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tavo2311 · 06-13-2020, 12:26 PM

RESULTS: ROUND 1 - REGION 1:

1) 1939 New York Yankees vs. 16) 2007 Colorado Rockies

The tournament’s #1 overall seed gets their campaign started in old Yankee Stadium. Jeff Francis takes the hill for Colorado and can’t decide if he’s happy to be out of the thin air of Denver considering the lineup that opposes him. He got his answer fairly early as NY put up four runs in the first two innings. But the Rockies’ bats also got to Red Ruffing, and the game went 4-4 to the 6th inning. That is when LaTroy Hawkins gave up five runs, capped by George Selkirk’s 3-run shot, and NY went on to win 10-5.

Aaron Cook pitched mightily well in game 2 but so did Lefty Gomez. The game was 1-0 for the Yanks into the 7th, when Cook allowed a 2-run homer to Tommy Henrich, then reliever Matt Herges gave up another to the man that replaced Gehrig, Babe Dahlgren in the 8th. The Rockies would get a garbage run, but the Yankees go up 2-0 in the series with Gomez taking the win.

Game 3 saw a the 1939 Yankees playing in Denver for the first time ever. Josh Fogg pitched admirably given the circumstance, and scattered 11 baserunners over 5 innings and staying close until Selkrik hit his 2nd homer of the series in the 5th. The Yankees were up 5-0 and would cruise to a 5-1 final to take a 3-0 series lead.

The Rockies avoid the sweep in game 4, could they be on the comeback trail. Yankee’s starter Oral Hildebrand was not up to the task as he gave up a pair of 4-run innings and Colorado was on their way behind Ubaldo Jimenez’s five shutout innings. With the Yankees down 8-4 in the 8th, Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey led a charge to pull within 8-4 with a couple runners on, but Manny Corpas finally shut the door on their rally.

Things were looking up for Colorado when they dropped a 3-spot in the first inning on Red Ruffing. Jeff Francis looked settled in, carrying a no-hitter through four! But that was the high point of the series for the Rockies. DiMaggio and Selkirk led the charge and the Yankees scored in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th innings to win the game 7-3 and take the series in five games.

DiMaggio hit .421 and drove in six runs, but the series MVP rightfully goes to LF George Selkirk who slashed .353/.476/.941, with three dingers and eight RBIs.

06-13-2020, 12:26 PM	#41
tavo2311 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: New Jersey Posts: 157	RESULTS: ROUND 1 - REGION 1: 1) 1939 New York Yankees vs. 16) 2007 Colorado Rockies The tournament’s #1 overall seed gets their campaign started in old Yankee Stadium. Jeff Francis takes the hill for Colorado and can’t decide if he’s happy to be out of the thin air of Denver considering the lineup that opposes him. He got his answer fairly early as NY put up four runs in the first two innings. But the Rockies’ bats also got to Red Ruffing, and the game went 4-4 to the 6th inning. That is when LaTroy Hawkins gave up five runs, capped by George Selkirk’s 3-run shot, and NY went on to win 10-5. Aaron Cook pitched mightily well in game 2 but so did Lefty Gomez. The game was 1-0 for the Yanks into the 7th, when Cook allowed a 2-run homer to Tommy Henrich, then reliever Matt Herges gave up another to the man that replaced Gehrig, Babe Dahlgren in the 8th. The Rockies would get a garbage run, but the Yankees go up 2-0 in the series with Gomez taking the win. Game 3 saw a the 1939 Yankees playing in Denver for the first time ever. Josh Fogg pitched admirably given the circumstance, and scattered 11 baserunners over 5 innings and staying close until Selkrik hit his 2nd homer of the series in the 5th. The Yankees were up 5-0 and would cruise to a 5-1 final to take a 3-0 series lead. The Rockies avoid the sweep in game 4, could they be on the comeback trail. Yankee’s starter Oral Hildebrand was not up to the task as he gave up a pair of 4-run innings and Colorado was on their way behind Ubaldo Jimenez’s five shutout innings. With the Yankees down 8-4 in the 8th, Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey led a charge to pull within 8-4 with a couple runners on, but Manny Corpas finally shut the door on their rally. Things were looking up for Colorado when they dropped a 3-spot in the first inning on Red Ruffing. Jeff Francis looked settled in, carrying a no-hitter through four! But that was the high point of the series for the Rockies. DiMaggio and Selkirk led the charge and the Yankees scored in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th innings to win the game 7-3 and take the series in five games. DiMaggio hit .421 and drove in six runs, but the series MVP rightfully goes to LF George Selkirk who slashed .353/.476/.941, with three dingers and eight RBIs. Last edited by tavo2311; 06-28-2020 at 01:06 PM.