October 1 @ Yankee Stadium in New York
1924 Washington Senators (20-18)
Starting Pitcher : George Mogridge
Real Life : 16-11, 213 IP, 3.76 ERA
KOD22: 2-3, 61.2 IP, 3.94 ERA
vs
1926 New York Yankees (22-16)
Starting Pitcher : Urban Shocker
Real Life : 19-11, 258.1 IP, 3.38 ERA
KOD22: 4-1, 68.1 IP, 3.42 ERA
WP: Walter Beall
LP: Firpo Marberry
SV; Bob Shawkey
HR: none
MVP: Urban Shocker (7 IP, 12 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 K)
In an incredibly tight play in game, the '26 Yankees were able to pull out a tight 4-3 win to advance in the KOD 22 playoffs. The game saw numerous opportunities on each side to put together big innings and put the game away but neither team could come up with a key hit at the right time.
The Sens jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with 2 sibled paired together with 2 Yankee errors but really it could have been a lot worse for the Yanks early as Washington had runners thrown out at home in each of the first 2 innings. Earle Combs and Babe Ruth were the 2 NY outfielders to save runs by nailing Senators base runners at the plate.
New York came back in the 5th to tie the game behind 4 singles, including an Urban Shocker single to drive in the tying run. The game would stay tied until the 7th despite a threat by the Yankees in the 6th. With the bases loaded and 1 out, Mark Koenig popped out to shallow RF ansd it took a perfect throw from Sam Rice to nail Babe Ruth tagging from 3rd in order to keep the game tied at 2. In the 7th, Goose Goslin broke the tie by driving in Ealr McNelly with the go aahead run. But despite having 2 on and only 1 out, the Sens were unable to get to Shocker for more and put some breathing room between them and the pesky Yanks.
After pulling Mogridge (7 IP, 9H, 2R, 1 K) for a pinch hitter, the Sens turned to closer Firpo Marberry to preserve the win and end the Yankees season. Unfortunately, Marberry was unable to stay out of trouble. Tony Lazzeri walked to lead off the 8th, Joe Dugan followed with a double which forced Marberry to walk Bob Meusel to load the bases with nobody out. With the infield in, Marberry got Koenig to ground to SS Roger Peckinpaugh who forced Lazzeri at home for out #1. Then with the middle infield playing for the inning ending double play, Hank Severeid grounded to 2B Bucky Harris who decided to throw home and cur down the run instead of ending the inning with what looked like a routine double play. Washington Manager Pete Daly had visited the mound a laid out his expectations for his infielders, but apparently Harris had his own ideas. Harris was able to catch Dugan at the plate but the inning continued and Pat Collins came to the plate with the bases still loaded and 2 outs. Collins was up to the task and hit a slow roller between 1st and 2nd that scored Meusel and Koenig and put the Yankees ahead 4-3.
Bob Shawkey replaced Shocker on the hill for NY and needed to face the middle of the Senators lineup in the 9th. Doc Prothro, pinch hitting for Harris, reached to lead off the inning on an eroor by Lou Gehrig at first. Sam Rice followed with an infield single and the Sens looked to be in business. A ground out by Goslin with the runners moving put the tying run at 3rd and the go ahead run at 2nd with 1 out. Joe Judge was then walked to load the bases and create a force at any base. Muddy Ruel cmae to the plate and fouled off his attempt at a game tying suicide squeeze. With 2 strikes, Ruel then drove a hard liner back up the middle that ws picked out the air by Shawkey for the 2nd out. Had Shawkey been a split secong slowere reacting to the liner, it likely was headed to CF and would have scored 2 big runs. With 2 outs and the bases still loaded it was now up to pinch hitter Nemo Leibold to tyr and extend the game and the season for the Sens. Leibold got a hold of a Shawkey fastball but unfortunately the ball landed with a thud in first baseman Lou Gehrig's glove.
As the Senators sat in the dugout watching the Yankees celebrate on the field, manager Pete Daly was seen still kneeling on the front step of the dugout wondering how the game had gotten away from him. Daly was trying to defend his unlikely KOD 21 Championship that he had won with the 2006 Minnesota Twins. Apparently a repeat was not in the cards, as Michael Hopcroft was the better man and his Yankees the better team on this day. Good luck to all teams the rest of the way.
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