[Nick Soulis]

Yankees End Drama With Series Win

It took one game for the 1950 Yankees to get used to the turf and the space ball played in the Metrodome. A big way of making that happen is great pitching and Tommy Byrne out of nowhere pitched a gem in the 7-0 Yankee clinching win.

Byrne went 8.6 innings of shutout ball and allowed only 3 hits, an incredible feat indeed in the dome. Byrne did tire in the end but at that point New York was already thinking about the next round.

Johnny Hopp went 2-4 and drove in three runs as the Yankees played some small ball, a tactical diffrence then what we saw in game 3. Still it was the pitching that made the diffrence.

Mike Smithson just wasnt as good as he needed to be and allowed five earned runs while walking 6 men.

The favorites walk away in this series win.
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Game 4
50 Yankees win series 3-1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 1950 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 7 9 1 Minnesota Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Hopp DH 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 .000 0 0 P. Rizzuto SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 Y. Berra C 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 T. Henrich 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 0 0 J. DiMaggio CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .000 0 0 G. Woodling LF 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 C. Mapes RF 4 1 2 2 1 0 4 .000 0 0 B. Brown 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 .000 0 0 B. Johnson 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 36 7 9 6 8 3 21 BATTING Doubles: P. Rizzuto (0, 3rd Inning off M. Smithson, 0 on, 2 outs) J. Hopp (0, 6th Inning off M. Smithson, 3 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: C. Mapes (0, 8th Inning off K. Atherton, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: Y. Berra , P. Rizzuto 2 , J. Hopp 3 , J. DiMaggio , G. Woodling 2 , C. Mapes 5 2-out RBI: J. Hopp , C. Mapes Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Berra , B. Brown 3 , P. Rizzuto Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING SB: Y. Berra (0) CS: J. Hopp (0) FIELDING Errors: Y. Berra Double Plays: 2 (Rizzuto-Johnson-Henrich, Rizzuto-Johnson-Henrich)	Minnesota AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI G. Gagne SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 D. Gladden LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 K. Puckett CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 K. Hrbek 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 G. Gaetti 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 R. Bush DH 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 M. Davidson RF 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 0 0 T. Laudner C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 0 0 S. Lombardozzi 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 0 0 Totals 26 0 3 0 7 2 15 BATTING Total Bases: K. Hrbek , D. Gladden , G. Gagne Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Laudner , K. Hrbek , S. Lombardozzi GIDP: G. Gaetti , K. Puckett Sac Bunt: M. Davidson Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING SB: M. Davidson (0) FIELDING Errors: K. Hrbek
New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA T. Byrne W (0-0) 8.2 3 0 0 7 1 0 138 74 0.00 T. Ferrick 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: T. Byrne 72 Batters Faced: T. Byrne 34, T. Ferrick 1 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Byrne 12-10, T. Ferrick 0-0 Pitches - Strikes: T. Byrne 138-74, T. Ferrick 3-3 Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Ferrick 1-0 HB: T. Byrne	Minnesota IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA M. Smithson L (0-0) 7.0 6 5 5 6 2 0 126 68 0.00 K. Atherton 2.0 3 2 2 2 1 1 44 24 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: M. Smithson 41 Batters Faced: M. Smithson 33, K. Atherton 11 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Smithson 6-12, K. Atherton 2-3 Pitches - Strikes: M. Smithson 126-68, K. Atherton 44-24 WP: M. Smithson 3
GAME NOTES Player of the Game: T. Byrne Ballpark: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome Start Time: 7:00 pm Time: 3:03 Attendance: 23768