the game, making it 7-3. Game 4 After Game 3, Cardinals manager Bill McKechnie was still hopeful, despite losing 3 games in a row. "It[sic] they can win three games, so can we. Nothing is impossible. And this thing isn’t over until the fourth game is won," he was quoted as saying. The Cards led 2–1 in the top of the seventh. 21-game-winning southpaw Will Sherdel had an 0–2 count on Babe Ruth, who turned to say something to catcher Earl Smith. Seizing what he thought was a great opportunity to end the at-bat, Sherdel "quick-pitched," or threw without a windup, for what he thought was strike three on the Babe. "Quick pitches" were legal in the National League, but not in the American League or the World Series. So NL plate umpire Cy Pfirman called "no pitch," causing a vociferous argument with the Cardinals. Ruth then took two balls to even the count at 2–2 before homering to tie the game at two apiece. Gehrig's ensuing back-to-back home run, his fourth of the Series, gave the Yanks a lead they never relinquished. They scored twice more in the seventh, and Ruth finished the inning off with his third homer of the game in the two-run Yankee eighth. St. Louis scored a lone run in the bottom of the ninth to make it 7–3, but that was their last, as future Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch hit a left field foul fly caught on the run by none other than the Babe Ruth up against the stands, as angry Cardinal fans swatted him with newspapers and programs. But Ruth merely kept running right into the dugout, holding the ball in the air and giving the Yankees their second straight World Series sweep. In 1930, Ruth called this game the biggest thrill of his career. Composite line score 1928 World Series (4–0): New York Yankees (A.L.) over St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) Broadcast Since 1922, World Series games were broadcast by radio. The announcers for this years Series were Graham McNamee and Phillips Carlin for NBC's radio network. For CBS, J. Andrew White and Ted Husing. References Further reading External links Notes World Series World Series New York Yankees postseason St. Louis Cardinals postseason World Series World Series Sports competitions in New York City 1920s in St. Louis World Series Sports competitions in St. Louis 1920s in the Bronx