Editor’s note: The 27 * 61 Yankees Replay games are being played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter will not be used for any games. Injuries will only be used during the game when they occur.
Pat Collins smacked a pair of homers and drove in five runs as the 1927 New York Yankees pounded the 2005 Chicago White Sox 13-0 in Comiskey Park.
New York got out of the gate quickly in the first inning against White Sox starter Orlando Hernandez with a RBI double by Tony Lazzeri and a run-scoring single by Bob Meusel.
The score remained the same until the top of the fifth when New York ousted Hernandez as the Yankees sent 10 batters to the plate adding seven runs to make it 9-0.
Babe Ruth knocked in first tally with a single before Lou Gehrig drilled a three-run homer that sent Hernandez to the showers. It was the 29th homer of the season for the Iron Horse, while pushing his RBI total to 90.
Brandon McCarthy took over on the mound for the White Sox and he would eventually surrender a three-run bomb to Collins.
Luis Vizcaino tossed the final three frames for the White Sox as the Yankees added four more runs.
Collins hit a solo shot for his second homer of the affair, which was his seventh long ball of the season.
In the ninth, Meusel tripled to bring home a pair of runs before Collins capped his day with a RBI single.
George Pipgras (10-7) went the distance for the Yankees limiting the White Sox to three hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
A.J. Pierzynski had Chicago’s first hit with a single in the third with Joe Crede also picking up a single in the fifth. Pablo Ozuna had a pinch-hit single in the ninth before he was erased when Scott Podsednik hit into a double play. Pipgras ended the contest by striking out Tadahito Iguchi.
The 13 runs are the third highest total for the Yankees this season. New York had scored 16 times on two occasions on the road earlier this season with a 16-0 win over the 1924 Senators and 16-2 decision against the White Sox.
In the win over the White Sox, New York scored seven runs in the first inning with six coming against Chicago pitcher Mark Buehrle, who could only retire one hitter.
Buehrle will be looking for some redemption as he starts the second contest of the four-game series against New York as the Yankees counter with ace Waite Hoyt (14-5).
27 * 61 Replay Standings
1927 New York Yankees (67-46)
1961 New York Yankees (60-52)
1948 Cleveland Indians (18-12)
1968 Detroit Tigers (18-12)
2004 Boston Red Sox (15-17)
1970 Baltimore Orioles (13-17)
1924 Washington Senators (14-24)
2005 Chicago White Sox (9-18)
1972 Oakland A’s (11-27)
27 * 61 Home Run Totals
Mickey Mantle 44
Roger Maris 43
Babe Ruth 40
Lou Gehrig 29