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Miley BB CD 1937 World Series Game 5
Called by Warren Brown, Tom Manning and Red Barber

Hoag and DiMaggio homer and Gehrig adds a double and triple, as the Yankees win behind Lefty Gomez.  Mel Ott's 2-run homer in the third inning accounts for the Giants runs.

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New York Yankees 4, New York Giants 2

World Series Game 5 Played on Sunday, October 10, 1937 (D) at Polo Grounds V

NY  A    0  1  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
NY N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
Rolfe 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
Gehrig 1b 4 0 2 1 1 2 8 1
Dickey c 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
Hoag lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Selkirk rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Lazzeri 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 5
Gomez p 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
Totals 34 4 8 4 4 7 27 8
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Gehrig.
BATTING - 
2B: Gehrig (1,off Melton).
3B: Lazzeri (1,off Melton); Gehrig (1,off Smith).
HR: Hoag (1,2nd inning off Melton 0 on 0 out); DiMaggio (1,3rd inning off Melton
0 on 2 out).
SH: Rolfe (1,off Brennan).
HBP: Lazzeri (1,by Smith).
Team LOB: 9.
New York Giants              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Moore lf 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
Bartell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Ott 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 3
Ripple rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Leiber cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
McCarthy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Danning c 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 1
Whitehead 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Melton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ryan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mancuso ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brennan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2 1 6 27 6
BATTING - 
2B: Whitehead (2,off Gomez).
HR: Ott (1,3rd inning off Gomez 1 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gomez W(2-0) 9 10 2 2 1 6 1 37
New York Giants              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Melton L(0-2) 5 6 4 4 3 5 2 24
Smith 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
Brennan 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8
Totals 9 8 4 4 4 7 2 40
WP: Melton (1).
HBP: Smith (1,Lazzeri).
Umpires: HP - Red Ormsby, 1B - George Barr, 2B - Steve Basil, 3B - Bill Stewart