GAME 5 - Shea Stadium
Dutch Ruether vs Bobby Ojeda
Yankees 8, Mets 7 (11 inn)
It took 5 games for the bats to come alive for the Flushing Faithful. Unfortunately for them Murderer's Row brought their weaponry too. The Metsies had themselves a 5-3 lead after 6, but Lou Gehrig's 2 run shot off of Bobby O in the top of the 7th knotted the game up at 5-5. It would stay that way as regulation ended. Grabowski's RBI single in the 10th looked to be the game winner for the Yanks, but Straw came up clutch in the bottom of the 10th to single home Lee Mazzilli to re-tie the game and force more extra frames. After Mark Koenig led off the top of the 11th with a triple off of Roger McDowell, Babe Ruth slammed a 2-1 pitch into the upper the Met bullpen in right to make it 8-6. Bob Shawkey came on in relief for the Bombers with a two run margin to protect. After getting Hernandez and Knight to make easy out he would give up a double to Backman and an RBI single to Danny Heep. Could the Mets pull another miracle out of their hat ? The answer was a resounding NO when Rafael Santana grounded into a game ending 5-4 force play.
Yankees lead series 3-2
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