For the first time all season, a single team has a two-game lead in the standings. That would be the 1953 New York Yankees, who opened their series with a close win over the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates to improve to 14-7. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves were routed by the last-place 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, their third straight loss. They’re now two games back, tied with the 1954 New York Giants, who homered four times to beat the 1959 Chicago White Sox. The fourth game of the day saw the 1954 Cleveland Indians beat the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers 1-0.
New York Giants 6, Chicago 4
The White Sox opened up a 3-0 lead after Bubba Phillips’ two-run homer in the second inning. But the Giants (12-9) hit four home runs to account for all six of their runs. Willie Mays had a solo shot in the second inning, as did Ray Katt in the fifth inning. In the sixth, Monte Irvin and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes both hit two-run homers to put the Giants ahead 6-3. It was Katt’s team-high seventh home run of the season, and the fifth for Mays and the fourth for Irvin. The White Sox got one back in the eighth when Nellie Fox led off with a triple and immediately scored on Jim Landis’ sacrifice fly, but Chicago (8-13) wouldn’t get another baserunner and lost for the fourth straight time.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 4 1 1 0 Whitey Lockman 5 0 1 0
Nellie Fox 3 1 1 1 Al Dark 3 0 1 0
Jim Landis 3 0 0 1 Hank Thompson 3 0 0 0
Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0 Willie Mays 3 2 2 1
Al Smith 4 0 0 0 Don Mueller 4 0 1 0
Earl Torgeson 3 1 1 0 Monte Irvin 3 1 1 2
Bubba Phillips 4 1 1 2 Davey Williams 4 0 0 0
Jim McAnany 4 0 1 0 Ray Katt 4 2 3 1
Early Wynn BX 1 0 0 0 Ruben Gomez BY 2 0 0 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0 Dusty Rhodes 1 1 1 2
Joe Garagiola 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 4 5 4 TOTALS 33 6 10 6
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 120 000 010 -- 4
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 014 00x -- 6
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Jim McAnany, Hank Thompson, Davey Williams. 2B--Jim
McAnany, Ray Katt (2), Al Dark. 3B--Nellie Fox. HR--Bubba
Phillips, Willie Mays, Dusty Rhodes, Monte Irvin, Ray Katt.
SACF--Jim Landis, Nellie Fox. SACB--Early Wynn BX. SB--Luis
Aparicio (2).
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Early Wynn BX [L] 6.00 10 6 6 1 8 4
Barry Latman CY 2.00 0 0 0 3 1 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Ruben Gomez BY [W] 6.00 4 3 2 1 5 1
Hoyt Wilhelm AX 2.00 1 1 1 0 2 0
Marv Grissom AX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
New York Yankees 3, Pittsburgh 2
Neither team had a hit for the first four innings. The Yankees changed that in the top of the fifth as Gene Woodling walked, Yogi Berra doubled and Billy Martin had a two-run single to open the scoring. The Pirates (11-10) cut the deficit to 2-1 on Dick Stuart’s solo home run in the seventh, his sixth of the season. New York got an unearned insurance run in the top of the ninth on Phil Rizzuto’s sacrifice fly. It turned out the Yankees would need it, as the Pirates got one back in the bottom of the ninth as Dick Groat tripled and scored on Stuart’s sacrifice fly. The Pirates had the tying run at first base and the winning run at the plate but couldn’t come through. The Yankees (14-7) won for the sixth time in seven games. Johnny Sain improved to 4-1 and Allie Reynolds got the final two outs for his fourth save.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 3 0 0 0 Bill Virdon 3 0 0 0
Joe Collins 4 0 0 0 Dick Groat 4 1 1 0
Hank Bauer 4 0 0 0 Bob Skinner 3 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0 Dick Stuart 3 1 1 2
Gene Woodling 3 1 1 0 Roberto Clemente 4 0 1 0
Yogi Berra 4 2 1 0 Smoky Burgess 3 0 0 0
Billy Martin 4 0 2 2 Don Hoak 2 0 0 0
Phil Rizzuto 3 0 0 1 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 1 0
Johnny Sain BYZ 3 0 0 0 Vern Law BZ 2 0 0 0
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 4 3 TOTALS 28 2 4 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 020 001 -- 3
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 101 -- 2
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 3.
ERR--Gene Woodling, Don Hoak, Bill Mazeroski (2). 2B--Yogi
Berra, Bill Mazeroski. 3B--Dick Groat. HR--Dick Stuart.
HBP--Gil McDougald. SACF--Phil Rizzuto, Dick Stuart.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Sain BYZ [W] 8.33 4 2 2 3 4 1
Allie Reynolds BX [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Vern Law BZ [L] 8.00 3 2 2 2 6 0
Fred Green BY 1.00 1 1 0 0 1 0
Cleveland 1, Brooklyn 0
Mike Garcia and Don Mossi combined on a three-hit shutout and outdueled the Dodgers’ Billy Loes for the 1-0 victory. The Indians (9-12) stranded runners on third base in the third, fifth and sixth innings. The Dodgers (11-10) also left runners in scoring position three times. The only run of the game came in the eighth inning with one out when the Indians’ Vic Wertz launched a solo home run. Cleveland had a chance to add more, putting runners on second and third with one out, but the Dodgers got out of the jam. Garcia pitched seven strong innings and Mossi threw two perfect innings in relief for his fourth save.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Al Smith 4 0 1 0 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Bobby Avila 4 0 1 0 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Larry Doby 4 0 0 0 Duke Snider 4 0 0 0
Al Rosen 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 3 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 3 1 1 1 Roy Campanella 2 0 1 0
Dave Philley 3 0 2 0 Gil Hodges 3 0 2 0
George Strickland 4 0 1 0 Carl Furillo 3 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 1 0 Billy Cox 3 0 0 0
Mike Garcia BYZ 3 0 1 0 Billy Loes CY 2 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0 Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 8 1 TOTALS 29 0 3 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 010 -- 1
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 11, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 4.
ERR--George Strickland, Vic Wertz. 2B--Dave Philley, George
Strickland. 3B--Jim Hegan. HR--Vic Wertz.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Garcia BYZ [W] 7.00 3 0 0 2 3 0
Don Mossi AX [S] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Billy Loes CY [L] 7.33 8 1 1 5 7 1
Bill Milliken BX 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clem Labine BZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 13, Milwaukee 2
Since briefly taking over first place, the Braves have lost three straight and been outscored 26-7. The Phillies (7-14) scored a season-high 13 runs thanks to four multi-run innings. Willie Jones had a two-run single in the first inning and a three-run homer in the sixth, his fifth of the season. Andy Seminick had an RBI single in the first, a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and a two-run homer in the eighth, his team-high seventh. Mike Goliat had a solo homer in the sixth. Eddie Mathews drove in both runs for Milwaukee (12-9). Robin Roberts earned his first win of the season in his sixth start.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 3 1 0 0 Eddie Waitkus 4 2 2 0
Frank Torre 4 0 1 0 Richie Ashburn 5 2 2 2
Eddie Mathews 3 0 1 2 Dick Sisler 5 2 3 0
Hank Aaron 4 0 0 0 Del Ennis 4 2 1 1
Wes Covington 4 0 1 0 Willie Jones 4 1 3 5
Johnny Logan 3 0 0 0 Granny Hamner 3 1 1 0
Bill Bruton 3 0 1 0 Andy Seminick 4 1 2 4
Del Crandall 3 0 0 0 Mike Goliat 5 1 1 1
Lew Burdette CRW 1 0 0 0 Robin Roberts BYZ 3 1 0 0
Andy Pafko 1 1 1 0
Bob Hazle 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 2 6 2 TOTALS 37 13 15 13
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 100 001 000 -- 2
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 300 404 02x -- 13
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 3, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7.
2B--Dick Sisler, Granny Hamner, Richie Ashburn. HR--Willie
Jones, Andy Seminick, Mike Goliat. SACF--Eddie Mathews.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lew Burdette CRW [L] 5.00 10 7 7 6 0 0
Bob Trowbridge CY 2.00 3 4 4 1 0 2
Juan Pizarro CXW 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 1
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Robin Roberts BYZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 1 7 0
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