ALCS Game 5 - "Prince Hal Clinches Pennant"

October 14  Games 5
Newhouser vs. Russo

Little Eddie Mayo got the Tigers off on the right track when he hit a homer in the first.  Two batters later, Greenberg hit his second homer of the series.  Stainback countered with a one out single.  with two outs, Gordon singled him to third and then Keller drove him home with another single.  But that was it for the Yankees.  Hal Newhouser went into lights out mode and the Yankees never got another runner to third.  Newhouser needed relief help from Caster after the first two Yanks reached in the 9th, but Caster got the next three hitters and the Tigers will move on to the World Series.  Tigers 5  Yankees 1
Tigers win series 4-1
--submitted by Tom "Crash" Davis--