After losing two of the first three games, the 1951 Yankees beat the 1977 Yankees in the last three games to win the series four games to two and improve their record to 11-7. The '77 Yankees dropped to 40-62.
Reggie Jackson came out on fire in the first two games; he went '77 World Series in Game One with three homeruns and six RBI, but it wasn’t enough as the '51 Yankees won 7-6. Jackson hit a two-run homerun in Game Two to help the '77 Yankees even the series 3-1. Ron Guidry nearly no-hit the '51 Yankees in Game Three, a 6-1 win. The one hit was a two out double in the 8th inning. The '51 Yankees scored 26 runs in the final three games, winning all three. In Game Four, Hank Bauer went 4-5 with a homerun and three RBI in a 6-4 win. They pumped out 19 hits in Game Five for a 12-0 bludgeoning. While Vic Raschi pitched a two-hit shutout, Yogi Berra went 3-5 with a homerun and five RBI and Joe Dimaggio was 5-6 with four RBI.
Berra is hitting .290 and leads the '51 Yankees in homeruns (4) and RBI (18). Raschi’s shutout evened his record to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 3.00.
Jackson hit .318 in the series to raise his average to .296. His four homeruns and eight RBI give him 28 homeruns and 69 RBI on the season. Guidry improved his record to 9-7 with a 3.45 ERA. The '77 Yankees will take on the 22-20 1999 Yankees in the next series.
