In
a McGraw Division series that featured the National League's premier
sluggers, Bill Terry of the Giants and Rogers Hornsby of the '22
Cardinals, both players lived up to the billing. The well balance
division saw these clubs split four games, with New York taking the
middle two and St. Louis the bookends.
Rogers
Hornsby played dual roles, as he also is a big part of the Giants attack
and held his own as a McGraw-man, In real life, Hornsby managed the
Giants for a good stretch of 1927 when McGraw was ill and not with the
club.
As a Cardinal, Hornsby went 8 for 14 in
the series, boosted his home run total to 10 and RBI total to 29. Bill
Terry continued his torrid pace, picking up 8 hits in 17 at bats,
including home run number 9 and finished the series with 31 RBI on the
season. As a Giant, Hornsby went 7 for 17.
On
the pitching side, Bill "Wee Willie" Sherdel pitched a nifty opener,
going the distance in a 6-1 Cardinal victory holding Terry hitless in
four at bats. Burleigh Grimes, while not as sharp as Sherdel was in game
one, pitched well enough to earn a 6-4 complete game Giant victory in
game two. Cardinal pitching was battered for 20 hits in game three, as
Dutch Henry went the distance for New York while coasting to a 13-4 win.
No
one pitched particularly well in the finale. New York held a 5-2
advantage heading to the eighth with Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons in command,
but the Cardinals chipped away with a run n the eighth, and then
shocked the home crowd with a 5-run ninth spearheaded by young Jim
Bottomley's grand slam.
Bike Mike
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