For the 2nd straight game, the last-place New York Swats kept the Detroit Rockets offense off-balance. This time, it was a battle of the two winningest pitchers in the American League. Hal Newhouser came out on top of Bret Saberhagen, allowing just one run on 8 hits in 8 innings to finish the regular season 9-2. Saberhagen had won his last 8 starts but allowed 6 earned runs on 11 hits in this one to fall to 9-3. Babe Ruth started things off for the Swats with a 3-run homer in the 1st inning, and the New York offense never looked back, topping Detroit 7-1. After the Boston Splinters lost to send the Rockets to the World Series, Detroit has lost 2 straight, giving St. Louis home-field advantage in the postseason. They’ll look to turn things around in the final 2 games of the series before the World Series.