The Yankees and Giants met in the Fall Classic for the second year in a row. The Bronx Bombers won the first three games by a combined score of 21-3. The Giants fended off elimination by winning Game 4 7-3 behind their ace, Giants (22-8).

For Game 5 at the Polo Grounds,Yankee manager Joe McCarthy started a pitcher who had never lost a World Series game in four starts. Lefty Gomez, "the Goofy One," was his winningest pitcher for the season (21-11) and the winner of Game 1 (8-1). Giants player-manager Bill Terry turned to his other 20-game-winning southpaw to extend the Series—Cliff Melton, "the quaint hillbilly from North Carolina" who lost Game 2.

The crowd was held down to 39,000 because of drizzle all-morning that raised the possibility that the game would be postponed. The spectators "sat shivering under a leaden sky."

Yanks LF Myril Hoag hit only three home runs during the season, but his clout deep into the right-field stands leading off the top of the second gave the Bronx Bombers a 1-0 lead.

CF Joe DiMaggio doubled the lead with a home run in the third that almost snapped off a flagpole atop the grandstand down the left field line.

Mel Ott led the '37 Giants with 31 home runs, 17 more than second-place Dick Bartell. The left-handed hitter from Gretna LA who started playing for the Giants at age 17 had a unique batting style in which he lifted his right leg as the pitch was thrown. With SS Dick Bartell on first with a single in the bottom of the third, Ott lofted a fly into the upper deck of the right field beachers to tie the score.

The American League champs regained the lead in the top of the 5th. Veteran 2B Tony Lazzeri, called "a homely, wrinkled hombre of 34 years" by the New York Times, had been the Yanks' second basemen since 1926. Over the next seven seasons, he hit over .300 five times. But he started showing his age in 1934 when he hit "only" .267. In the '37 campaign he dropped to .244, the lowest by 23 points in his Yankee career. But he was showing signs of being the old "Poosh 'Em Up Tony" in the World Series. He went five for 12 in the first four games for a .417 average.

Lazzeri started the 5th inning uprising by swatting a triple that almost landed in the centerfield bleachers 285' from home plate. Then Gomez helped his own cause by lining a single over second base to score Lazzeri. Yankees 3 Giants 2

But the uprising wasn't over. After SS Frankie Crosetti flew out, 3B Red Rolfe drew a walk. Melton took a big stride toward getting out of the inning with no more damage when DiMaggio popped to the catcher. But 1B Lou Gehrig rapped a double to right-center field to score Rolfe and put Gomez on third. Melton walked C Bill Dickey but avoided more damage by getting Hoag to foul out with the bases loaded. Yankees 4 Giants 2

The Yankees released Lazzeri after the season so that he could sign a contract with the Chicago Cubs, whose owner, Phil Wrigley, hoped Tony's presence would allow his club to "capture some of that Yankee spirit I admire so much." Lazzeri played in only 54 games for the '38 Cubs but helped them to win the National League pennant.

The Giants wasted an opportunity to pull closer in the bottom of the 6th. RF Jimmy Ripple and CF Hank Leiber lined singles to put runners on first and second with no outs. 1B Johnny McCarthy bunted, but Gomez foiled the strategy by throwing out the lead runner at third. Lefty retired the next two batters to preserve the 4-2 lead.

The home team stranded two more runners in the bottom of the 7th. In the 8th, Leiber led off with a single through the SS-3B hole. McCarthy then flied out to deep right field. C Harry Danning then brought the Giants crowd to their feet with a liner. But the ball went right to Gehrig at first, and he stepped on the bag to complete the double play and retire the side.

The Giants went down 1-2-3 in the ninth to give the Yankees their sixth World Series championship since 1923.

FINAL SCORE: YANKEES 4 GIANTS 2

After Gehrig grounded out and Dickey struck out, Selkirk hit a grounder up the middle for a single. Then LF Jake Powell hit a weak grounder to 3B Travis Jackson who threw wild to first. Selkirk scored, and Powell ended up on third. The scorer ruled it a single and a two-base throwing error. Roy Johnson batted for Ruffing and struck out. Giants 4 Yankees 4.

Reliever Pat Malone retired the Giants 1-2-3 in the top of the 7th. In the bottom of the inning, the Yanks wasted DiMaggio's two-out double.

Tension mounted as neither team scored in the 8th and 9th to send the game into extra innings.

Moore started the Giants' 10th with a ground-rule double down the left field line. It was his second two-bagger of the game. Bartell then bunted Moore to 3rd. Manager Terry hit a 3-2 pitch to deep left center that DiMaggio caught, but even his powerful throwing arm couldn't stop Moore from tagging upo and scoring. Giants 5 Yankees 4.

With Schumaker still pitching doggedly in the bottom of the 10th, Dickey hit a single off Terry's glove at first base. McCarthy sent out Bob Seeds to run for Dickey. But Selkirk fouled out to the catcher, and Powell flew out to left field. With Lazzeri at the plate, Seeds tried to steal second but was thrown out by Mancuso to end the game.