So now the Giants face something very close to a must-win situation. If they can't manage to win this game, they face elimination in Yankee Stadium the following day. Of course, all is not done yet: nobody will remember that the Series took 6 or 7 games if the New York National entrants emerge victorious. Everyone, however, will remember the massive choke job if they do lose.
Yankees 3, Giants 1
Code:
New York Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 3 7 1
HR: None
Giants IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
J. Burns L (1-1) 8.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 116 70 1.59
Yankees IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA
S. Krug W (1-1) 9.0 10 1 0 0 1 0 99 72 0.00
Unbelievably, there has not been a homerun hit yet in this series. Without a doubt, that favors the Yankees, and as such they are on the brink of winning their 3rd World Series and 2nd in the last 6 years. This time it was CF Nathan Behnke's turn to be a hero. He belted a bases-clearing triple in the 5th to give Steve Krug everything he needed. So far the Giants have been struck out to death, double played to death, and now at 'em balled to death.
Heroes of the Series: Michael Taylor's hitting .357 for the Yankees with a couple of game-changing hits. On the Giants side, RF Eddie McCrary is the only guy on the team doing any kind of hitting with a .429 series average.
Goats: Erik Conn and Emory Jefferson were supposed to be the powerful 1-2 punch that would destroy the Yankees but are hitting .125 and .188 with zero RBIs between them. SS Mike Kennedy is hitting just .133 for the New York junior circuit team and has 3 errors.