The Gas House Gang

1926 World Series – Game Four
October 6, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Yankees 10, Cardinals 5  Best of Seven Series Tied 2-2

The Yankees evened things up with the Cardinals today in a blowout win over.  Babe Ruth had his first big game of the series and he hammered whoever the Cardinals threw out on the mound.  He hit a solo homerun in the first and third innings and then he had a two run homerun in the sixth.  He also walked and later scored so he finished three for three with three homeruns, four RBIs and four runs.

Flint Rhem lasted only four innings.  He gave up three runs, including two of Ruth’s homeruns, on seven hits and two walks.  Art Reinhart was also shelled in a relief appearance.  He walked four and gave up four runs on four hits without getting a single Yankee out.

The Cardinals actually had the lead when they scored three runs in the fourth inning.  The Cardinals racked up as many hit as the Yankees (fourteen), but the big difference were the ten walks that the Yankees drew.