The 1954 New York Giants began their series with the 1953 New York Yankees by coming back from a 5-0 deficit to win 6-5. Coupled with a loss by the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, that elevated the Giants into a first-place tie with the Yankees and Pirates with 8-5 records.
The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers’ Billy Loes pitched his second straight shutout in the win against the Pirates. Eddie Mathews of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and Duke Snider of the Dodgers both homered in their victories, improving their league-leading totals to six and five, respectively. But, they were outdone on the day by Ray Katt of the Giants, who hit two solo homers against the Yankees.
Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 2
The Indians (4-9) built a 4-1 lead after three innings behind Larry Doby’s RBI single and Vic Wertz’s sacrifice fly in the first inning, and a sacrifice fly from Al Rosen in the third. The Phillies (4-9) got one back on Dick Sisler’s solo homer in the seventh inning. Cleveland put the game away with two more runs in the eighth inning as Wertz had an RBI single and Dave Philley had a sacrifice fly. Mike Garcia pitched eight solid innings for his first win of the season.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Al Smith 3 2 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 4 1 1 0
Bobby Avila 4 2 2 0 Richie Ashburn 3 0 1 1
Larry Doby 3 1 1 1 Dick Sisler 4 1 1 1
Al Rosen 4 1 1 1 Del Ennis 4 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 3 0 1 2 Willie Jones 3 0 0 0
Dave Philley 4 0 1 1 Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0
George Strickland 3 0 0 0 Andy Seminick 3 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0 Mike Goliat 3 0 0 0
Mike Garcia BYZ 2 0 0 0 Robin Roberts BYZ 2 0 0 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0 Dick Whitman 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 6 6 5 TOTALS 29 2 4 2
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 202 000 020 -- 6
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 100 000 100 -- 2
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 2.
ERR--Mike Garcia BYZ, George Strickland, Dick Sisler.
2B--Eddie Waitkus. HR--Dick Sisler. SACF--Vic Wertz.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Garcia BYZ [W] 8.00 4 2 2 1 4 1
Hal Newhouser BX 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Robin Roberts BYZ [L] 7.33 6 6 5 5 1 0
Milo Candini C 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bubba Church B 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 0
Unheralded Billy Loes tossed his second straight shutout for the Dodgers (6-7). He gave up seven hits, and was aided when leftfielder Jackie Robinson threw out a Pittsburgh (8-5) baserunner at home plate in the second inning. Loes retired the game’s final 11 batters. Duke Snider hit a solo homer in the first and Roy Campanella had an RBI single in the fourth. In the eighth inning, Robinson had an RBI double and Gil Hodges had an RBI single.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 0 0 0 Bill Virdon 4 0 3 0
Pee Wee Reese 3 1 0 0 Dick Groat 4 0 0 0
Duke Snider 5 2 2 1 Bob Skinner 3 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 3 1 1 1 Dick Stuart 4 0 2 0
Roy Campanella 4 0 3 1 Roberto Clemente 3 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 4 0 1 1 Smoky Burgess 4 0 1 0
Carl Furillo 3 0 0 0 Don Hoak 3 0 0 0
Billy Cox 4 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 1 0
Billy Loes CY 4 0 0 0 Harvey Haddix CYZ 2 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 7 4 TOTALS 31 0 7 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 100 100 020 -- 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
ERR--Dick Stuart, Smoky Burgess. 2B--Duke Snider, Jackie
Robinson. HR--Duke Snider. HBP--Carl Furillo, Roberto
Clemente.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Loes CY [W] 9.00 7 0 0 1 7 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Harvey Haddix CYZ [L] 7.00 4 2 2 1 4 1
Clem Labine CY 2.00 3 2 2 2 0 0
Milwaukee 5, Chicago 2
Al Smith drove in two runs with a single in the bottom of the first to pace the White Sox to a 2-0 lead. That was it for Chicago (7-6), however, as they wouldn’t advance a runner past first base for the rest of the game. Del Crandall had an RBI double in the second inning, and Hank Aaron had a two-run homer in the third inning to put the Braves (7-6) ahead. Eddie Mathews smashed a two-run homer in the seventh to pad the lead. Bob Buhl pitched a strong eight innings for his first win of the season.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 5 0 0 0 Luis Aparicio 4 0 0 0
Frank Torre 5 1 1 0 Nellie Fox 3 1 1 0
Eddie Mathews 3 2 2 2 Jim Landis 4 1 1 0
Hank Aaron 5 1 1 2 Sherm Lollar 4 0 1 0
Wes Covington 3 0 0 0 Al Smith 4 0 1 2
Johnny Logan 3 0 0 0 Earl Torgeson 4 0 1 0
Bill Bruton 4 1 2 0 Bubba Phillips 3 0 1 0
Del Crandall 4 0 2 1 Jim McAnany 3 0 0 0
Bob Buhl AYW 4 0 0 0 Bob Shaw BZ 2 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 8 5 TOTALS 32 2 6 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 012 000 200 -- 5
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 8, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4.
ERR--Red Schoendienst, Al Smith. 2B--Del Crandall. HR--Eddie
Mathews, Hank Aaron. HBP--Johnny Logan.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Buhl AYW [W] 8.00 5 2 2 1 4 0
Bob Trowbridge CY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Bob Shaw BZ [L] 7.00 6 5 5 3 1 2
Ray Moore CYW 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
New York Giants 6, New York Yankees 5
The Yankees had a huge third inning, scoring five runs on three hits, three walks and a hit-by-pitch. Gil McDougald started the scoring with an RBI single, and Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra both had two-run singles. The Giants (8-5) got on the board on a Ray Katt solo homer in the bottom of the third. In the sixth, Whitey Lockman doubled and scored on a Willie Mays double, who then scored on a Don Mueller single to make it 5-3. In the seventh, Katt led off with his second home run of the game. With one out and the bases loaded, Mays came through with a two-run double to complete the comeback. With two outs in the top of the ninth, the Yankees (8-5) almost made something happen, with a dropped third strike and a hit-by-pitch giving them two baserunners, but Hoyt Wilhelm struck out the final batter for his third save. The comeback victory allowed Johnny Antonelli to become the league’s first pitcher to win three games despite his rough outing.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 3 1 1 1 Whitey Lockman 5 2 2 0
Joe Collins 4 0 0 0 Al Dark 4 0 0 0
Hank Bauer 3 1 2 2 Hank Thompson 2 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 3 1 0 0 Willie Mays 4 1 3 3
Gene Woodling 4 0 0 0 Don Mueller 4 0 2 1
Yogi Berra 4 0 1 2 Monte Irvin 4 0 1 0
Billy Martin 4 0 0 0 Davey Williams 4 0 1 0
Phil Rizzuto 3 1 1 0 Ray Katt 4 2 2 2
Johnny Sain BYZ 1 1 0 0 Johnny Antonelli AX 2 0 0 0
Bill Renna 0 0 0 0 Dusty Rhodes 0 1 0 0
Don Bollweg 1 0 0 0 Joe Garagiola 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 5 5 TOTALS 33 6 11 6
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 005 000 000 -- 5
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 001 002 30x -- 6
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Gene Woodling. 2B--Willie Mays (2), Whitey Lockman (2).
HR--Ray Katt (2). HBP--Mickey Mantle, Gil McDougald.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Sain BYZ 6.00 7 3 3 1 4 1
Tom Gorman CY [L] 1.00 3 3 3 2 0 1
Allie Reynolds BX 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Johnny Antonelli AX [W] 7.00 5 5 5 6 3 0
Marv Grissom AX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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