Yet again, we’ve got another four-way tie for first place, and the season is now just one game away from the halfway point. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves stayed hot, winning their fourth straight game to improve to 9-6. The 1953 New York Yankees and the 1954 New York Giants are both 9-6 after the Yankees beat the Giants for the first time in their series. The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates missed out on sole possession of first place after losing to the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers for the first time in their series. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies beat the 1954 Cleveland Indians for the first time in their series, putting the two into a tie for last place.
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 3
Larry Doby hit a two-run homer for the Indians in the fourth inning to give them a 2-0 lead and a shot at a third straight win. But the Phillies (5-10) came back and scored single runs in each of the next four innings. Dick Sisler had an RBI single in the fifth, Andy Seminick had a solo homer in the sixth (his fourth of the season), Richie Ashburn tripled and scored on Del Ennis’ single in the seventh and a Cleveland error led to the fourth run in the eighth. The Indians (5-10) scored once in the ninth and had runners on first and third with no one out, but Jim Konstanty struck out the final three batters for his fourth save.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 4 0 0 0 Al Smith 3 1 1 0
Richie Ashburn 5 1 2 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 0 0
Dick Sisler 5 0 1 1 Larry Doby 4 2 2 2
Del Ennis 5 0 2 1 Al Rosen 3 0 1 0
Willie Jones 4 0 2 0 Vic Wertz 4 0 1 0
Granny Hamner 4 1 0 0 Dave Philley 4 0 0 0
Andy Seminick 3 1 2 1 George Strickland 4 0 0 0
Mike Goliat 3 1 0 0 Jim Hegan 3 0 0 0
Curt Simmons BXY 2 0 0 0 Early Wynn BXZ 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0 Bill Glynn 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 9 3 TOTALS 31 3 5 2
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 011 110 -- 4
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 200 001 -- 3
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 9, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5.
ERR--Mike Goliat, Vic Wertz, Al Rosen. 2B--Al Smith.
3B--Richie Ashburn. HR--Andy Seminick, Larry Doby.
SACB--Curt Simmons BXY. SB--Granny Hamner, Al Rosen.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons BXY [W] 7.00 3 2 2 2 9 1
Jim Konstanty AZ [S] 2.00 2 1 0 2 3 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Early Wynn BXZ [L] 8.00 9 4 3 3 3 1
Don Mossi AX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 1
The Dodgers (7-8) scored immediately in the bottom of the first when Jim Gilliam led off with a single and Pee Wee Reese tripled. It stayed 1-0 until the fifth, when the Pirates (9-6) tied it on an error. In the bottom of the sixth, the Dodgers went back ahead on an RBI double by Duke Snider and an RBI single from Gil Hodges. Russ Meyer pitched well for his second win.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 3 0 0 0 Jim Gilliam 4 1 2 0
Dick Groat 4 0 1 0 Pee Wee Reese 3 1 1 1
Bob Skinner 3 0 1 0 Duke Snider 4 0 1 1
Dick Stuart 2 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 1 1 0
Roberto Clemente 4 0 0 0 Roy Campanella 4 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess 4 0 0 0 Gil Hodges 3 0 1 1
Don Hoak 3 1 2 0 Carl Furillo 3 0 0 0
Dick Schofield 1 0 1 0 Billy Cox 2 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 4 0 1 0 Russ Meyer CY 2 0 0 0
Bob Friend BYZ 1 0 0 0
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 6 0 TOTALS 29 3 6 3
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 000 -- 1
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 100 002 00x -- 3
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 5.
ERR--Dick Stuart, Russ Meyer CY. 2B--Duke Snider, Jim
Gilliam. 3B--Pee Wee Reese. SACB--Russ Meyer CY. SB--Jackie
Robinson.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend BYZ [L] 6.00 6 3 3 1 3 0
Fred Green BY 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Russ Meyer CY [W] 7.33 5 1 0 5 4 0
Clem Labine BZ [S] 1.67 1 0 0 0 1 0
Milwaukee 3, Chicago 2
Wes Covington had another big performance for the Braves (9-6) as they beat the White Sox (7-8) for the third straight game. His RBI single in the sixth inning tied the game, and his two-run homer (his sixth of the season, tying teammate Eddie Mathews for the league lead) in the bottom of the eighth put Milwaukee ahead 3-1. Bubba Phillips hit a solo homer in the ninth for Chicago, but that would be it.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 0 1 0 Red Schoendienst 4 0 2 0
Nellie Fox 4 0 1 0 Frank Torre 4 0 0 0
Jim Landis 2 0 0 0 Eddie Mathews 3 2 1 0
Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0 Hank Aaron 4 0 1 0
Al Smith 4 0 0 0 Wes Covington 4 1 2 3
Earl Torgeson 4 1 0 0 Johnny Logan 4 0 1 0
Bubba Phillips 4 1 2 1 Bill Bruton 3 0 1 0
Jim McAnany 3 0 1 0 Del Crandall 3 0 0 0
Billy Pierce CYZ 1 0 0 1 Lew Burdette CRW 3 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 32 3 8 3
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 010 001 -- 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 001 02x -- 3
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 7.
ERR--Red Schoendienst. HR--Bubba Phillips, Wes Covington.
SACF--Billy Pierce CYZ. SACB--Billy Pierce CYZ. SB--Luis
Aparicio.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce CYZ [L] 8.00 8 3 3 2 7 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Lew Burdette CRW [W] 8.00 4 1 0 3 3 0
Don McMahon ACKW [S] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
New York Yankees 8, New York Giants 2
Giants (9-6) starter Ruben Gomez only lasted three innings and couldn’t get hardly anyone out. The Yankees (9-6) scored three in the first inning, two on bases-loaded walks. The Yankees loaded the bases again in the second inning, although Gomez got out of that jam. Gomez gave up four hits and three runs in the third inning, including an RBI single from Gil McDougald and a two-run double from Joe Collins. Whitey Ford improved to 3-0 after four starts with another strong performance.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 0 0 0 Gil McDougald 5 2 3 1
Al Dark 4 0 0 0 Joe Collins 4 2 2 2
Hank Thompson 4 0 0 0 Hank Bauer 3 2 1 0
Willie Mays 4 1 1 0 Mickey Mantle 3 0 1 2
Don Mueller 3 0 0 0 Gene Woodling 4 0 0 0
Monte Irvin 4 1 1 0 Yogi Berra 3 0 1 1
Davey Williams 3 0 2 1 Billy Martin 4 1 1 0
Ray Katt 3 0 1 1 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 1 1
Ruben Gomez BY 1 0 0 0 Whitey Ford BYW 3 0 0 0
Bobby Hofman 1 0 0 0 Irv Noren 1 0 0 0
Billy Gardner 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 5 2 TOTALS 33 8 10 7
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 100 000 -- 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 303 000 02x -- 8
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 4, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 10.
ERR--Ray Katt, Phil Rizzuto. 2B--Joe Collins, Phil Rizzuto.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ruben Gomez BY [L] 3.00 7 6 4 5 1 0
Marv Grissom AX 3.00 0 0 0 3 5 0
Jim Hearn CW 2.00 3 2 2 1 0 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Whitey Ford BYW [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 2 0
Steve Kraly CW 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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