The 1953 New York Yankees rallied from three runs down to win their opener against the 1954 Cleveland Indians and maintain their lead in the standings. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves won to stay two games back. The other two second-place teams squared off and the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers beat the 1954 New York Giants to stay even with the Braves and knock the Giants into fourth place, three games back.
Philadelphia 11, Chicago 3
By the time the White Sox got their first hit in the bottom of the sixth inning, it was already 7-0 Philadelphia. Mike Goliat had a two-run triple and Dick Sisler had a two-run single in the second inning, and Goliat added a double in the third inning. The Phillies (9-16) later got an RBI single from Sisler and a bases-loaded walk to Del Ennis in the sixth to make it 7-0. Willie Jones added a bases-loaded triple in the eighth, followed by Granny Hamner RBI double, to make it 11-1. Nellie Fox drove in the first two runs for Chicago (9-16) in the sixth and eighth innings. The White Sox lost for the seventh time in eight games.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 6 1 1 0 Luis Aparicio 4 0 0 0
Richie Ashburn 4 1 3 0 Nellie Fox 4 0 1 2
Dick Sisler 5 0 2 3 Jim Landis 4 0 0 0
Del Ennis 3 1 0 1 Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0
Willie Jones 4 2 2 3 Al Smith 3 1 1 0
Granny Hamner 5 1 2 1 Earl Torgeson 4 0 0 0
Andy Seminick 3 1 0 0 Bubba Phillips 3 0 0 1
Mike Goliat 5 2 3 3 Jim McAnany 4 2 2 0
Robin Roberts BYZ 2 2 0 0 Dick Donovan C 1 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 1 0 1 0 Billy Goodman 0 0 0 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 0 1 0
Jim Rivera 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 11 14 11 TOTALS 33 3 5 3
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 041 002 040 -- 11
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 001 011 -- 3
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 9, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6.
ERR--Eddie Waitkus, Robin Roberts BYZ, Mike Goliat (2).
2B--Willie Jones, Granny Hamner, Mike Goliat, Richie
Ashburn, Jim McAnany. 3B--Willie Jones, Mike Goliat.
SACF--Bubba Phillips.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Robin Roberts BYZ [W] 8.00 4 2 2 2 1 0
Milo Candini C 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Dick Donovan C [L] 5.33 8 7 7 7 2 0
Ray Moore CYW 0.67 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Arias CYZ 2.00 4 4 4 1 1 0
Barry Latman CY 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2
The Braves (15-10) scored quickly in the first inning when Red Schoendienst led off with a triple and scored on Eddie Mathews’ sacrifice fly. The Pirates (12-13) tied it on Bill Virdon’s home run in the third, and went ahead 2-1 in the fifth when Bill Mazeroski tripled and scored on an error. The Braves went back in front 3-2 when Hank Aaron hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, his sixth of the season. They added an insurance run in the eighth on Frank Torre’s RBI single. Gene Conley stayed unbeaten, improving his record to 5-0, and Don McMahon notched his league-best eighth save.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 1 2 1 Red Schoendienst 3 1 2 0
Dick Groat 4 0 1 0 Frank Torre 4 1 1 1
Bob Skinner 3 0 0 0 Eddie Mathews 3 0 0 1
Dick Stuart 4 0 1 0 Hank Aaron 3 1 1 2
Roberto Clemente 3 0 0 0 Wes Covington 4 0 1 0
Smoky Burgess 4 0 2 0 Johnny Logan 3 0 0 0
Don Hoak 3 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 3 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 4 1 1 0 Del Crandall 3 0 0 0
Vern Law BZ 2 0 0 0 Gene Conley BW 2 0 0 0
Gino Cimoli 1 0 0 0 Joe Adcock 1 0 1 0
*Felix Mantilla 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 8 1 TOTALS 29 4 6 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 010 000 -- 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 100 002 01x -- 4
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 4.
ERR--Bill Mazeroski, Bill Bruton, Del Crandall. 2B--Smoky
Burgess. 3B--Bill Mazeroski, Wes Covington, Red
Schoendienst. HR--Bill Virdon, Hank Aaron. SACF--Eddie
Mathews. SACB--Red Schoendienst.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Law BZ [L] 7.00 4 3 1 0 5 1
Fred Green BY 1.00 2 1 1 1 1 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Gene Conley BW [W] 8.00 7 2 1 2 3 1
Don McMahon ACKW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
New York Yankees 5, Cleveland 4
The Indians (9-16) built a 4-1 lead after six innings but couldn’t hold on. Al Smith had a solo homer in the fifth inning and starting pitcher Bob Lemon briefly helped his cause with a two-run home run in the sixth. The Yankees (17-8) turned things around in the seventh inning, scoring three times to tie the game with the help of a couple of Cleveland errors and a Phil Rizzuto RBI double. Gil McDougald led off the eighth with a go-ahead solo home run for what turned out to be the game-winning run. The Indians put runners on second and third with no one out in the top of the ninth but Allie Reynolds got the final three outs to preserve the win.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Al Smith 2 1 1 1 Gil McDougald 4 1 2 2
Bobby Avila 4 0 0 0 Joe Collins 4 0 0 0
Larry Doby 5 0 0 1 Hank Bauer 4 0 0 0
Al Rosen 4 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 3 0 0 0 Gene Woodling 2 1 1 0
Dave Philley 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 3 0 1 0
George Strickland 3 1 0 0 Billy Martin 3 1 1 0
Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 2 2 1 1
Bob Lemon BY 3 2 2 2 Eddie Lopat BZ 1 0 0 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0 Don Bollweg 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 3 4 TOTALS 28 5 6 3
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 001 012 000 -- 4
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 000 31x -- 5
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 2.
ERR--Dave Philley, Jim Hegan, Billy Martin (2), Phil
Rizzuto. 2B--Bob Lemon BY, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto. HR--Al
Smith, Bob Lemon BY, Gil McDougald. SACB--Eddie Lopat BZ.
SB--Larry Doby, Al Rosen, Phil Rizzuto.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Lemon BY [L] 8.00 6 5 4 2 7 1
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Eddie Lopat BZ 7.00 3 4 4 6 1 2
Allie Reynolds BX [W] 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brooklyn 7, New York Giants 3
The Giants (14-11) scored three times in the second inning, with Sal Maglie hitting a two-run single. They wouldn’t score again, despite loading the bases with no one out in the fourth inning, and putting multiple runners on base in the fifth and eighth. The Dodgers (15-10) tied it in the sixth inning on Roy Campanella’s three-run home run. Giant reliever Marv Grissom hadn’t allowed a run in 13 innings of work this season but Jackie Robinson hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, and the Dodgers added three more in the ninth on Jim Gilliam’s RBI single and Pee Wee Reese’s two-run blast. Carl Erskine improved to 4-3 with the win.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 5 1 1 1 Whitey Lockman 5 0 0 0
Pee Wee Reese 5 1 2 2 Al Dark 4 0 0 0
Duke Snider 4 1 1 0 Hank Thompson 3 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 4 2 1 1 Willie Mays 3 0 1 0
Roy Campanella 4 1 1 3 Don Mueller 3 1 1 0
Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 3 1 1 0
Carl Furillo 4 1 2 0 Davey Williams 3 1 1 0
Billy Cox 2 0 0 0 Ray Katt 4 0 0 1
Carl Erskine BXY 3 0 0 0 Sal Maglie BXZ 2 0 1 2
George Shuba 1 0 0 0 Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 7 8 7 TOTALS 31 3 5 3
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 003 013 -- 7
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 030 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 5, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Carl Erskine BXY, Pee Wee Reese, Ray Katt, Al Dark.
2B--Carl Furillo (2). HR--Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson,
Pee Wee Reese. SACB--Billy Cox.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carl Erskine BXY [W] 7.00 5 3 3 4 5 0
Jim Hughes BX 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clem Labine BZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Sal Maglie BXZ 7.00 4 3 2 2 5 1
Marv Grissom AX [L] 2.00 4 4 4 0 2 2
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