Greatest American League
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The 1932 Yankees won five of their six games against the 1996 Yankees to improve their record to 21-15. The '96 Yankees continued to drop further below .500 at 22-32.
The '32 Yankees won the first five games before dropping the finale 6-4. Game One went to extra innings; Frankie Crosetti’s RBI single in the 12th broke a 3-3 tie for a 4-3 win. They scored double figure run in three of the next four games, winning 14-4, 11-1, 5-2. and 14-6. Lou Gehrig had a monster Game Two, going 5-6 with three doubles, a triple, five RBI and three runs scored. In Game Three, Earle Combs went 4-5 with a double, triple, three RBI and two runs scored. In Game Five, Tony Lazzeri hit the cycle in five ABs with three runs scored and two RBI. Bill Dickey added a 2-4 performance with a HR and five RBI. The '96 won their only game when Bernie Williams hit a two-out two-run double to break a 4-4 tie in the 9th for a 6-4 win.
Tony Lazzeri hit .484 in the series to raise his team leading average to .380 with a 1.067 OPS. Ruth hit .462 with a couple more homeruns and eight RBI. He is now hitting .377 overall with 18 homeruns, 43 RBI, and a 1.311 OPS. Gehrig still only has one homerun on the season, but like Ruth, he hit .462 in the series to raise his average to .321 and netted 10 RBI to give him 26 overall. Red Ruffing picked up his fifth win and a save in the series. George Pipgras improved his record to 6-1 with a 3.06 ERA.
Mariano Duncan continues to stay steady at the plate for the '96 Yankees at .293 with 35 RBI. Andy Pettitte picked up the team’s only win of the series to move him to 6-2 with a 2.25 ERA. The '96 Yankees will face off with the 26-22 1999 Yankees in the next series.