The 1953 Yankees dominated their series with the 1941 Yankees, winning five of six games. The '53 Yankees now sit at 41-25, 6th best out of the 27 teams. The '41 Yankees fell below .500 at 59-61 with six more series left to play.
The '53 Yankees won Game One 7-4 on the strength of a Yogi Berra two-run triple and a Mickey Mantle two-run homer. The '41 Yankees picked up their only win in Game Two by a score of 4-3; Charlie Keller drove in three of the four runs with a triple and a homerun. The '53 Yankees won the remaining four games by scoring seven or more runs in three of them. Mantle hit two homeruns in a 10-1 romp in Game Three. They pounded out 16 hits in a 7-4 win in Game Four. In a bonkers Game Six, the '53 Yankees won 10-9 in 10 innings; it was a game with big flies and big momentum swings. Gil McDougald hit a grand slam in the 4th to give them a 4-2 lead. The '41 Yankees scored six runs in the 7th to take an 8-4 lead. The '53 Yankees trailed 9-4 in the 9th, but Berra capped an amazing five run rally with the team’s second grand slam of the game! Hank Bauer slashed a walk-off single with two outs in the 10th for the win.
Mantle hit .386 in the series with four homeruns and seven RBI, raising his overall average to .327 with 20 homeruns, 59 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a 1.014 OPS. Berra hit .393 with 10 RBI to raise his average to .248 with 12 homeruns and 61 RBI. Gene Woodling leads the team in hitting at .346 with 50 RBI, 54 runs scored and a .972 OPS. Bauer is hitting .307 with 58 runs scored and a .908 OPS. Allie Reynolds is 3-1 out of the bullpen with 17 saves and a 1.93 ERA.
Joe Dimaggio raised his average to .364. Keller is hitting .273 with 26 homeruns, 13 triples, 98 RBI, 83 runs scored, and a .939 OPS. Johnny Murphy picked up his 27th save but blew another in the wild Game Six. The '41 Yankees will battle with the 35-19 1938 Yankees in the next series.
