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(1926) St. Louis Cardinals 4, NY Yankees 3

The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff.

Playing in their first World Series, the Cardinals traveled to New York for the opener. Both clubs scored single runs in the first, after which the pitchers settled down. The only other run came in the sixth, when Lou Gehrig drove in Babe Ruth with a single. Herb Pennock went the distance for the Yanks, allowing just three hits. Saint Louis captured Game 2, 6-2, behind Billy Southworth's three-run homer and veteran Grover Cleveland Alexander's nine strong innings.

Cardinal knuckleballer Jesse Haines was the story in Game 3, as he beat the Yankees 4-0 with a two-run homer and a complete-game five-hitter. The Yanks got their revenge in Game 4, however powered by Ruth's three home runs; New York cruised to a 10-5 win. The Yankees sent the fans home unhappy again in Game 5, scoring a run apiece in the ninth and 10th innings for a 3-2 victory. Game 1 winner Pennock went all the way for the Yankees. Back in New York for Game 6, Cardinal sluggers played three Yankee pitchers to the tune of 13 hits and 10 runs, more than enough for Alexander, who allowed just a pair of runs while going the distance.

So it came down to game 7. The Cardinals led 3-2 in the seventh, but the Yanks loaded the bases and starter Jesse Haines was suffering from a blister on his pitching hand. Player-manager Rogers Hornsby summoned Alexander, who is the winner of Games 2 and 6 from the bullpen, and Ol' Pete struck out Tony Lazzeri to end the threat. Alexander held the Yanks scoreless in the eighth and ninth and the Series ended, when he was with Gehrig at the plate and the Yankees trailing by one run, Ruth was caught trying to steal second base. Finally the Saint Louis Cardinals won the World Series defeating the New York Yankees by a score of 4-3.

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