The 1951 Yankees split their six game series with the 1996 Yankees. The '51 Yankees hold steady at 25-17 while the '96 Yankees stay 18 games under .500 at 51-69.
Vic Raschi dominated this series with two shutouts. He pitched a three-hitter in Game One for a 5-0 win for the '51 Yankees. Jerry Coleman provided the offense, going 3-4 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Raschi closed the series with another three hit shutout, and 10 strikeouts to boot, for a 2-0 win and a series split. Yogi Berra hit a two-run homerun to provide all the scoring. The '96 Yankees got a shutout performance of their own from Kenny Rogers in Game Four with a five-hitter in a 3-0 win.
Mickey Mantle leads the '51 Yankees in hitting at .309. Joe Dimaggio hit .471 in the series to raise his average to .263; he leads the team in runs scored with 24. Berra is hitting .273 with nine homeruns and a team leading 38 RBI. Raschi’s two shutouts improved his record to 8-3 with a 1.58 ERA. Allie Reynolds also has a sub 2 ERA at 1.69 to go along with a 3-2 record. On the flip side, Tom Morgan is 0-5 in six starts with a 6.45 ERA.
Mariano Duncan leads the '96 Yankees in hitting at .296 and RBI with 86. Bernie WIlliams hit his 20th homerun of the season. Andy Pettite picked up another win to improve his record to 14-6 with a 2.97 ERA. John Wetteland picked up his 25th save; his ERA is a stingy 1.87. The '96 Yankees will face the 23-13 1938 Yankees in the next series.