After two games, the league still has three unbeaten teams (the 1953 New York Yankees, the 1959 Chicago White Sox and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates) and three winless teams (the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1954 New York Giants and the 1954 Cleveland Indians). All four contests either had a good comeback win or a near-comeback.
Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 2
The Braves’ Bob Buhl was phenomenal for eight innings, only giving up one hit at that point, which came in the sixth inning. Milwaukee had a 1-0 lead thanks to Bill Bruton’s triple and Del Crandall’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. But it all fell apart for Buhl in the ninth. After the first out, Richie Ashburn walked and Dick Sisler singled. Del Ennis tied the game with an RBI single, and Willie Jones followed with a go-ahead sacrifice fly. After another hit, Andy Seminick launched a three-run homer to cap off the scoring for Philadelphia (1-1). Hank Aaron hit a solo homer for the Braves (1-1) in the bottom of the ninth.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 4 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 4 0 0 0
Richie Ashburn 3 1 1 0 Frank Torre 4 0 0 0
Dick Sisler 3 1 1 0 Eddie Mathews 4 0 1 0
Del Ennis 4 1 1 1 Hank Aaron 4 1 1 1
Willie Jones 3 0 0 1 Wes Covington 4 0 0 0
Granny Hamner 4 1 1 0 Johnny Logan 3 0 2 0
Andy Seminick 4 1 1 3 Bill Bruton 3 1 1 0
Mike Goliat 4 0 0 0 Del Crandall 2 0 0 1
Curt Simmons BXY 1 0 0 0 Bob Buhl AYW 3 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 5 5 5 TOTALS 31 2 5 2
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 005 -- 5
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 010 001 -- 2
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 3, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 3.
2B--Richie Ashburn, Eddie Mathews. 3B--Bill Bruton. HR--Andy
Seminick, Hank Aaron. SACF--Willie Jones, Del Crandall.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons BXY 7.00 4 1 1 0 10 0
Ken Heintzelman C [W] 2.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Bob Buhl AYW [L] 8.67 5 5 5 3 2 1
Bob Trowbridge CY 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 5, New York Giants 4
Giants starter Ruben Gomez was ejected in the second inning, and that would be costly as the Yankees (2-0) scored five runs in the third inning off a reliever. Billy Martin hit a three-run homer and Yogi Berra and Gil McDougald had RBI singles. That was it for the Yankees, who barely held on. The Giants (0-2) got their first run in the seventh when Don Mueller doubled and later scored on a fielder’s choice. They added two more in the eighth on Al Dark’s RBI double and Mueller’s RBI single. They picked up one more in the ninth on Dark’s RBI single. But that would be it, as though the Giants scored in each of the final three innings, they also left runners in scoring position in each of the three.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 1 0 0 Gil McDougald 4 0 2 1
Al Dark 5 1 2 2 Joe Collins 5 0 0 0
Hank Thompson 4 0 1 0 Hank Bauer 4 0 0 0
Willie Mays 3 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 3 1 1 0
Don Mueller 4 1 2 1 Gene Woodling 3 1 0 0
Monte Irvin 2 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 1 2 1
Davey Williams 4 0 2 0 Billy Martin 4 1 2 3
Ray Katt 3 0 0 1 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 1 0
Ruben Gomez BY 1 0 0 0 Whitey Ford BYW 3 0 1 0
Joe Garagiola 1 0 0 0 Bob Kuzava BX 1 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 33 4 8 4 TOTALS 34 5 9 5
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 121 -- 4
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 005 000 00x -- 5
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 9, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 9.
ERR--Al Corwin CY. 2B--Hank Thompson, Al Dark, Don Mueller,
Mickey Mantle. HR--Billy Martin.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ruben Gomez BY 1.33 2 0 0 1 0 0
Windy McCall CX [L] 2.67 6 5 5 3 1 1
Al Corwin CY 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Jansen D 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Whitey Ford BYW [W] 7.00 6 3 3 7 2 0
Bob Kuzava BX [S] 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 4
The Indians went up 4-0 thanks to two-run homers by Al Rosen in the first inning and Dave Philley in the fourth inning. But the Pirates (2-0) came back to win this one. Roberto Clemente doubled and scored on Don Hoak’s sacrifice fly in the fifth. Bob Skinner hit a solo homer in the seventh. In a three-run eighth, Dick Groat had a two-run single and Skinner followed with a sacrifice fly to put the Pirates ahead. The Indians (0-2) put runners on first and third with one out in the bottom of the ninth but hit into a game-ending double play.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 3 1 3 0 Al Smith 4 0 1 0
Dick Groat 4 0 1 2 Bobby Avila 5 0 1 0
Bob Skinner 3 1 1 2 Larry Doby 3 1 0 0
Dick Stuart 4 0 0 0 Al Rosen 4 1 1 2
Roberto Clemente 4 1 2 0 Vic Wertz 4 1 1 0
Smoky Burgess 4 0 0 0 Dave Philley 3 1 2 2
Don Hoak 3 0 0 1 George Strickland 3 0 1 0
Bill Mazeroski 3 1 0 0 Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0
Vern Law BZ 2 0 0 0 Mike Garcia BYZ 2 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 1 1 1 0 Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0
Rudy Regalado 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 5 8 5 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 130 -- 5
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 200 200 000 -- 4
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 3, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 7.
2B--Roberto Clemente (2). HR--Bob Skinner, Dave Philley, Al
Rosen. SACF--Bob Skinner, Don Hoak. SB--Gino Cimoli.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law BZ [W] 7.00 5 4 4 4 2 2
Fred Green BY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face BYZ [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Mike Garcia BYZ 7.00 6 2 2 0 7 1
Bob Feller BYZ [L] 2.00 2 3 3 2 0 0
Chicago 4, Brooklyn 2
The White Sox (2-0) had no problem getting on base, but could only occasionally come through with a big hit, as they left 14 runners on base. Still, the four runs they could get were enough. Jim Landis had RBI singles in both the first and second innings, and Nellie Fox also had one in the second as Chicago took an early 3-0 lead. Bob Shaw gave up only two hits in the first six innings but the Dodgers (0-2) finally got to him in the seventh as Carl Furillo and Billy Cox drove in runs with singles to make it 3-2. The White Sox tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on Jim McAnany’s sacrifice fly.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 2 1 0 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Nellie Fox 5 0 1 1 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 2 0
Jim Landis 4 0 3 2 Duke Snider 4 0 1 0
Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 3 0 0 0
Al Smith 5 0 0 0 Roy Campanella 3 1 1 0
Earl Torgeson 2 1 1 0 Gil Hodges 3 1 0 0
Bubba Phillips 3 0 2 0 Carl Furillo 4 0 1 1
Jim McAnany 2 0 0 1 Billy Cox 4 0 1 1
Bob Shaw BZ 4 1 0 0 Russ Meyer CY 1 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0 Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 4 TOTALS 32 2 6 2
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 120 000 001 -- 4
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 200 -- 2
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 14, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 6.
ERR--Jim Gilliam. 2B--Bubba Phillips, Luis Aparicio, Duke
Snider, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese. SACF--Jim McAnany.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Shaw BZ [W] 8.00 6 2 2 3 0 0
Gerry Staley AZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Russ Meyer CY [L] 6.00 7 3 3 7 5 0
Johnny Podres BXYW 1.00 0 0 0 2 2 0
Clem Labine BZ 2.00 1 1 1 1 0 0
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