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This series was all 1969 Orioles...Until the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 3. At that point, they had won Game 1 4-1, Game 2 12-1, and were comfortably leading Game 3 10-4 when it all unravelled for them. The 1937 Yankees roared back to score 7 in the bottom of the ninth, including 4 after 2 were out in the inning. The next day Lefty Gomez came out and no-hit them in a 2-0 loss, and they would score only one run from there on out dropping the series 4-2. It was a weird series really, as it was all Baltimore for the first nearly three games and then it was all New York. There really weren't any back and forth games aside from Game 3, but even that was all Baltimore, and then all New York - a bit of a microcosm of the series as a whole, and that's probably where the series was lost for the O's even though they were up 2 games to 1 at the time. The failure to close that game out seemed to have a ripple effect, and they just flat out imploded, or the Yankees exploded. Does momentum exist? It certainly seemed to here.
Canadian George Selkirk was named MVP of the series as he hit .280/.333/.760 with 3 HR and 7 RBI. Pictures below include Game Log in two parts of Game 3 9th inning implosion, Box Score in two parts of Lefty's no hitter in Game 4, and the Series Recap:
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