11th), L.Gehrig(10th)
TRIPLES- S.Mertes(9th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Browne(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- S.Mertes, B.Meusel
WALKS- B.Gilbert, E.Combs, L.Gehrig, P.Collins, M.Koenig
STRIKE OUTS- B.Dahlen, D.Taylor, E.Combs, B.Meusel, B.Ruth-2, P.Collins,
             J.Dugan, W.Moore
GIDP- M.Donlin
 
In a good matchup it was the N.Y. (AL) 1927 Yankees 5, the NY (AL) 1905 Giants
3 at the ballpark.
 
Wilcy Moore(7-0) gave a fine effort for N.Y. (AL) 1927. He allowed 8 hits and
1 walk in 8 innings.  N.Y. (AL) 1927 had a total of 10 hits for the game.
 
George Pipgras earned his 9th save.  Dummy Taylor(5-4) was given the loss.
N.Y. (AL) 1927 continued on their recent roll, their winning streak now
reaching 6 games and counting.

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