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.
After some early struggles, Waite Hoyt was able toss a complete game as the 1927 New York Yankees defeated the 2004 Boston Red Sox 9-4 at Fenway Park.
Hoyt (7-3) allowed 11 hits, while striking out nine and not walking a batter.
The Yankees scored twice in the first inning against Boston starter Curt Schilling, but the Red Sox were able to respond to tie it.
Lou Gehrig had a sacrifice fly and Bob Meusel added a RBI single to make it 2-0. Johnny Damon led off the bottom of the inning with a single and eventually scored on a two-run homer by David Ortiz.
A RBI single in the fourth by Pat Collins turned out to give the Yankees the lead for good at 3-2. Tony Lazzeri added a solo homer in the sixth, which was his 10th blast of the season.
Jason Varitek cut Boston’s deficit to one with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the sixth.
Schilling got in trouble in the eighth as the Yankees added two runs when Lazzeri and Collins both had RBI singles.
Ortiz hammered a solo shot in the eighth for his second long ball of the game.
In the ninth, the Yankees put the game away with three runs off Alan Embree. Babe Ruth drilled his 24th homer of the season to knock in a pair of runs before Lazzeri capped the rally with a sacrifice fly.
Herb Pennock (3-5) will start the third contest of the five-game series for the Yankees as the Red Sox send Pedro Martinez to the Fenway mound.
27 * 61 Replay Standings
1927 New York Yankees (37-21)
1961 New York Yankees (34-23)
1968 Detroit Tigers (7-3)
1948 Cleveland Indians (8-6)
1970 Baltimore Orioles (5-9)
2004 Boston Red Sox (6-11)
1924 Washington Senators (7-15)
1972 Oakland A’s (7-17)
2005 Chicago White Sox (4-10)
27 * 61 Home Run Totals
Babe Ruth 24
Roger Maris 23
Mickey Mantle 21
Lou Gehrig 19