The 1954 New York Giants won their third straight game by hitting four home runs. They handed the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates their first loss of the season as week #2 got underway. The 1953 New York Yankees and the 1959 Chicago White Sox both won in extra innings to join the Pirates at the top of the standings with 4-1 records. Jim McAnany had a walk-off hit for the White Sox. Duke Snider had the day’s best offensive performance, helping the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers to a win with a solo home run and two RBI doubles.
New York Giants 6, Pittsburgh 4
Willie Mays belted a two-run homer in the top of the first, and Hank Thompson did the same in the third inning to help the Giants to a 4-0 lead. The Pirates got on the board in the fifth when Roberto Clemente doubled and scored on a groundout. New York (3-2) got a solo homer from Monte Irvin in the sixth to push the lead back to 5-1. The Pirates (4-1) tightened things up, scoring twice in the seventh, followed by a Dick Stuart solo homer (his league-best third of the season) in the eighth, making it 5-4. The Giants got their fourth home run of the game in the top of the ninth when pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes restored the two-run lead, and Hoyt Wilhelm pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 5 0 0 0 Bill Virdon 4 0 0 1
Al Dark 5 2 2 0 Dick Groat 4 0 0 0
Hank Thompson 4 1 1 2 Bob Skinner 4 0 0 0
Willie Mays 4 1 2 2 Dick Stuart 4 1 1 1
Don Mueller 4 0 1 0 Roberto Clemente 4 1 1 0
Monte Irvin 3 1 1 1 Smoky Burgess 4 1 1 0
Davey Williams 3 0 0 0 Don Hoak 4 1 1 1
Ray Katt 4 0 2 0 Bill Mazeroski 2 0 1 0
Johnny Antonelli AX 1 0 0 0 Bob Friend BYZ 2 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 1 1 1 Gino Cimoli 0 0 0 1
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 6 10 6 TOTALS 33 4 5 4
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 202 001 001 -- 6
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 210 -- 4
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
ERR--Willie Mays, Al Dark, Bill Virdon. 2B--Bill Mazeroski,
Roberto Clemente. HR--Willie Mays, Dusty Rhodes, Monte
Irvin, Hank Thompson, Dick Stuart. SACF--Bill Virdon.
SACB--Johnny Antonelli AX (2).
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Antonelli AX [W] 7.33 4 4 2 3 6 1
Marv Grissom AX 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Bob Friend BYZ [L] 6.00 7 5 4 1 3 3
Joe Gibbon CX 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Green BY 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 1
New York Yankees 5, Milwaukee 3 (11 inn.)
The Braves went up 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth when Del Crandall singled, was sacrificed to second and scored on Red Schoendienst’s double. Milwaukee starter Bob Buhl had retired 15 straight batters, but with one out in the top of the ninth, the Yankees’ Hank Bauer extended the contest with a solo home run. In the top of the 11th, the Yankees (4-1) loaded the bases with no one out. Gene Woodling had a sacrifice fly, and Yogi Berra followed with an RBI single to make it 5-3. The Braves (2-3) got a leadoff single in the bottom of the 11th but after the first out, hit into a game-ending double play.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 5 1 1 0 Red Schoendienst 5 0 2 1
Joe Collins 5 1 2 1 Frank Torre 4 0 1 0
Hank Bauer 4 2 2 2 Eddie Mathews 5 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 4 0 1 0 Hank Aaron 4 1 0 0
Gene Woodling 3 0 0 1 Wes Covington 4 1 1 0
Yogi Berra 5 0 1 1 Johnny Logan 4 0 0 1
Billy Martin 5 0 0 0 Bill Bruton 2 0 0 0
Phil Rizzuto 3 1 0 0 Del Crandall 3 1 1 1
Eddie Lopat BZ 2 0 0 0 Bob Buhl AYW 2 0 0 0
Don Bollweg 1 0 0 0 Andy Pafko 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 7 5 TOTALS 34 3 5 3
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 101 000 001 02 -- 5
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 020 000 010 00 -- 3
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 4.
2B--Gil McDougald, Hank Bauer, Red Schoendienst. HR--Hank
Bauer. SACF--Gene Woodling, Hank Bauer, Del Crandall.
SACB--Eddie Lopat BZ, Frank Torre, Bob Buhl AYW. SB--Wes
Covington.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Lopat BZ 9.00 4 3 3 2 1 0
Allie Reynolds BX [W] 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Bob Buhl AYW 10.00 4 3 3 3 5 1
Don McMahon ACKW [L] 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0
Chicago 5, Cleveland 4 (10 inn.)
The Indians (0-5) looked to be on their way to their first win of the season when they went up 4-0 after three innings. Dave Philley had an RBI single and Jim Hegan had an RBI triple in the second, and Bobby Avila had an RBI double and Al Rosen had a sacrifice fly in the third. The White Sox (4-1) got on the board in the sixth on Sherm Lollar’s two-run homer. They tied it in the eighth on Al Smith’s RBI triple and Earl Torgeson’s sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the 11th, Chicago loaded the bases with one out. After the second out, Jim McAnany ended it with a walk-off single.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Al Smith 4 1 0 0 Luis Aparicio 5 0 0 0
Bobby Avila 5 1 2 1 Nellie Fox 5 0 1 0
Larry Doby 4 0 0 0 Jim Landis 4 2 1 0
Al Rosen 4 1 2 1 Sherm Lollar 2 2 2 2
Vic Wertz 4 0 0 0 Al Smith 4 1 1 1
Dave Philley 4 1 1 1 Earl Torgeson 2 0 0 1
George Strickland 4 0 0 0 Bubba Phillips 4 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 2 1 Jim McAnany 5 0 2 1
Mike Garcia BYZ 2 0 0 0 Early Wynn BX 1 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0 Ted Kluszewski 1 0 0 0
Rudy Regalado 1 0 0 0 Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0
John Romano 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 7 4 TOTALS 35 5 7 5
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 022 000 000 0 -- 4
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 002 020 1 -- 5
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10.
ERR--Al Smith, Luis Aparicio. 2B--Bobby Avila, Al Rosen (2),
Jim McAnany, Sherm Lollar. 3B--Jim Hegan, Al Smith.
HR--Sherm Lollar. SACF--Al Rosen, Earl Torgeson.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Garcia BYZ 6.00 4 2 2 4 3 1
Hal Newhouser BX 2.00 2 2 2 1 2 0
Don Mossi AX [L] 1.67 1 1 1 3 0 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Early Wynn BX 5.00 4 4 4 1 4 0
Turk Lown BX 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Barry Latman CY 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ray Moore CYW [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 3
Four Philadelphia errors helped the Dodgers to three unearned runs in the first six innings. The Dodgers (2-3) scored twice in the third, as Duke Snider had an RBI double and then scored on an error. They added three in the sixth to make it 5-1 on Jim Gilliam’s two-run homer and another RBI double from Snider. Andy Seminick and Mike Goliat hit solo homers for the Phillies (1-4), the latter making it 5-3 in the seventh. Brooklyn tacked on two more in the ninth on a Snider solo homer and an RBI single from Gil Hodges.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 4 1 1 2 Eddie Waitkus 3 0 0 0
Pee Wee Reese 5 2 0 0 Richie Ashburn 4 1 1 0
Duke Snider 4 2 3 3 Dick Sisler 4 0 1 0
Jackie Robinson 0 0 0 0 Del Ennis 4 0 2 0
George Shuba 3 0 0 0 Willie Jones 4 0 2 1
Roy Campanella 5 1 1 0 Granny Hamner 4 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 5 0 1 1 Andy Seminick 3 1 1 1
Carl Furillo 4 0 0 0 Mike Goliat 3 1 1 1
Billy Cox 3 1 0 0 Robin Roberts BYZ 2 0 0 0
Russ Meyer CY 3 0 0 0 Bill Nicholson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 7 6 6 TOTALS 32 3 8 3
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 002 003 002 -- 7
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 001 001 100 -- 3
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 10, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 3.
ERR--Jim Gilliam, Pee Wee Reese, Dick Sisler, Granny Hamner
(2), Mike Goliat. 2B--Duke Snider (2), Roy Campanella,
Willie Jones, Dick Sisler. HR--Duke Snider, Jim Gilliam,
Andy Seminick, Mike Goliat. SACB--Russ Meyer CY.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Russ Meyer CY [W] 7.00 8 3 3 1 4 2
Ben Wade BXY [S] 2.00 0 0 0 0 4 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Robin Roberts BYZ [L] 7.00 3 5 2 6 4 1
Bubba Church B 2.00 3 2 2 1 1 1
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