The 1954 New York Giants and the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers were victorious in their games to win their series 3-1, but so did the 1953 New York Yankees, and that keeps the Yankees with a two-game lead at the conclusion of week 6. The Giants, Dodgers and 1957 Milwaukee Braves are all tied for second place. The Braves got a walk-off win to salvage a split with the last-place 1950 Philadelphia Phillies.
There wasn’t as much offense on this gameday — Luis Aparicio of the 1959 Chicago White Sox had the only three-hit game (in a losing effort) and only three home runs were hit in the four games.
New York Giants 4, Chicago 1
Don Mueller blasted a three-run home run in the fourth inning to get the Giants (14-10) the lead. They added a fourth run in the eighth inning when Ray Katt reached base via an error and later scored on Al Dark’s RBI single. Don Liddle, meanwhile, pitched out of jam after jam. The White Sox put runners in position six times in the first eight innings. Willie Mays threw out a runner trying to score in the third inning. Chicago (9-15) finally broke up the shutout bid with two outs in the ninth. Earl Torgeson had doubled with one out and Jim McAnany’s two-out single gave the White Sox their only run. Liddle improved to 4-2 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 4 0 3 0
Al Dark 4 0 1 1 Nellie Fox 3 0 0 0
Hank Thompson 3 1 1 0 Jim Landis 4 0 0 0
Willie Mays 3 1 0 0 Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0
Don Mueller 4 1 2 3 Al Smith 4 0 2 0
Monte Irvin 2 0 0 0 Earl Torgeson 3 1 1 0
Davey Williams 2 0 1 0 Bubba Phillips 4 0 0 0
Ray Katt 3 1 0 0 Jim McAnany 4 0 1 1
Don Liddle B 1 0 0 0 Dick Donovan C 1 0 0 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 0 0 0
John Romano 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 4 6 4 TOTALS 33 1 7 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 300 010 -- 4
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 1, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8.
ERR--Don Liddle B, Don Mueller, Jim McAnany. 2B--Hank
Thompson, Earl Torgeson, Luis Aparicio. HR--Don Mueller.
HBP--Nellie Fox. SACB--Don Liddle B. SB--Luis Aparicio.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Liddle B [W] 9.00 7 1 1 2 1 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Dick Donovan C [L] 7.00 5 3 3 3 1 1
Turk Lown BX 2.00 1 1 0 2 0 0
Brooklyn 6, Cleveland 5
The Dodgers (14-10) scored six runs on three two-RBI doubles, which were provided by Billy Cox in the fourth inning, Jackie Robinson in the fifth inning and Duke Snider in the seventh inning. Snider’s hit made it 6-2 in Brooklyn’s favor. The Indians (9-15) scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings but that left them one run short. Jim Hegan had an RBI single in the sixth, Vic Wertz had an RBI double in the seventh, Hegan doubled and scored on an error in the eighth and Al Rosen hit his eighth home run of the season in the ninth.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 4 1 0 0 Al Smith 4 0 0 0
Pee Wee Reese 5 2 1 0 Bobby Avila 5 1 2 0
Duke Snider 5 1 2 2 Larry Doby 4 1 1 0
Jackie Robinson 2 1 1 2 Al Rosen 5 1 2 2
Roy Campanella 3 1 0 0 Vic Wertz 4 1 1 1
Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0 Dave Philley 5 0 1 0
Carl Furillo 4 0 0 0 George Strickland 4 0 2 0
Billy Cox 4 0 1 2 Jim Hegan 4 1 2 1
Preacher Roe CYZ 3 0 1 0 Bob Lemon BY 2 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 1 0 0 0 Wally Westlake 1 0 0 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 6 6 6 TOTALS 39 5 11 4
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 220 200 -- 6
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 001 001 111 -- 5
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 6, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 10.
ERR--Jackie Robinson, Jim Gilliam, George Strickland, Jim
Hegan. 2B--Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Billy Cox, George
Strickland, Jim Hegan, Vic Wertz. HR--Al Rosen. HBP--Jackie
Robinson.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Preacher Roe CYZ [W] 7.00 9 3 3 3 6 0
Bill Milliken BX [S] 2.00 2 2 1 0 0 1
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Bob Lemon BY [L] 6.00 4 4 3 2 7 0
Don Mossi AX 2.00 2 2 2 1 2 0
Hal Newhouser BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 2
The Braves (14-10) scored first on Red Schoendienst and Hank Aaron’s doubles in the first inning. The Phillies (8-16) went up 2-1 in the fifth inning on Mike Goliat’s two-run homer. Philadelphia starter Curt Simmons was cruising until the eighth. Schoendienst hit another double, and he scored the tying run on Eddie Mathews’ single. In the bottom of the ninth, Philadelphia RF Del Ennis somehow played a fly ball into a three-base error. Wes Covington scored the game-winning run on Johnny Logan’s suicide squeeze.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 3 0 0 0 Red Schoendienst 4 2 2 0
Richie Ashburn 4 0 1 0 Frank Torre 3 0 0 0
Dick Sisler 4 0 2 0 Eddie Mathews 3 0 1 1
Del Ennis 4 0 1 0 Hank Aaron 4 0 1 1
Willie Jones 4 0 0 0 Wes Covington 4 1 0 0
Granny Hamner 3 0 0 0 Johnny Logan 3 0 1 1
Andy Seminick 2 1 0 0 Bill Bruton 3 0 0 0
Mike Goliat 4 1 2 2 Del Crandall 3 0 1 0
Curt Simmons BXY 2 0 0 0 Gene Conley BW 1 0 0 0
Joe Adcock 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 6 2 TOTALS 29 3 6 3
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 020 000 -- 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 100 000 011 -- 3
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 6, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 5.
ERR--Del Ennis. 2B--Dick Sisler, Hank Aaron, Red
Schoendienst (2), Del Crandall. HR--Mike Goliat. SACB--Curt
Simmons BXY, Johnny Logan. SB--Johnny Logan.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons BXY [L] 8.33 6 3 2 3 5 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Gene Conley BW 8.00 6 2 2 4 0 1
Bob Trowbridge CY [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 1, Pittsburgh 0
Bob Friend of the Pirates and Eddie Lopat of the Yankees had a terrific pitchers’ duel. The only run of the game came in the third inning when New York’s Gil McDougald doubled, and then scored on Joe Collins’ single. Lopat didn’t allow a Pirate baserunner to make it to second base until the eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, Pittsburgh (12-12) put runners on second and third with one out, but Lopat got a popup and groundout to finish the shutout. New York (16-8) won for the fifth time in six games, and the seventh time in nine games.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 0 0 0 Gil McDougald 4 1 1 0
Dick Groat 3 0 0 0 Joe Collins 4 0 1 1
Bob Skinner 3 0 1 0 Hank Bauer 4 0 1 0
Dick Stuart 3 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 3 0 1 0
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0 Gene Woodling 4 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente 4 0 1 0 Yogi Berra 3 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess 3 0 0 0 Billy Martin 3 0 1 0
Don Hoak 3 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 3 0 2 0 Eddie Lopat BZ 3 0 1 0
Bob Friend BYZ 2 0 0 0
Hal Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 31 1 6 1
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 000 00x -- 1
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 7.
ERR--Dick Stuart, Gil McDougald. 2B--Bob Skinner, Bill
Mazeroski, Billy Martin, Mickey Mantle, Gil McDougald, Hank
Bauer.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend BYZ [L] 7.00 5 1 1 1 7 0
Roy Face BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Eddie Lopat BZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 2 6 0
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