The 1954 New York Giants won their first game of the season and knocked the 1959 Chicago White Sox from the ranks of the unbeatens with a late comeback and an extra-innings effort. The 1953 New York Yankees and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates continue on with perfect 3-0 records — but they meet in gameday #4. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves won for the second time.
Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 5
The Braves (2-1) built a 6-1 lead, as Johnny Logan hit a two-run homer and pitcher Gene Conley drove in two with a single in the fourth inning, and Wes Covington had a two-run homer in the fifth inning. They almost gave it all away in the eighth, as the Indians (0-3) scored four times, including an RBI triple from pinch-hitter Wally Westlake and a two-run homer by Larry Doby. Milwaukee relievers came in and got the final five outs, though, to seal the win.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 5 0 0 0 Al Smith 4 0 0 1
Frank Torre 5 0 0 0 Bobby Avila 4 2 3 0
Eddie Mathews 3 1 1 0 Larry Doby 3 1 2 2
Hank Aaron 4 1 1 0 Al Rosen 4 0 0 0
Wes Covington 4 1 1 2 Vic Wertz 3 0 0 1
Johnny Logan 3 1 1 2 Dave Philley 4 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 2 1 2 0 George Strickland 2 0 0 0
Del Crandall 4 1 1 0 Jim Hegan 4 1 1 0
Gene Conley BW 3 0 1 2 Bob Lemon BY 1 0 0 0
Joe Adcock 1 0 0 0 Rudy Regalado 1 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 34 6 8 6 TOTALS 31 5 7 5
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 420 000 -- 6
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 100 040 -- 5
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 5, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 3.
ERR--Johnny Logan. 2B--Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron. 3B--Wally
Westlake. HR--Wes Covington, Johnny Logan, Larry Doby.
SACF--Vic Wertz. SB--Bill Bruton.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Conley BW [W] 7.33 7 5 5 2 2 1
Ernie Johnson CX 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don McMahon ACKW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Bob Lemon BY [L] 5.00 7 6 6 4 2 2
Hal Newhouser BX 3.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
Don Mossi AX 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
New York Giants 2, Chicago 1 (11 inn.)
The White Sox (2-1) got a fourth-inning RBI single from Earl Torgeson and eight great innings of work from Billy Pierce. He couldn’t make it nine, however, as the Giants (1-2) finally got on the board in the top of the ninth. With one out, Willie Mays doubled and he scored on Don Mueller’s single. The game went to extra innings and in the top of the 11th, the Giants’ Hank Thompson hit a solo home run. The White Sox put runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the 11th but Hoyt Wilhelm was able to get the final two outs.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 5 0 1 0 Luis Aparicio 4 0 0 0
Al Dark 5 0 1 0 Nellie Fox 3 1 1 0
Hank Thompson 4 1 1 1 Jim Landis 4 0 1 0
Willie Mays 5 1 2 0 Sherm Lollar 5 0 1 0
Don Mueller 5 0 2 1 Al Smith 4 0 0 0
Monte Irvin 3 0 0 0 Earl Torgeson 5 0 2 1
Davey Williams 3 0 1 0 Bubba Phillips 4 0 1 0
Ray Katt 4 0 1 0 Jim McAnany 4 0 0 0
Sal Maglie BXZ 2 0 0 0 Billy Pierce CYZ 1 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0 Ted Kluszewski 1 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 2 9 2 TOTALS 35 1 6 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 001 01 -- 2
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 100 000 00 -- 1
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 6, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8.
ERR--Hank Thompson, Luis Aparicio. 2B--Willie Mays, Sherm
Lollar. HR--Hank Thompson. SACB--Hoyt Wilhelm AX, Al Smith,
Billy Pierce CYZ. SB--Al Dark.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sal Maglie BXZ 7.00 5 1 1 3 6 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [W] 4.00 1 0 0 2 2 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Billy Pierce CYZ 8.33 8 1 1 3 2 0
Turk Lown BX 1.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barry Latman CY [L] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
New York Yankees 5, Brooklyn 1
Joe Collins and Hank Bauer hit back-to-back solo homers in the first inning and the Yankees (3-0) rolled from there. Collins also had an RBI single in the second inning and Phil Rizzuto tripled and scored on Gil McDougald’s single to make it 4-0 in the sixth inning. The Dodgers (0-3) broke up Vic Raschi’s shutout bid in the seventh on a Billy Cox solo home run. New York added one more in the ninth on Hank Bauer’s RBI triple.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 4 0 2 1 Jim Gilliam 4 0 2 0
Joe Collins 4 2 2 2 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Hank Bauer 4 1 2 2 Duke Snider 4 0 2 0
Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 0 1 0
Gene Woodling 2 0 0 0 Roy Campanella 4 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 5 0 1 0 Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0
Billy Martin 4 0 0 0 Carl Furillo 4 0 1 0
Phil Rizzuto 3 2 1 0 Billy Cox 4 1 2 1
Vic Raschi BYZ 3 0 0 0 Billy Loes CY 1 0 0 0
Irv Noren 1 0 0 0 Bobby Morgan 1 0 1 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0
Don Thompson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 8 5 TOTALS 36 1 9 1
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 210 001 001 -- 5
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 100 -- 1
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 10, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8.
ERR--Billy Martin, Jim Gilliam. 2B--Jim Gilliam, Carl
Furillo. 3B--Phil Rizzuto, Hank Bauer, Jim Gilliam. HR--Joe
Collins, Hank Bauer, Billy Cox. HBP--Gil McDougald. SB--Duke
Snider, Jackie Robinson.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Raschi BYZ [W] 8.00 9 1 1 0 5 1
Tom Gorman CY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Billy Loes CY [L] 5.00 5 3 2 4 4 2
Ben Wade BXY 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Jim Hughes BX 2.00 1 1 1 3 1 0
Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 5
This contest went back and forth. The Phillies (1-2) scored one in the top of the first on Del Ennis’ sacrifice fly. The Pirates’ Dick Stuart and Roberto Clemente hit back-to-back solo homers in the second inning. The Phillies matched that in the third inning, as Dick Sisler and Ennis went deep on consecutive pitchers. The Pirates (3-0) tied it at three on a Philadelphia error in the fifth and went back in front on Bill Mazeroski’s RBI double in the sixth inning. Philadelphia wasn’t done, taking a 5-4 lead in the seventh on a two-run double by Sisler. The Pirates kept scoring, tying the game again in the seventh on Dick Groat’s RBI single. In the eighth, they took the lead for good on Bill Virdon’s two-out, two-run triple.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 4 2 1 0 Bill Virdon 5 1 2 2
Richie Ashburn 4 0 0 0 Dick Groat 4 0 2 1
Dick Sisler 4 1 3 3 Bob Skinner 5 0 0 0
Del Ennis 3 1 1 2 Dick Stuart 4 1 2 1
Willie Jones 4 0 1 0 Roberto Clemente 4 2 3 1
Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0 Smoky Burgess 3 1 1 0
Andy Seminick 4 0 1 0 Don Hoak 3 1 1 0
Mike Goliat 4 1 1 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 1 1 1
Bob Miller BRZ 2 0 0 0 Harvey Haddix CYZ 2 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 0 0 0 0 Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 8 5 TOTALS 34 7 12 6
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 102 000 200 -- 5
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 020 011 12x -- 7
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
8. ERR--Mike Goliat, Del Ennis, Don Hoak. 2B--Dick Sisler,
Andy Seminick, Bill Virdon, Bill Mazeroski, Roberto
Clemente. 3B--Bill Virdon. HR--Dick Sisler, Del Ennis, Dick
Stuart, Roberto Clemente. SACF--Del Ennis. SACB--Dick
Whitman, Harvey Haddix CYZ.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Miller BRZ 6.00 8 4 4 1 1 2
Bubba Church B [L] 2.00 4 3 3 3 1 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Harvey Haddix CYZ 7.00 8 5 3 2 2 2
Joe Gibbon CX [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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