The 1928 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1928 season. The 25th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion New York Yankees versus the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Yankees beat the Cardinals in four games to win their third championship and become the first team to do back-to-back sweeps. Babe Ruth hit .625 (10 for 16) as the Yankees outscored their opponents by a combined score of 27–10. As he had done against the Cards in the Series, Ruth hit three home runs over the right field pavilion in Sportsman's Park in Game 4, the only player to do it in two different World Series through the 2016 season. Unlike 1926, however, it occurred in the final game of a Series won by the Yanks and finished off their two consecutive World Series sweeps. Lou Gehrig also had a good Series, hitting .545 (6 for 11) with four home runs. He drove in as many runs by himself (9) as the entire Cardinal team combined. Bill McKechnie became the second manager to lead two different teams to the World Series, and like Pat Moran before him, won one and lost one. Background Before the series started, Walter Johnson, a retired Major League pitcher at the time, reportedly predicted that the Cardinals would "make short work of the New York Yankees," and that the Yankees "(hadn't) looked good for a while." Both Cardinals and Yankees fans were looking forward to a rematch of the 1926 World Series, which the Cardinals won. Summary Matchups Game 1 In a fashion similar to 1926, Bill Sherdel took the mound in Game 1 for the Cardinals. Ruth doubled with 2 outs in the first inning. Gehrig followed with an RBI double. Ruth lashed another double in the fourth and scored ahead of Bob Meusel's home run, one of only four hits off Sherdel in his seven innings. Consecutive singles by Mark Koenig, Ruth and Gehrig-for his second RBI-against Cards reliever Syl Johnson gave the Yankees the 4th run and a 1–0 series lead. Game 2 The Cardinals produced 30 percent (3) of their runs in the Series in the second inning of game 2. George Harper walked, Jimmie Wilson doubled, Rabbit Maranville singled, and Grover Cleveland Alexander reached on second baseman Tony Lazzeri's errant throw. It tied the game at 3–3. After