The 1953 New York Yankees won their series with the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies with their third one-run victory of the week, and that was enough to give the Yankees (13-7) a one-game lead in the standings at the conclusion of week #5.
They were aided by the 1954 New York Giants, who won twice at home to even their series with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves, knocking the Braves out of first place.
The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers won their third straight against the 1959 Chicago White Sox to win the series 3-1, while the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates evened up their series with the 1954 Cleveland Indians.
New York Yankees 4, Philadelphia 3
After giving up three runs in the first inning, Yankees starter Eddie Lopat was dominant the rest of the way and had the game-winning RBI. The Phillies (6-14) jumped out to a 3-0 lead thanks to Dick Sisler’s RBI single and Del Ennis’ two-run homer. Phillies starter Bob Miller didn’t give up a hit in the first three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth, as the Yankees (13-7) scored three times to tie the game on four hits. Gene Woodling and Phil Rizzuto had RBI singles and Billy Martin had a sacrifice fly. In the sixth, Yogi Berra led off with a walk and made it to third base with two outs. Lopat came through with a run-scoring single to make it 4-3. After giving up three hits in the first inning, Lopat only gave up one more the rest of the way, and it came in the third inning.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 3 0 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 4 0 0 0
Joe Collins 4 0 0 0 Richie Ashburn 3 1 2 0
Hank Bauer 4 1 1 0 Dick Sisler 4 1 1 1
Mickey Mantle 2 0 0 0 Del Ennis 4 1 1 2
Gene Woodling 4 1 1 1 Willie Jones 4 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 3 2 1 0 Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0
Billy Martin 3 0 1 1 Andy Seminick 3 0 0 0
Phil Rizzuto 4 0 1 1 Mike Goliat 2 0 0 0
Eddie Lopat BZ 3 0 1 1 Bob Miller BRZ 1 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 4 6 4 TOTALS 29 3 4 3
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 301 000 -- 4
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 300 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 2.
ERR--Phil Rizzuto, Andy Seminick. 2B--Hank Bauer. 3B--Richie
Ashburn. HR--Del Ennis. SACF--Billy Martin. SACB--Bob Miller
BRZ.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Lopat BZ [W] 9.00 4 3 3 2 3 1
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Bob Miller BRZ [L] 7.00 6 4 4 4 0 0
Bubba Church B 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Konstanty AZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brooklyn 8, Chicago 1
The Dodgers (11-9) hit four home runs, which accounted for all eight runs. Carl Furillo had a two-run shot in the second inning, Pee Wee Reese had a solo homer in the third, Billy Cox had a three-run blast in the fourth and Jackie Robinson provided a two-run bomb in the eighth. Billy Loes picked up his third win and lowered his ERA to 2.08 with a strong pitching performance. The only Chicago (8-12) run came in the second inning on Jim McAnany’s sacrifice fly.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 0 1 0 Luis Aparicio 3 0 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 2 2 1 1 Nellie Fox 3 0 1 0
Duke Snider 4 0 0 0 Jim Landis 3 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 3 2 1 2 Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0
Roy Campanella 3 0 1 0 Al Smith 4 0 0 0
Gil Hodges 4 2 1 0 Earl Torgeson 3 1 0 0
Carl Furillo 4 1 1 2 Bubba Phillips 4 0 1 0
Billy Cox 4 1 1 3 Jim McAnany 2 0 0 1
Billy Loes CY 3 0 0 0 Early Wynn BX 0 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0 Billy Goodman 1 0 1 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 8 7 8 TOTALS 28 1 4 1
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 021 300 020 -- 8
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 010 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 2, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6.
ERR--Jim Gilliam. 2B--Roy Campanella, Jim Gilliam, Bubba
Phillips, Luis Aparicio. HR--Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese,
Carl Furillo, Billy Cox. HBP--Jim Landis. SACF--Jim McAnany.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Loes CY [W] 8.00 4 1 1 4 3 0
Ben Wade BXY 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Early Wynn BX [L] 5.00 5 6 6 3 4 3
Turk Lown BX 3.00 2 2 2 1 3 1
Ray Moore CYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3
The Pirates (11-9) took a 2-0 lead after Dick Stuart’s RBI double in the first inning and Bob Skinner’s RBI single in the third inning. The Indians (8-12) tied it in the fourth as Al Rosen hit a solo homer and George Strickland later had an RBI single. The Pirates went back in front in the sixth as Stuart had a solo homer and Bill Mazeroski had an RBI single. Skinner added another RBI single in the seventh inning to make it 5-2. Rosen hit his second solo home run in the eighth inning, but the Indians couldn’t get any closer. Harvey Haddix improved to 3-1 with the win and Roy Face picked up his fifth save.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Al Smith 4 0 3 0 Bill Virdon 5 2 2 0
Bobby Avila 5 0 0 0 Dick Groat 5 1 3 0
Larry Doby 4 0 0 0 Bob Skinner 4 0 2 2
Al Rosen 4 2 3 2 Dick Stuart 4 1 2 2
Vic Wertz 3 0 1 0 Roberto Clemente 4 1 2 0
Dave Philley 4 1 2 0 Smoky Burgess 4 0 1 0
George Strickland 4 0 2 1 Don Hoak 3 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 0 1 1
Art Houtteman CZ 2 0 0 0 Harvey Haddix CYZ 3 0 1 0
Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0 Gino Cimoli 1 0 1 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 11 3 TOTALS 37 5 15 5
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 200 010 -- 3
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 101 002 10x -- 5
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9.
2B--Dave Philley, Al Rosen, Dick Stuart, Dick Groat, Roberto
Clemente. HR--Al Rosen (2), Dick Stuart.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Houtteman CZ (L) 6.00 9 4 4 1 3 1
Bob Feller BYZ 2.00 6 1 1 0 2 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Harvey Haddix CYZ7.33 10 3 3 1 5 2
Joe Gibbon CX 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Face BYZ (S) 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
New York Giants 10, Milwaukee 5
The Braves (12-8) took a 3-1 lead after three innings after Wes Covington had a solo home run in the second inning and Frank Torre and Eddie Mathews had back-to-back RBI doubles in the third. The Giants (11-9) tied in the fourth on Monte Irvin’s two-run homer. Milwaukee went back in front 4-3 on Del Crandall’s RBI triple in the sixth. It was all Giants after that. In the seventh, Al Dark had an RBI single and Don Mueller drove in three with a bases-clearing double. They tacked on three more runs in the eighth on a Whitey Lockman RBI double and a Hank Thompson two-run single. Sal Maglie didn’t pitch well but improved to 3-1 with the win.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 5 1 2 0 Whitey Lockman 5 2 2 1
Frank Torre 4 1 2 1 Al Dark 5 2 1 1
Eddie Mathews 3 0 1 1 Hank Thompson 4 0 1 2
Hank Aaron 4 1 0 0 Willie Mays 5 1 2 1
Wes Covington 5 2 3 1 Don Mueller 4 1 2 3
Johnny Logan 4 0 1 0 Monte Irvin 4 1 1 2
Bill Bruton 4 0 0 1 Davey Williams 4 1 1 0
Del Crandall 4 0 1 1 Ray Katt 4 1 3 0
Warren Spahn B 3 0 0 0 Sal Maglie BXZ 1 0 0 0
Joe Adcock 1 0 0 0 Joe Garagiola 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 10 5 TOTALS 36 10 13 10
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 012 001 010 -- 5
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 200 43x -- 10
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 9, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 6.
ERR--Eddie Mathews. 2B--Eddie Mathews, Frank Torre (2),
Willie Mays, Ray Katt, Davey Williams, Whitey Lockman, Don
Mueller. 3B--Red Schoendienst, Del Crandall. HR--Wes
Covington, Monte Irvin. HBP--Frank Torre, Joe Garagiola.
SACB--Sal Maglie BXZ (2).
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Warren Spahn B [L] 7.00 10 7 6 1 2 1
Ernie Johnson CX 1.00 3 3 3 0 1 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Sal Maglie BXZ [W] 7.33 8 5 5 2 6 1
Hoyt Wilhelm AX 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Windy McCall CX 1.00 2 0 0 1 2 0
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