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 1924 Washington Senators pulled away late in the finale of a three-game series in a 6-2 victory over the 1961 New York Yankees.
Washington took the lead for good in the top of the eighth when Muddy Ruel led off with a double off New York starter Jim Coates, who had not allowed a baserunner since the second.
Senators starting pitcher Firpo Marberry executed a sacrifice bunt to move Ruel to third. Earl McNeely followed with a RBI single and it was 3-2.
The Senators added to their margin in the ninth to put the game away as they took two of three from New York in Yankee Stadium.
Goose Goslin ended the day for Coates as he got the ninth underway with a single.
Joe Judge greeted Yankee pitcher Tex Clevenger with a single that sent Goslin to third. Goslin scored on a sacrifice fly by Ossie Bluege.
After Roger Peckinpaugh walked, Ruel singled to make it 5-2. The final run for the Senators came home when New York shortstop Tony Kubek misplayed a grounder that Marberry hit, which likely would have ended the rally.
Marberry went the distance for the Senators allowing seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts.
Coates (5-2), who was making his third start of the season, perhaps deserved a better fate as he surrendered four runs six hits with seven strikeouts. From the second to the eighth, Coates retired 16 straight batters. Clevenger gave up the other two runs in the ninth on two hits.
New York grabbed an early 2-0 advantage in the bottom of the first. Kubek and Bobby Richardson began the frame with back-to-back doubles. After Roger Maris singled to advance Richardson to third, Mickey Mantle had a sacrifice fly that produced what turned out to be New York’s final run.
Peckinpaugh’s two-run homer in the second for Washington tied the game at 2-2.
The Yankees hit the road for a six-game series in four days against the 1968 Detroit Tigers. Whitey Ford (6-6) starts the opener for the Yankees, while Denny McLain gets the ball for the Tigers.
27 * 61 Replay Standings
1927 New York Yankees (47-28)
1961 New York Yankees (42-33)
1968 Detroit Tigers (7-3)
1948 Cleveland Indians (8-6)
2004 Boston Red Sox (15-17)
1970 Baltimore Orioles (5-9)
1924 Washington Senators (11-19)
1972 Oakland A’s (11-25)
2005 Chicago White Sox (4-10)
27 * 61 Home Run Totals
Mickey Mantle 31
Babe Ruth 30
Roger Maris 30
Lou Gehrig 21