page_title: 1949 World Series
section_title: Game 2
hierarchical_section_title: 1949 World Series / Matchups / Game 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Preacher Roe of the Brooklyn Dodgers
context_page_description: The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the 12th championship in team history. This victory would start a record run of five straight World Series championships by the Yankees, and was also the first of 14 AL pennants in 16 years for the Yankees.
  Both teams finished the regular season with exactly the same records and winning their respective leagues by one game.
context_section_description: Preacher Roe pitched a six-hit shutout, getting the only run he needed early when Jackie Robinson doubled and Gil Hodges singled. Yankee Stadium came alive in the ninth with Joe DiMaggio's leadoff hit, but Roe retired the next three Yankees for the win, the second straight 1–0 result of the Series.
  Upon the completion of game 2, 1949 became the first World Series to contain multiple 1–0 games, a distinction only matched in 1966.
caption: Preacher Roe
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