Damn Yankees by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Damn Yankees

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The error did not unnerve the pitcher, nor the catcher. Reynolds fired the next pitch and again Williams hit a high foul. Berra ran over and made the catch right at the edge of the Yankee dugout to end the game. Reynolds was right beside Berra when the ball came down and the Yankee players swarmed out to pound him on the back.

The Yanks scored twice in the first. Rizzuto, Coleman and Bauer singled for one run. On Joe DiMaggio's fly to left, Bauer took second as Coleman held third. After McDougald was intentionally walked to load the bases, Berra bounced to the mound, Coleman scoring.

In the sixth, Gene Woodling singled and went to second when right fielder Vollmer fumbled the ball. Collins followed with a

homer to right. The final run scored on Woodling's leadoff homer in the eighth.

The Yanks won the second game 11-3, to clinch the pennant. Reynolds' record for the season was 17 victories, eight defeats.