The 1977 Yankees beat the 1947 Yankees in their series four games to two to improve their record to 38-58. The '47 Yankees dropped to two games under .500 at 17-19.
Game One was wild. The '47 Yankees lost catchers Aaron Robinson and Yogi Berra to injury on back-to-back pitches. The injury bug also caught Phil Rizzuto and Bobby Brown later in the series. Still, the '47 Yankees came back from 3-0 down to tie the game 3-3 in the 7th. Two of the runs came on a homer by Tommy Henrich. The game went to extra innings where the '77 Yankees went ahead for good with two runs, including a go-ahead solo homer by Willie Randolph for a 5-3 win. The '77 Yankees won the next two games 9-1 and 3-1. The '47 Yankees won the next two games 4-1 and 8-2. The '77 Yankees won the final game, the only one by a home team, 2-0. Ed Figueroa pitched a two-hit shutout while Graig Nettles provided the runs with a two-run homer.
Reggie Jackson continues to lead the '77 Yankees in most offensive categories including average (.295), homeruns (24), runs scored (62), OPS (.937), and RBI (61, along with Thurman Munson). Figueroa won both of his starts to improve his record to 5-12, and he lowered his ERA to 4.10.
Joe Dimaggio and George McQuinn are both hitting over .300 at .311 and .303 respectively. McQuinn leads the team in runs scored with 25 while Dimaggio leads the team in RBI with 26. Joe Page picked up his 12th save in 14 appearances with a 1.17 ERA. The '47 Yankees will take on the 27-33 1958 Yankees in the next series.
