Municipal Stadium in Cleveland hosted Game 2 of this semifinal matchup between the 1927 Yankees and the 1948 Indians. Both teams started a Hall of Fame pitcher who won 19 games during the regular season: Herb Pennock vs. Bob Feller.
Earle Combs opened the game with a triple and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Mark Koenig. After Babe Ruth grounded out, Lou Gehrig blasted a deep drive over the right field wall to give the visitors an early 2-0 lead. Cleveland tied it in the second with a Joe Gordon home run, a pair of singles by Larry Doby and Eddie Robinson, and a squeeze bunt from Feller. In the top of the fourth, Ruth put the Yankees ahead again with a solo shot to center.
Cleveland claimed the lead in the bottom of the fifth with two doubles and two singles that plated three runs. New York cut the lead to 5-4 in the sixth after Bob Meusel doubled home Ruth. In the bottom of that frame a walk to Robinson, a single by pinch hitter Joe Tipton, and a double by Allie Clark increased Cleveland's lead to three. Indians reliever Steve Gromek held the powerful Yankees lineup in check over the final three innings to even the series at one game apiece. Feller pitched five innings to pick up the win. The series moves back to the Bronx for the deciding third game.
Indians 7, Yankees 4
Next up, Game 2 of the Cardinals-Stars series.
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