The 1928 Yankees and the 2000 Yankees split their six game series. The '28 Yankees stayed 16 games over .500 at 29-13. The 2K Yankees remained 16 games under .500 at 67-83.
After trailing 1-0 through five innings of Game One, the '28 Yankees scored two in the 6th, seven in the 8th, and three in the 9th for a 12-1 blowout win. Of their 16 hit attack, they hit four doubles and three triples. They hit three more triples in Game Two but lost 3-2 in 10 innings. Babe Ruth hit a two-out two-run homer in the 8th to give them a 2-1 lead, but Jorge Posada’s RBI double in the bottom of the inning tied the game. Derek Jeter won the game for the 2K Yankees with a walkoff double in the 10th. The 2K Yankees won a wild Game Three 10-8. They trailed 6-0 in the first two innings, thanks to two Ruth homeruns. The 2K Yankees scored eight unanswered runs including five in the 4th inning thanks to homeruns by Tino Martinez and Posada to take an 8-6 lead. The '28 Yankees scored two in the 7th to tie the game, but Posada struck again with his second homerun of the game, a two-run shot, to give them back the lead for good. The '28 Yankees won Game Four with a comeback of their own. The 2K Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on the strength of a David Justice three-run homerun. The '28 Yankees chipped away and tied the game 5-5 in the 7th on a Tony Lazzeri two-run homerun. Cedric Durst, playing for an injured Ruth, hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 8th for a 6-5 win. The teams traded wins in the last two games. The '28 Yankees earned the series split in the last game 5-4. George Pipgras got the win on the mound and drove in two runs with a double at the plate.
Lazzeri leads the '28 Yankees in hitting at .382 with 38 runs scored and a 1.088 OPS. Ruth is hitting .326 with 19 homeruns, 43 RBI, 45 runs scored, and a 1.261 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .313 with 39 runs scored. Pipgras is 10-0 with a 2.21 ERA. Waite Hoyt is 6-0 with a 1.66 ERA.
Jeter took over the 2K Yankees leader in average at .260 with 15 homeruns and 118 runs scored. Posada now has 29 homeruns with 89 RBI to go with a .256 average. Bernie Williams is also hitting .256 with 31 homeruns, 89 RBI, and 94 runs scored. Justice now has 43 homeruns and 114 RBI while hitting .222. Mariano Rivera now has 39 saves along with a 2.10 ERA. The 2K Yankees will play their final series against the 26-10 1927 Yankees.
