George bracket: 2017 Yankees defeat 1961 Dodgers in six games

Game 1: Dodgers 4, Yankees 0
WP: Koufax (2-1)
LP: Severino (1-1)
Save: L Sherry (3)
HR: Snider (2)

Game 2: Yankees 12, Dodgers 6
WP: Kahnle (1-0)
LP: Williams (0-1)
HR: Judge (5), Sanchez (1)

Game 3: Yankees 11, Dodgers 9
WP: Shreve (1-0)
LP: Perranoski (0-1)
Save: Chapman (2)
HR: Fairly (1), Sanchez 2 (3), Larker (2), Neal 2 (2), Gregorius (3), Judge (6), Roseboro (3), Snider (3), Holliday (1)

Game 4: Dodgers 9, Yankees 1
WP: Podres (1-0)
LP: Garcia (0-1)
HR: Sanchez (4), Moon (3), Hodges (1)

Game 5: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3
WP: Green (1-0)
LP: Koufax (2-2)
Save: Chapman (3)
HR: Sanchez 2 (6), Snider (4)

Game 6: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
WP: Betances (1-0)
LP: Perranoski (0-2)
HR: Castro (2), Holliday (2), Howard (1), Gilliam (1)

In a series of power hitters and power pitchers, three of the Yankees four wins came on home runs in their final at-bats.

Sandy Koufax dominated Game One in new Yankee Stadium, striking out 13 in 7.2 innnings, including seven in a row from the second through fourth innings. Koufax allowed four hits and three walks but was relieved after loading the bases with two outs in the eighth. Larry Sherry struck out three of the four men he faced for the save.

The Yankees bats awoke in Game Two. Gary Shanchez drove in six runs with a three-run homer and three-run triple. Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer and Didi Gregorius hit a two-run shot. Tommy Kahnle fanned both hitters he faced to get out of a fifth-inning jam created by starter CC Sabathia and was credited with the win.

The series shifted to 1961 and the misshapen L.A. Memorial Coliseum, and the two teams combined for 10 homers in Game Three. The Dodgers took a 9-8 lead into the ninth, but with two outs and one one defensive sub Daryl Spencer booted a grounder, and Sanchez followed with a three-run homer off Ron Perranoski. It was Sanchez's second homer of the game. Charley Neal also homered twice. Chasen Shreve, who got a double play from the only hitter he faced, was the winner.

Johnny Podres allowed a solo homer to Sanchez in Game Four but otherwise keeping the visitors off the scoreboard. Podres drove in three runs himself with a pair of singles and allowed eight hits in eight innings.

Koufax was again dominant in Game Five -- until the eighth inning. He had allowed just two hits in seven innings, one a homer by Sanchez. But in the eighth he walked Aaron Hicks and allowed a single to Starlin Castro. One out later, Sanchez hit another homer and turned a 3-1 L.A. lead into a 4-3 N.Y. lead, and Arodis Chapman threw a perfect ninth to save it for Chad Green.

The series returned to 2017 and New York. Frank Howard and Junior Gilliam each homered off Sabathia to stake Stan Williams to an early lead, but Matt Holliday homered to narrow the gap and brought home the tying run with a double play grounder in the seventh. And in the bottom of the ninth, Ron Perranoski hit Todd Frazier with a pitch, and Castro followed with a series-cliching walkoff homer.

Player of the Series: Gary Sanchez

Projected rotation: Severino-Tanaka-Sabathia-(?Pineda?)-(Severino)-(Tanaka)-(Sabathia)