Before gameday #10, four teams were tied atop the standings. After gameday #10, the 1953 New York Yankees stand alone in first place. The Yankees beat the 1959 Chicago White Sox for the second straight game. The 1954 New York Giants and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates both lost, evening up their series and dropping them a game back. In the fourth contest, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers’ Billy Loes threw a shutout in a 1-0 win.
New York Yankees 5, Chicago 2
Mickey Mantle had a big game as the Yankees (7-3) beat the White Sox (6-4) for the second straight day. He had an RBI single in the first inning to get the scoring going, blasted a two-run homer in the third to make it 3-1, and doubled and scored on Yogi Berra’s RBI single in the eighth. Hank Bauer had two extra-base hits, a triple and then a solo homer in the eighth inning.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 1 1 0 Gil McDougald 4 1 1 0
Nellie Fox 4 1 1 1 Joe Collins 3 0 1 0
Jim Landis 4 0 1 0 Hank Bauer 4 2 2 1
Sherm Lollar 3 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 2 3 3
Al Smith 4 0 1 1 Gene Woodling 4 0 1 0
Earl Torgeson 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 1 1
Bubba Phillips 3 0 0 0 Billy Martin 4 0 0 0
Jim McAnany 3 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 0 0 0
Early Wynn BX 2 0 1 0 Eddie Lopat BZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 32 5 9 5
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 001 001 000 -- 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 102 000 02x -- 5
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 5.
ERR--Bubba Phillips, Jim McAnany, Billy Martin. 2B--Mickey
Mantle. 3B--Hank Bauer. HR--Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer.
SACB--Early Wynn BX. SB--Luis Aparicio.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Early Wynn BX [L] 7.00 6 3 3 2 9 1
Turk Lown BX 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 1
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Eddie Lopat BZ [W] 8.00 5 2 1 2 2 0
Allie Reynolds BX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 3
Willie Jones hit a two-run homer to give the Phillies (4-6) a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, and Richie Ashburn had a two-run double as part of a three-run fifth inning that made it 5-0. The Pirates (6-4) finally got something going with two runs in the sixth as Dick Groat and Robert Clemente had RBI singles, and Dick Stuart added a sacrifice fly in the eighth, but that would be it.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 1 2 0 Eddie Waitkus 4 1 0 0
Dick Groat 4 1 2 1 Richie Ashburn 2 2 1 2
Bob Skinner 4 1 1 0 Dick Sisler 3 0 0 0
Dick Stuart 3 0 1 1 Del Ennis 3 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente 4 0 1 1 Willie Jones 4 1 1 2
Smoky Burgess 4 0 0 0 Granny Hamner 4 0 2 0
Don Hoak 4 0 0 0 Andy Seminick 4 0 1 0
Bill Mazeroski 4 0 0 0 Mike Goliat 3 0 0 0
Bob Friend BYZ 2 0 0 0 Bob Miller BRZ 1 1 0 0
Gino Cimoli 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 3 7 3 TOTALS 29 5 6 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 002 010 -- 3
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 230 00x -- 5
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
5. ERR--Dick Stuart, Bob Skinner, Granny Hamner. 2B--Bill
Virdon, Bob Skinner, Richie Ashburn. HR--Willie Jones.
SACF--Dick Stuart. SACB--Bob Miller BRZ.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend BYZ [L] 6.00 6 5 2 3 2 1
Clem Labine CY 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Bob Miller BRZ [W] 6.00 5 2 2 0 2 0
Bubba Church B 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Konstanty AZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 3, New York Giants 2
The Indians (2-8) only had two hits, but they made them count and got strong pitching from Bob Lemon and two relievers. Bobby Avila had an RBI single in the first for one of them. Larry Doby’s single in the third was the other one, and he and Al Smith both scored via a New York error to make it 3-0. Lemon kept the Giants (6-4) at bay until the seventh inning when Monte Irvin and Ray Katt both hit solo homers. Lemon ran into trouble in the eighth, putting the first two runners on, but Bob Feller came in to get the Indians out of the jam, and Don Mossi finished it off for his second save.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 0 0 0 Al Smith 2 2 0 0
Al Dark 4 0 1 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 1 1
Hank Thompson 3 0 0 0 Larry Doby 2 1 1 0
Willie Mays 3 0 1 0 Al Rosen 4 0 0 0
Don Mueller 4 0 1 0 Vic Wertz 3 0 0 0
Monte Irvin 4 1 2 1 Dave Philley 4 0 0 0
Davey Williams 3 0 0 0 George Strickland 2 0 0 0
Ray Katt 4 1 1 1 Jim Hegan 3 0 0 0
Don Liddle B 0 0 0 0 Bob Lemon BY 2 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 26 3 2 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 200 -- 2
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 102 000 00x -- 3
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 7, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6.
ERR--Hank Thompson, Davey Williams. 2B--Willie Mays, Bobby
Avila. HR--Monte Irvin, Ray Katt. SACB--Davey Williams, Bob
Lemon BY.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Liddle B [L] 6.00 2 3 1 4 4 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX 2.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Bob Lemon BY [W] 7.00 5 2 2 4 5 2
Bob Feller BYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Mossi AX [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brooklyn 1, Milwaukee 0
Dodger starter Billy Loes pitched a seven-hit shutout and outdueled the Braves’ Bob Buhl. Brooklyn (4-6) only had three hits, and the Dodgers’ first-inning run came via an error. Milwaukee (5-5) only got runners into scoring position twice but couldn’t come up with a clutch hit.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 4 0 1 0 Jim Gilliam 1 0 0 0
Frank Torre 4 0 1 0 George Shuba 2 0 0 0
Eddie Mathews 4 0 1 0 Pee Wee Reese 3 1 0 0
Hank Aaron 4 0 1 0 Duke Snider 4 0 1 0
Wes Covington 4 0 1 0 Jackie Robinson 3 0 1 0
Johnny Logan 3 0 1 0 Roy Campanella 3 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 3 0 0 0 Gil Hodges 2 0 0 0
Del Crandall 3 0 0 0 Carl Furillo 3 0 0 0
Bob Buhl AYW 2 0 0 0 Billy Cox 3 0 0 0
Bob Hazle 1 0 1 0 Billy Loes CY 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 0 7 0 TOTALS 27 1 3 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 000 000 -- 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 100 000 00x -- 1
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 5, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 5.
ERR--Del Crandall. 2B--Billy Loes CY.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Buhl AYW [L] 7.00 2 1 0 3 2 0
Don McMahon ACKW 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Billy Loes CY [W] 9.00 7 0 0 0 6 0
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