Three teams have won both contests so far in their week #4 series. The 1954 New York Giants beat the 1953 New York Yankees again to keep a share of first place, while the 1957 Milwaukee Braves hit five home runs, two by Wes Covington, in a rout of the 1959 Chicago White Sox, and the 1954 Cleveland Indians are no longer in last place after defeating the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies for the second time. Also, Vinegar Bend Mizell of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates tossed a shutout to keep the Pirates in a first-place tie.
Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 1
The Indians (5-9) got out of last place for the first time this season after knocking off the Phillies (4-10) for the second straight game. They scored in five consecutive innings starting with Al Rosen’s two-run homer in the fourth inning, his fourth of the season. Philadelphia errors helped plate the next two runs. In the seventh, Bobby Avila hit a two-run homer, and in the eighth, Al Smith had an RBI single. Bob Lemon was excellent, pitching a complete game and giving up one run, seven hits and zero walks.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Al Smith 5 1 3 1 Eddie Waitkus 4 0 2 0
Bobby Avila 4 2 3 2 Richie Ashburn 4 0 1 0
Larry Doby 5 0 2 0 Dick Sisler 4 0 0 0
Al Rosen 5 2 4 2 Del Ennis 4 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 4 0 1 0 Willie Jones 4 1 3 0
Dave Philley 5 0 1 0 Granny Hamner 4 0 1 1
George Strickland 5 0 1 0 Andy Seminick 4 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 1 1 0 Mike Goliat 3 0 0 0
Bob Lemon BY 3 1 1 0 Russ Meyer DY 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 7 17 5 TOTALS 34 1 7 1
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 211 210 -- 7
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 6.
ERR--Dick Sisler, Andy Seminick, Granny Hamner. 2B--Bob
Lemon BY, Al Rosen, Eddie Waitkus, Willie Jones (2), Granny
Hamner. HR--Bobby Avila, Al Rosen. SACB--Bob Lemon BY.
SB--Al Rosen.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Lemon BY [W] 9.00 7 1 1 0 4 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Russ Meyer DY [L] 5.00 9 4 4 1 5 1
Ken Johnson CYW 3.00 7 3 3 1 0 1
Ken Heintzelman C 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Pittsburgh 4, Brooklyn 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell pitched a six-hit shutout for the Pirates (9-5) and improved to 3-1. The Dodgers (6-8) put a runner on second base in each of the first four innings, and five times overall, but never got one to third. Dick Stuart had an RBI single in the first inning, as did Roberto Clemente in the third. Bob Skinner added an RBI single in the fifth and an RBI single in the seventh. Each team has now won a game in this series after the Dodgers won game one by the same 4-0 score.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 3 0 0 0 Bill Virdon 4 3 3 0
Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0 Dick Groat 2 1 2 0
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 2 0 Bob Skinner 3 0 2 2
Duke Snider 4 0 0 0 Dick Stuart 4 0 1 1
Jackie Robinson 4 0 0 0 Roberto Clemente 4 0 1 1
Roy Campanella 4 0 1 0 Smoky Burgess 4 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 3 0 2 0 Don Hoak 3 0 0 0
Carl Furillo 4 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 0 0 0
Billy Cox 3 0 1 0 Vinegar Bend Mizell 3 0 0 0
Carl Erskine BXY 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 31 4 9 4
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 101 010 10x -- 4
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 7, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7.
ERR--Roy Campanella, Don Hoak (2). 2B--Roy Campanella, Gil
Hodges, Billy Cox, Bill Virdon, Bob Skinner. SB--Pee Wee
Reese.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Erskine BXY [L] 6.33 9 4 4 3 4 0
Ben Wade BXY 1.67 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Vinegar Bend Mizell [W] 9.00 6 0 0 1 3 0
Milwaukee 11, Chicago 1
Five Milwaukee home runs plated 10 of the Braves’ season-high 11 runs. Hank Aaron and Frank Torre hit three-run blasts in the first and second innings, respectively. Wes Covington had a solo homer in the seventh and a two-run shot in the ninth, his fourth and fifth of the season. Johnny Logan went back-to-back with Covington in the ninth. Chicago’s lone run (and one of only two hits) off Warren Spahn was a Luis Aparicio solo homer in the first inning. Spahn improved to 3-1 as the Braves (8-6) beat the White Sox (7-7) for the second straight day.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 5 0 0 0 Luis Aparicio 3 1 1 1
Frank Torre 4 2 1 3 Nellie Fox 3 0 0 0
Eddie Mathews 5 2 3 0 Jim Landis 4 0 0 0
Hank Aaron 5 2 2 3 Sherm Lollar 2 0 0 0
Wes Covington 5 2 3 4 Al Smith 3 0 1 0
Johnny Logan 5 1 3 1 Earl Torgeson 2 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 5 0 0 0 Bubba Phillips 3 0 0 0
Del Crandall 3 1 1 0 Jim McAnany 3 0 0 0
Warren Spahn B 2 1 0 0 Dick Donovan C 1 0 0 0
Ted Kluszewski 0 0 0 0
John Romano 1 0 0 0
Jim Rivera 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 11 13 11 TOTALS 26 1 2 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 330 010 103 -- 11
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 5, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2.
2B--Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Johnny Logan, Al Smith.
HR--Wes Covington (2), Hank Aaron, Johnny Logan, Frank
Torre, Luis Aparicio. SACB--Warren Spahn B.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Warren Spahn B [W] 9.00 2 1 1 4 3 1
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Dick Donovan C [L] 5.00 8 7 7 2 0 2
Rudy Arias CYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Barry Latman CY 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 1
Gerry Staley AZ 1.00 3 3 3 0 0 2
New York Giants 5, New York Yankees 3
Gene Woodling put the Yankees ahead 3-1 with a two-run homer in the top of the sixth. The Giants only had two hits at that point, but then had five of them in the bottom of the sixth. Willie Mays led off with a double and scored on Don Mueller’s single. Ray Katt and pinch-hitter Bobby Hofman also drove in runs with singles. Mueller added another RBI single in the seventh inning. Sal Maglie got his second win and Hoyt Wilhelm recorded his fourth save, and second in two days as the Giants (9-5) beat the Yankees for the second time in this series.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 3 0 0 0 Whitey Lockman 2 1 0 0
Joe Collins 4 0 1 0 Al Dark 4 0 1 1
Hank Bauer 3 0 1 0 Hank Thompson 3 1 0 0
Mickey Mantle 4 1 3 0 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0
Gene Woodling 4 1 1 2 Don Mueller 4 1 2 2
Yogi Berra 4 0 1 0 Monte Irvin 4 0 0 0
Billy Martin 4 1 1 0 Davey Williams 4 1 1 0
Phil Rizzuto 4 0 0 0 Ray Katt 4 0 2 1
Eddie Lopat BZ 1 0 0 0 Sal Maglie BXZ 1 0 0 0
Bill Renna 1 0 0 0 Bobby Hofman 1 0 1 1
Don Bollweg 1 0 0 0 Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 2 TOTALS 32 5 8 5
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 012 000 -- 3
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 003 10x -- 5
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 7, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Eddie Lopat BZ, Ray Katt, Al Dark. 2B--Willie Mays.
3B--Al Dark. HR--Gene Woodling. SACB--Eddie Lopat BZ.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Lopat BZ [L] 6.00 7 4 4 3 3 0
Bob Kuzava BX 2.00 1 1 1 1 0 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Sal Maglie BXZ [W] 6.00 7 3 2 2 2 1
Windy McCall CX 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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