<P> The teams moved back to Yankee Stadium for Game 6 . Over 48,000 fans came into Yankee Stadium on October 9 to see if the Yankees could win their second World Series in franchise history . The game's pitching matchup was between Grover Cleveland Alexander and Bob Shawkey, both of whom had made appearances in previous games in the series . Shawkey had come in as relief in Games 2 and 3, while Alexander had pitched a complete game against the Yankees in the Cardinals' Game 2 victory . In the 1926 season, Shawkey had made most of his pitching appearances in relief, and had been an occasional starter on the Yankees rotation . He started 10 of his 29 total pitching appearances and posted an 8--7 record with a 3.62 earned run average . </P> <P> The game was lopsided from the start . In the top of the first inning, Shawkey gave up three runs on three hits, with the runs coming from a Jim Bottomley double and Les Bell single . Alexander encountered a minor setback in the fourth inning . To open up the bottom of the inning, Bob Meusel launched a triple into left field and scored on the following ground out by Lou Gehrig . Alexander shut down the Yankees for the rest of the inning, and the Cardinals held on to a 3--1 lead . In the top of the fifth inning, the Cardinals expanded their two - run lead . Tommy Thevenow hit a single to left fielder Babe Ruth . Alexander laid down a sacrifice bunt and was tagged out by first baseman Gehrig, but was successful in advancing Thevenow to second base . Wattie Holm, substituting for Taylor Douthit as center fielder, followed by hitting a single into center field, scoring Thevenow on the play . Billy Southworth and Rogers Hornsby followed with groundouts in the infield to end the inning . </P> <P> The Cardinals scored again in the top of the seventh inning . Thevenow again led the inning by hitting a single into left field . Alexander bunted right in front of the plate . Yankees catcher Hank Severeid made the throw to second baseman Tony Lazzeri, but Lazzeri made an error on the play, and both runners were safe at their respective bases . Holm followed by hitting a weak grounder that led to a force out of Thevenow at third base . With runners at first and second base, Southworth lined a double right by Ruth, scoring Alexander and sending Holm to third base . Urban Shocker, the starter in Game 2, then came in to relieve Shawkey as pitcher . Shocker gave up a single to Hornsby into center field, allowing Holm and Southworth to score . Bottomley then hit a grounder to shortstop Mark Koenig, who stepped on second base to get Hornsby out on the force play . Bell followed with a two - run home run, extending the Cardinals' lead to 9--1 . Chick Hafey lined a double into left field, but Bob O'Farrell ended the inning by striking out . In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Yankees scored one run on an Earle Combs single to cut the Cardinals' lead to seven runs . </P> <P> In the eighth inning, Myles Thomas came in to relieve Shocker, who had given up three hits and two unearned runs in less than an inning of work . Meanwhile, Alexander shut down the Yankees offense for the rest of the game . In the top of the ninth inning, the Cardinals increased their lead back to eight runs after Hornsby had an RBI groundout, scoring Southworth . Alexander finished with his second complete game of the series and gave up only two runs on eight hits, while striking out six batters . The three Yankee pitchers combined to give up thirteen hits, seven earned runs, three unearned runs, and one home run . </P>

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