The 1956 Yankees beat the 1962 Yankees four out of six games to improve their record to 25-17. The '62 Yankees fell to 47-55.
The two teams traded wins in the first four games. The '56 Yankees won Game One 6-1; Mickey Mantle drove three of the runs. The '62 Yankees evened the series with a 5-2 win in Game Two. The '56 Yankees won Game Three in dramatic fashion. They trailed 4-2 in the 9th when Billy Hunter hit a two-out, three-run pinch hit homerun off closer Marshall Bridges for a come-from-behind 5-4 win. The '62 Yankees rebounded in Game Four with a dramatic win of their own. They trailed 5-1 early until Bill Skowron tied the game with a grand slam. The game went 13 innings when Roger Maris hit the go-ahead homerun for a 7-6 win. The '56 Yankees dominated the final two games, winning 12-2 and 6-0. Half of their runs scored in Game Five were unearned thanks to three errors by the '62 Yankees. Johnny Kucks pitched a six-hit shutout in the final game.
Yogi Berra leads the '56 Yankees in hitting at .325 and 42 RBI. Mantle is close behind at .321 with a team-high nine homeruns. Kucks allowed just one run in two complete game starts to improve his record to 5-2 with a 2.96 ERA. Whitey Ford is also 5-2 with a 2.54 ERA.
Mantle hit two more homeruns in the series for the '62 Yankees to give him 31 for the season while hitting .282 with 71 RBI. Maris hit his 20th homerun to go with 67 RBI but is hitting just .229. Bridges up and down season continues as he picked up two saves and another loss; he is now 1-9 with 30 saves and a 3.79 ERA. The '62 Yankees will battle the 22-14 1936 Yankees in the next series.