There were more runs than usual on this gameday, with the winning teams posting nine, eight, eight and seven runs. Each of the four victors scored, or matched, their season high for runs scored.
We’re back to a three-way tie for first place, as the 1959 Chicago White Sox beat the 1953 New York Yankees, while the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates also won.
Three players had four-hit games: Pittsburgh’s Dick Groat, Cleveland’s Al Smith and Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson.
Chicago 7, New York Yankees 3
It was tied 2-2 after five, but the White Sox scored in each of their final three at-bats. Earl Torgeson and Bubba Phillips had two-out RBI singles in the sixth, Nellie Fox had an RBI single in a two-run seventh, and Jim McAnany had a run-scoring single in the eighth. Bob Shaw gave up just one earned run over seven innings as the White Sox (7-4) ended a two-game losing streak to the Yankees (7-4).
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 4 0 1 0 Luis Aparicio 4 1 0 0
Joe Collins 3 0 1 0 Nellie Fox 4 3 3 2
Hank Bauer 4 0 0 0 Jim Landis 3 1 1 0
Mickey Mantle 3 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 4 0 1 1
Gene Woodling 3 1 0 0 Al Smith 4 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 3 2 1 0 Earl Torgeson 3 1 2 1
Billy Martin 4 0 1 0 Bubba Phillips 3 0 1 1
Phil Rizzuto 3 0 0 0 Jim McAnany 4 0 1 1
Vic Raschi BYZ 2 0 0 0 Bob Shaw BZ 2 0 0 0
Don Bollweg 1 0 1 1 Ted Kluszewski 1 0 1 0
John Romano 1 0 0 0
*Jim Rivera 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 30 3 5 1 TOTALS 33 7 10 6
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 020 100 -- 3
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 002 21x -- 7
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 5, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6.
ERR--Bob Kuzava BX, Vic Raschi BYZ, Earl Torgeson. 2B--Gil
McDougald, Nellie Fox. HBP--Yogi Berra. SACB--Luis Aparicio.
SB--Gene Woodling.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Raschi BYZ [L] 6.00 7 4 3 1 3 0
Bob Kuzava BX 2.00 3 3 2 2 0 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Bob Shaw BZ [W] 7.00 4 3 1 4 3 0
Turk Lown BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rudy Arias CYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 4
The Phillies (4-7) led 2-0 early, which included a solo homer from Willie Jones in the second inning. But the Pirates (7-4) had a six-run third inning on just four hits, plus three walks and an an error. Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski both had two-run singles. Don Hoak walked with the bases loaded, and Dick Groat had an RBI single. Later on, Clemente hit a solo homer in the sixth inning. Groat went 4-for-5.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 5 0 1 0 Bill Virdon 5 0 0 0
Richie Ashburn 4 1 1 0 Dick Groat 5 1 4 2
Dick Sisler 4 0 1 1 Bob Skinner 4 1 1 0
Del Ennis 4 1 2 0 Dick Stuart 4 1 1 0
Willie Jones 3 1 2 1 Roberto Clemente 3 2 2 3
Granny Hamner 3 0 1 1 Smoky Burgess 3 1 0 0
Andy Seminick 4 0 0 0 Don Hoak 3 1 0 1
Mike Goliat 4 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 1 2 2
Curt Simmons BXY 2 1 1 0 Vinegar Bend Mizell 3 0 1 0
Dick Whitman 1 0 1 0
Stan Lopata 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 10 3 TOTALS 34 8 11 8
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 011 010 010 -- 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 006 011 00x -- 8
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
8. ERR--Willie Jones, Bob Skinner. 2B--Eddie Waitkus, Dick
Sisler. HR--Willie Jones, Roberto Clemente.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons BXY [L] 5.33 10 8 6 5 7 1
Ken Heintzelman C 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milo Candini C 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Vinegar Bend Mizell [W] 8.00 10 4 3 3 2 1
Joe Gibbon CX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 9, New York Giants 1
The Indians (3-8) scored in six of their nine at-bats. Al Rosen had a solo homer in the third and Vic Wertz hit a two-run shot in the fifth. Al Smith went 4-for-6 and Bobby Avila and Jim Hegan had three-hit games. Art Houtteman scattered six hits for the win. The first hit of the game for the Giants (6-5) came in the fourth inning on a Willie Mays solo homer.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Al Smith 6 2 4 1 Whitey Lockman 3 0 1 0
Bobby Avila 6 1 3 2 Al Dark 4 0 2 0
Larry Doby 6 0 0 0 Hank Thompson 3 0 0 0
Al Rosen 5 2 2 1 Willie Mays 4 1 1 1
Vic Wertz 4 1 1 2 Don Mueller 4 0 0 0
Dave Philley 2 2 1 1 Monte Irvin 4 0 2 0
George Strickland 5 0 2 0 Davey Williams 4 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 3 1 Ray Katt 3 0 0 0
Art Houtteman CZ 3 1 1 1 Ruben Gomez BY 1 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 9 17 9 TOTALS 32 1 6 1
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 101 320 110 -- 9
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 12, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 6.
ERR--Jim Hearn CW, Hank Thompson. 2B--Al Smith (2), Bobby
Avila, Al Dark. HR--Vic Wertz, Al Rosen, Willie Mays.
SACB--Art Houtteman CZ (2).
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Houtteman CZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 2 0 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Ruben Gomez BY [L] 4.00 9 7 6 2 1 2
Jim Hearn CW 2.00 2 0 0 1 1 0
Windy McCall CX 2.00 4 2 2 2 2 0
Larry Jansen D 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brooklyn 8, Milwaukee 2
The Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson went 4-for-5 and had an RBI single in the first, and RBI double in the third and a solo homer in the seventh. Duke Snider hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Preacher Roe pitched a strong eight innings in the win for Brooklyn (5-6). The Braves (5-6) scored their runs on solo homers by Wes Covington and Red Schoendienst.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 1 1 0 Red Schoendienst 4 1 1 1
Pee Wee Reese 5 2 2 0 Frank Torre 4 0 2 0
Duke Snider 3 3 2 3 Eddie Mathews 4 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 5 2 4 3 Hank Aaron 3 0 1 0
Roy Campanella 5 0 1 0 Wes Covington 4 1 1 1
Gil Hodges 4 0 1 0 Johnny Logan 4 0 1 0
Carl Furillo 5 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 4 0 1 0
Billy Cox 4 0 0 0 Del Crandall 4 0 0 0
Preacher Roe CYZ 4 0 0 0 Lew Burdette CRW 1 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0 Joe Adcock 0 0 0 0
Andy Pafko 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 8 12 6 TOTALS 33 2 7 2
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 103 010 120 -- 8
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 100 000 100 -- 2
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 11, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 6.
ERR--Jackie Robinson, Red Schoendienst (2), Del Crandall.
2B--Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Frank
Torre. HR--Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Wes Covington, Red
Schoendienst. SB--Jackie Robinson, Johnny Logan.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Preacher Roe CYZ [W] 8.00 7 2 2 2 6 2
Jim Hughes BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Lew Burdette CRW [L] 5.00 7 5 3 4 3 0
Ernie Johnson CX 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 1
Dave Jolly DXW 2.00 3 2 2 1 4 1
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