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1917 Chicago White Sox (#30) 4, 1950 New York Yankees (#35) 2
MVP: Happy Felsch (CWS 1917) .370/.370/.630, 1 HR, 6 RBI
Game 1 had a lot of back-and-forth. The Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 2. The White Sox scored 2 in the 3rd to close the gap, but New York scored another in the 4th. Chicago scored 4 in the 5th to take a 6-4 lead. The Yankees scored in the 7th and 9th to tie it up, and then got 5 hits in the 10th inning to score 3 times and take the game. Game 2 wasn't as dramatic, as Chicago scored 4 in the 5th and never looked back. Happy Felsch went 3-for-4. Game 3 saw the Yankees' Hank Bauer go 4-for-5 and play a part in their 3-run 6th inning, but the Sox had already scored 3 in the 3rd and again in the 5th, and New York couldn't catch up. The teams fought hard again in Game 4, with the Yankees taking a 3-1 lead in the 1st, but Chicago turning it into a 4-3 White Sox lead by the 3rd. New York didn't give up, and scored in the 6th, 7th and 8th to tie the series. Chicago's Reb Russell's complete game 6-hitter was enough to beat Eddie Lopat's excellent pitching in Game 5. Happy Felsch came through again with the game winning RBI on a triple. That was followed by an even better pitching performance from the Sox, this time by Eddie Cicotte with a 3-hitter, and Chicago never trailed in Game 6.
Scores:
NYY 9 CWS 6
CWS 6 NYY 3
CWS 6 NYY 4
NYY 6 CWS 4
CWS 2 NYY 1
CWS 4 NYY 1
The 1917 White Sox's next opponent will be the 1907 Cubs, who beat the 1978 Yankees in 7 games.
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