The 1953 New York Yankees finally lost, but so did the 1954 New York Giants, so the Yankees maintain a two-game lead with nine to play. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers both won, moving them into a tie for second place with the Giants. The Braves rallied in the ninth and got a walk-off home run by Wes Covington, his league-high 10th of the season. Bob Shaw of the 1959 Chicago White Sox pitched a shutout. All three teams that had 2-0 leads in their series lost here.
Chicago 5, New York Giants 0
Bob Shaw pitched a three-hit shutout to end Chicago’s five-game losing streak and New York’s four-game winning streak. He didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning, when the Giants (13-10) got two and loaded the bases with one out. But he got out of the jam and that was the only time New York put runners in scoring position. The White Sox (9-14) quickly took a 3-0 lead on Sherm Lollar’s two-run double and Bubba Phillips’ RBI single in the first inning. They scored two more in the eighth, one on an error and the other on an RBI single by Jim McAnany. Shaw improved to 3-2 on the season.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 4 0 1 0 Luis Aparicio 5 1 0 0
Al Dark 4 0 2 0 Nellie Fox 3 1 1 0
Hank Thompson 3 0 0 0 Jim Landis 4 0 1 0
Willie Mays 3 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 3 1 1 2
Don Mueller 4 0 0 0 Al Smith 4 1 1 0
Monte Irvin 3 0 0 0 Earl Torgeson 3 0 0 0
Davey Williams 3 0 0 0 Bubba Phillips 4 1 2 2
Ray Katt 3 0 0 0 Jim McAnany 3 0 1 1
Sal Maglie BXZ 1 0 0 0 Bob Shaw BZ 2 0 0 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 3 0 TOTALS 31 5 7 5
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 300 000 02x -- 5
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8.
ERR--Hank Thompson, Al Dark. 2B--Jim Landis, Sherm Lollar.
HBP--Nellie Fox. SACB--Bob Shaw BZ (2). SB--Al Smith.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sal Maglie BXZ [L] 7.00 5 3 1 3 3 0
Windy McCall CX 1.00 2 2 1 0 0 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Bob Shaw BZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 3 3 0
Pittsburgh 7, New York Yankees 3
The Yankees (15-8) scored first on Gil McDougald’s RBI single in the second inning. But the Pirates (12-11) scored the next seven runs over a six-inning span. Dick Stuart hit a two-run homer in the third inning to get it started, his team-high seventh of the season, and Smoky Burgess had a solo shot in the fourth inning. Burgess also drove in a run via an error in the fifth, Stuart had an RBI single in the seventh and Bill Virdon had an RBI triple and Dick Groat had an RBI single in the eighth. Billy Martin had a two-run double for the Yankees in the bottom of the eighth, but too little, too late. Vinegar Bend Mizell improved to 4-1 on the season.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 1 1 1 Gil McDougald 4 0 1 1
Dick Groat 5 0 1 1 Joe Collins 4 0 1 0
Bob Skinner 4 3 2 0 Hank Bauer 4 1 3 0
Dick Stuart 4 1 3 3 Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente 5 0 1 0 Gene Woodling 4 1 1 0
Smoky Burgess 4 1 2 2 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
Don Hoak 4 0 0 0 Billy Martin 4 0 2 2
Bill Mazeroski 5 1 1 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 1 0
Vinegar Bend Mizell 3 0 0 0 Vic Raschi BYZ 2 0 0 0
Bob Kuzava BX 1 0 0 0
Bill Renna 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 7 11 7 TOTALS 35 3 9 3
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 002 110 120 -- 7
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 010 000 020 -- 3
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 10.
ERR--Don Hoak, Phil Rizzuto, Gil McDougald, Vic Raschi BYZ.
2B--Bob Skinner, Roberto Clemente, Billy Martin. 3B--Bill
Virdon. HR--Dick Stuart, Smoky Burgess. SACB--Vinegar Bend
Mizell B. SB--Phil Rizzuto.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vinegar Bend Mizell [W] 8.00 9 3 2 5 4 0
Fred Green BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Vic Raschi BYZ [L] 6.00 7 5 5 3 4 2
Bob Kuzava BX 2.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
Steve Kraly CW 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 1
The Phillies (8-15) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Granny Hamner doubled with two outs and scored on Andy Seminick’s single. It stayed 1-0 until the bottom of the ninth. Philadelphia starter Russ Meyer threw six scoreless innings, and he was then replaced by relief ace Jim Konstanty. He got through the seventh and eighth innings in good shape, but couldn’t close it out in the ninth as the Braves (13-10) finally came alive. Red Schoendienst led off with a triple, and a couple of batters later, he scored the tying run on Hank Aaron’s sacrifice fly. With two outs, Wes Covington slammed a walk-off two-run home run, his league-best 10th of the season.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 5 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 4 1 2 0
Richie Ashburn 4 0 2 0 Frank Torre 4 0 0 0
Dick Sisler 4 0 1 0 Eddie Mathews 3 1 0 0
Del Ennis 4 0 0 0 Hank Aaron 3 0 1 1
Willie Jones 4 0 1 0 Wes Covington 4 1 2 2
Granny Hamner 4 1 1 0 Johnny Logan 3 0 1 0
Andy Seminick 2 0 2 1 Bill Bruton 3 0 1 0
Mike Goliat 1 0 0 0 Del Crandall 3 0 0 0
Russ Meyer DY 2 0 0 0 Bob Buhl AYW 2 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 0 0 0 0 Joe Adcock 1 0 0 0
Jim Konstanty AZ 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 7 1 TOTALS 30 3 7 3
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 010 000 000 -- 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 000 003 -- 3
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 9, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 3.
ERR--Wes Covington. 2B--Andy Seminick, Granny Hamner.
3B--Red Schoendienst. HR--Wes Covington. SACF--Hank Aaron.
SACB--Dick Whitman, Mike Goliat, Jim Konstanty AZ.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Russ Meyer DY 6.00 4 0 0 0 3 0
Jim Konstanty AZ [L] 2.67 3 3 3 1 1 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Bob Buhl AYW 8.00 7 1 1 2 2 0
Don McMahon ACKW [W] 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brooklyn 4, Cleveland 1
The Dodgers (13-10) got off to a good start by scoring three times in the second inning as Carl Furillo had a two-run double, followed by Billy Cox’s RBI single. They made it 4-0 in the seventh inning when Duke Snider walked with two outs and came home on Jackie Robinson’s RBI triple. The Indians (9-14) left runners in scoring position in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. They finally got on the board in the eighth on Al Rosen’s seventh home run of the season, but that was it. Carl Erskine evened his record at 3-3 with a good outing.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 0 0 0 Al Smith 4 0 0 0
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 1 0
Duke Snider 3 1 0 0 Larry Doby 4 0 1 0
Jackie Robinson 4 0 2 1 Al Rosen 3 1 1 1
Roy Campanella 4 1 1 0 Vic Wertz 2 0 1 0
Gil Hodges 3 1 0 0 Bill Glynn 2 0 0 0
Carl Furillo 4 1 1 2 Dave Philley 3 0 0 0
Billy Cox 4 0 2 1 George Strickland 4 0 0 0
Carl Erskine BXY 2 0 0 0 Jim Hegan 3 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0 Early Wynn BXZ 2 0 1 0
Wally Westlake 0 0 0 0
Rudy Regalado 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 6 4 TOTALS 32 1 5 1
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 030 000 100 -- 4
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 7, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8.
ERR--George Strickland, Early Wynn BXZ. 2B--Roy Campanella,
Carl Furillo, Bobby Avila, Larry Doby. 3B--Jackie Robinson.
HR--Al Rosen. SACB--Carl Erskine BXY.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Erskine BXY [W] 8.00 5 1 1 4 7 1
Clem Labine BZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Early Wynn BXZ [L] 7.00 6 4 4 3 5 0
Bob Feller BYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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