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We have six games in the American League on the schedule. To start, we go to New York, where the 1909 Detroit Tigers are playing the 1927 New York Yankees. The Tigers have been challenging the Yankees in this series, but they're down 3-2. Starting for Detroit is Ed Killian (0-0, 7.20). Killian started Game 3 and will face off against Game 2 winner George Pipgras (1-0, 0.00), who gets the nod for the Yankees. New York starts the scoring in the bottom of the 1st, when Earle Combs hits the first pitch he sees over the left field wall. Yankees lead 1-0. The score would remain until the 6th inning, when New York would add to their lead. Bob Meusel crosses the plate on a sac fly and Tony Lazzeri adds an RBI single to make it 3-0 Yankees. Babe Ruth would increase the Yankee lead when he takes a full count pitch and hits it 440 feet into right center. The Tigers would plate a run in the 8th to get Detroit on the board. The Yankees, trying to hold on to their 4-1 lead, bring in Bob Shawkey (0-0, 3.00, 2 Saves) to pitch the 9th. Shawkey makes short work of the Tigers, getting Ty Cobb to ground out and striking out Sam Crawford and George Moriarty. The Yankees win the game and the series. Pipgras (8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 4 BB) has a strong outing. Babe Ruth is named the Series MVP after hitting .591, with a .640 OBP. Ruth hit four homers, had nine RBI and scored six times.

1927 New York Yankees 4 1909 Detroit Tigers 1 '27 Yankees win series 4-2

We stay in New York for our next match-up between the 1970 Baltimore Orioles and the 1932 New York Yankees. New York leads the series 3-2. This game is a rematch of Game 2 starters, with Dave McNally (0-0, 5.62) on the mound for the O's and Johnny Allen (0-0, 6.75) on the hill for the Yankees. New York starts things off quickly, scoring four runs in the bottom of the 1st, compliments of two hits, a hit by pitch, a wild pitch, an error and a bases loaded walk. Yankees lead 4-0. Baltimore answers, though, in the top of the 2nd, scoring three runs on four hits and cutting the lead to 4-3. The score would stay the same until the bottom of the 5th, when Lou Gehrig would hit a homer to right to increase New York's lead to 5-3. But control issues on the Yankee's mound would visit them as well in the top of the 7th. The Orioles manage to score two runs on two hits, two hit by pitches and a bases loaded walk. With that, the game is tied 5-5. To the bottom of the 9th we go and Moe Drabowsky (0-1, 18.00) is on the mound for Baltimore. Drabowsky is looking for redemption after taking the loss in Game 4. He gets Bill Dickey to ground out and Samuel Byrd to pop out to short. But with two outs, Joe Sewell takes a 3-1 pitch and sends it over the right field wall for the Yankee walk-off home run!!! Ben Chapman (.370, 4 RBI, 5 R) is named the Series MVP.

1932 New York Yankees 6 1970 Baltimore Orioles 5 '32 Yankees win series 4-2

Next, we travel to Boston, where the 1989 Oakland A's are playing the 1912 Boston Red Sox. The A's lead the series 3-2. Dave Stewart (1-0, 3.00) is pitching for Oakland, while Eddie Cicotte (0-1, 11.57) is on the mound for Boston in a Game 2 rematch. Rickey Henderson gets things started with the first at bat, hitting a single and later scoring on Jose Canseco's single. Oakland leads it 1-0 after the top of the 1st. But Boston would answer in the bottom of the frame. Larry Gardner hits a lead-off, first pitch homer to right center to tie the game. Jake Stahl would add a two out, first pitch homer to left to give the Red Sox the 2-1 advantage. Gardner would pad the lead in the bottom of the 5th with an RBI double, making it 3-1 Boston. Tris Speaker would score in the 6th and Hick Cady would cross the plate in the 7th, as the Red Sox win the game. After losing the first three games of the series, Boston had rallied back to tie the series and force a Game 7.

1912 Boston Red Sox 5 1989 Oakland A's 1 Series tied 3-3

Back to New York we go, as the 1921 New York Yankees, up 3-2 in this series, are facing off against the 1939 New York Yankees. Bob Shawkey (0-1, 1.80) gets the start for the '21 Yankees, while Red Ruffing (1-0, 2.25) is on the mound for the '39 club in a rematch of Game 2 starters. The scoring starts in the top of the 3rd, when the first three batters hit a single, double and single, which lead to two runs. Babe Ruth would hit a home run to right in the top of the 4th to give the '21 team a 3-0 lead. Bill Dickey would cut into the lead in the bottom of the 4th, hitting a two RBI single to make it 3-2. The '39 Yankees would take the lead in the bottom of the 5th behind Joe DiMaggio's two run homer to left center which measured 470 feet!! Joe Gordon adds an RBI single to make the lead 5-3. Bob Meusel would do his best DiMaggio impression in the top of the 6th, hitting a home run 468 feet into left center to cut the lead to 5-4. But the '39 team scores three more runs on three hits in the bottom of the 8th to put the game away.

1939 New York Yankees 8 1921 New York Yankees 4 Series tied 3-3

We travel to Philadelphia next, where the 2007 Boston Red Sox are trying to close out their series against the 1913 Philadelphia Athletics. Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0, 0.00) starts for Boston, while Chief Bender (0-1, 7.71) goes to the mound for Philadelphia in this Game 2 rematch. The Athletics get to Dice K early, as he has control issues and only lasts four innings. Philadelphia scores three runs on two hits and four walks. Philly would score two more runs in the 4th and another in the 7th, as Bender (8.0, 3 H, 8 K, 0 BB) holds the Red Sox lineup in check.

1913 Philadelphia Athletics 6 2007 Boston Red Sox 0 Series tied 3-3

Our final game is in Cleveland, where the 1936 New York Yankees are trying to put away the 1995 Cleveland Indians. Monte Pearson (0-0, 6.00) gets the start for New York, as Charles Nagy (0-0, 7.94) goes to the mound for Cleveland in another Game 2 rematch. The Yankees waste no time getting on the board. In the top of the 1st, with two out and two on, Joe DiMaggio clears the bases with a triple and the Yankees lead 2-0. Manny Ramirez would hit an RBI single in the bottom half of the 1st to make it 2-1. Albert Belle takes the first pitch he sees in the bottom of the 3rd and sends it over the wall in left to tie the game 2-2. New York would regain the lead in the 5th, when Bill Dickey takes his first pitch over the wall in right center to make it 3-2. But the Indians would tie it again, this time in the bottom of the 6th. Jim Thome doubles and later scores on Sandy Alomar's single and the game is tied 3-3. Cleveland would take the lead the following inning, as Eddie Murray hits a home run to right to give the Tribe a one run advantage, 4-3. The score is the same in the top of the 9th, as Jose Mesa (0-1, 0.00) is brought in to save the game. Mesa took the loss in Game 3. After giving up a single to lead-off hitter George Selkirk, Mesa strikes out Tony Lazzeri looking. Frankie Crosetti goes down swinging for the second out. But Jake Powell gets a base hit that sends Selkirk to third base. Ben Chapman comes up to bat, but goes down swinging, as Mesa gets his first save of the series and forces Game 7.

1995 Cleveland Indians 4 1936 New York Yankees 3 Series tied 3-3

Next time, we've got eight games on the schedule. Four Game 7's in the American League and four Game 6's in the National League.