Ruth victorious despite Ruth homer in Battle of the Babes
Babe Ruth launched a 1st inning home run off Babe Ruth to give the Yankees an early leg-up in their second meeting against Boston and the Braves…Disaster for Boston and the Braves as Ted Williams injures himself striking out to lead off the 4th. Looks like he pulled something on the swing…Boston gets a run back in the top of the sixth as 2B Bobby Doer homers to left…Game tied at 1…Boston on top now 3-1 after two-run seventh inning dinger by DH Jim Rice…The ball is flying out of Yankee Stadium…Yankees trail now 3-2 after Mr. October’s solo shot in bottom of seventh…With runners on 1st and 3rd and one out in the 8th, Ruth gets Ruth to ground into a 4-6-3 double play…Heading to the bottom of the 9th, Yankees trail 4-2 following a two-base error by CF Mickey Mantle that ultimately saw Boston first bagger George Sisler score on a single to centre by Eddie Mathews…In the bottom of the ninth the Yankees get runners on first and third with one out for the second inning in a row and for the second inning in a row the inning (and now the game) ends on a double play.