The 1952 Yankees won five of their six games with the 1923 Yankees to improve their record to 62-70 with four series left to play. The '23 Yankees fell to 32-22.
Despite the dominant outcome, this was a closely-contested series as five of the six games were decided by one or two runs. The '52 Yankees won the first three games 5-4, 3-1, and 2-1. Yogi Berra drove in all three runs in Game Two with a homerun and a sacrifice fly. In Game Three, they surrendered a 1-0 lead in the 9th on a two base error by Mickey Mantle, but Gene Woodling walked off the win in the bottom of the inning with a RBI single. After the '23 Yankees cashed in their only win in Game Four 3-2, the '52 Yankees came back in Game Five with a solo homerun by Berra to tie the game 1-1 in the 8th. Billy Martin put them ahead in the 9th on a RBI single, and Woodling threw a runner out at the plate in the bottom of the inning to preserve a 2-1 win. The offense exploded in the final game with homeruns by Berra, Mantle, Gil McDougald, Phil Rizzuto, and Martin en route to a 16-6 win. Mantle hit the cycle and he, McDougald, Rizzuto, and Martin all had three RBI.
Mantle hit .458 in the series with two homeruns and seven RBI to raise his overall average to .315 with 19 homeruns, 102 RBI, 98 runs scored, 14 triples, 42 doubles, and a .945 OPS. Berra hit four homeruns in the series to give him 23 for the season. Allie Reynolds won another start to go to 18-8 with a 2.53 ERA. Johnny Sain picked up his 10th save.
Babe Ruth is hitting .411 with 26 homeruns, 64 RBI, 59 runs scored, and a 1.503 OPS. Waite Hoyt remains undefeated at 8-0 with a 1.02 ERA. Sam Jones is 6-1 with a 1.99 ERA. The '23 Yankees will face the 46-56 2009 Yankees in the next series.
