The 1932 Yankees beat the 2000 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The '32 Yankees improved their record to 36-18 while the 2K Yankees fell to 61-71.
The 2K Yankees silenced the '32 Yankee bats in Game One as Andy Pettite pitched a four hit shutout in a 3-0 lead. The '32 Yankees won the next three games; they scored a total of 32 runs in those games. In Game Three they trailed 4-1 through six innings and 6-3 after eight innings. They rallied to score five runs off closer Mariano Rivera in the 9th, all of them with TWO OUTS! It started with an Earle Combs double, followed by a Tony Lazzeri triple, a Babe Ruth walk, a Lou Gehrig three-run homerun, and finally another homerun by Ben Chapman. They held on to win 8-7. In Game Four, the 2K Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st., but the '32 Yankees responded with 13 unanswered run on their way to a 13-4 win. Gehrig went 3-5 with a pair of homeruns and five RBI. After losing Game Five 7-6, the '32 Yankees clinched the series with a 5-1 win. Combs drove in four of the runs, three on a homerun that opened up a slim 2-1 lead.
Ruth leads the '32 Yankees in hitting at .363 with 22 homeruns, 60 RBI, 57 runs scored and a 1.233 OPS. Lazzeri is hitting .355 with 55 runs scored and a 1.042 OPS. Combs is hitting .347 with 52 runs scored. Gehrig is hitting .346 with 53 RBI and a 1.065 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .294 with 12 homeruns and 60 RBI. Lefty Gomez won both of his starts to even his record to 4-4 with a 2.28 ERA.
Bernie Williams’ average dipped to .262 with 29 homeruns, 83 RBI, and 85 runs scored. Derek Jeter has 107 runs scored to go with a .257 average and 15 homeruns. Jorge Posada hit his 25th homerun in this series. Roger Clemens finally picked up a win to improve to 13-8 while his ERA jumped up to 4.12. Rivera’s disastrous outing jacked his ERA up nearly an entire run up to 2.43, but he did pick up his 34th save. The 2K Yankees will take on the 17-7 1953 Yankees in the next series.