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.
The 1948 Cleveland Indians closed out its four-game series with the 1927 New York Yankees with a 6-5 victory in Municipal Stadium.
It was the third straight win for the Indians against the Yankees.
New York grabbed an early lead against Cleveland starter Bob Feller as Lou Gehrig had a RBI double in the first inning.
Mark Koenig gave the Yankees a 2-0 advantage with a run-scoring single in the second inning.
Cleveland’s Ken Keltner hit a solo homer off New York starter Herb Pennock the cut the deficit in half for the Indians.
Gehrig had an answer for New York in the third with his 11th homer of the season, which gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead.
Feller was forced to leave the contest with an injury during the third frame and Cleveland player-manager Lou Boudreau selected Bob Muncrief to take the mound.
The Indians picked up a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Boudreau to make it 3-2.
Pennock (1-3) would surrender his lead in the bottom of the seventh as Keltner’s second long ball of the affair tied it at 3-3.
Later in the inning, Cleveland pinch-hitter Thurman Tucker put the Indians on top with a RBI double.
Allie Clark added a two-run single against Dutch Ruether that made it 6-3. Pennock would be charged with all of the Cleveland runs in the contest as he gave up just six hits with two strikeouts.
Muncrief worked four innings to get the win for the Indians as he blanked the Yankees on three hits with two strikeouts.
Russ Christopher earned a save for Cleveland as he pitched the last two innings, however, he got touched up in the ninth as Bob Meusel‘s two-run triple got the Yankees closer in the ninth. Christopher retired pinch-hitter Pat Collins and Joe Dugan to finish the contest.
The Yankees will play their final road game in a stretch of 18 contests with a trip to the 1924 Washington Senators.
Urban Shocker (5-0) gets the start for the Yankees with the Senators scheduled to throw Tom Zachary.
27 * 61 Replay Standings
1927 New York Yankees (21-11)
1961 New York Yankees (14-17)
1948 Cleveland Indians (6-1)
1968 Detroit Tigers (3-1)
2005 Chicago White Sox (3-3)
1972 Oakland A’s (6-8)
1970 Baltimore Orioles (3-5)
2004 Boston Red Sox (4-8)
1924 Washington Senators (3-9)
27 * 61 Home Run Totals
Roger Maris 15
Babe Ruth 12
Lou Gehrig 11
Mickey Mantle 9