1928 World Series

Matchups

In Game 1, Bill Sherdel started for the Cardinals. Babe Ruth doubled with two outs in the first inning, and Lou Gehrig followed with an RBI double. Ruth doubled again in the fourth and scored on Bob Meusel's home run. Consecutive singles by Mark Koenig, Ruth, and Gehrig against reliever Syl Johnson gave the Yankees a 4–0 lead and a 1–0 series win.

In Game 2, the Cardinals scored three runs in the second inning on a walk, a double by Jimmie Wilson, a single by Rabbit Maranville, and an error by second baseman Tony Lazzeri, tying the game 3–3. Yankees pitcher George Pipgras, after a delivery correction by manager Miller Huggins, allowed only two more hits and struck out batters with curveballs. New York took a 4–3 lead in the bottom of the second off Grover Cleveland Alexander, with Ruth singling, Gehrig walking, and Meusel doubling in a run.

A hit batsman and another run-scoring hit extended the lead to four runs, and the Yankees won. The Cardinals led only three times in the entire series. In Game 3, they took a 2–0 lead in the first inning on singles by Andy High and Frankie Frisch, followed by a line drive that center fielder Cedric Durst misplayed, giving Jim Bottomley a two-run double. The only other St. Louis run came in the fifth when Taylor Douthit was hit by a pitch and scored on High's double.

The Yankees answered with Gehrig homering into the right-field pavilion. In the fourth, Ruth singled and Gehrig hit a hard line drive that skipped over Douthit's head and rolled to the fence, resulting in a two-run inside-the-park home run.

Did You Know?

• Bill McKechnie became the second manager to lead two different teams to the World Series, winning one and losing one.