There was all kinds of drama as teams squared off for the second time in week number seven. Most notably, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers ran their winning streak to five games, and the 1957 Milwaukee Braves earned their fourth straight win. Those victories, coupled with the 1953 New York Yankees finally losing, put the Dodgers and Braves within one game in the standings with six to play.
It took a shutout from Early Wynn for the 1954 Cleveland Indians to beat the Yankees. Two other games went extra innings. Milwaukee and Pittsburgh stayed scoreless until the 13th inning, while the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies beat the the 1959 Chicago White Sox in 10. The only game without much drama was the Dodgers beating the Giants 9-3.
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2 (10 inn.)
Luis Aparicio singled and Nellie Fox homered in the top of the first to give the White Sox (9-17) a quick 2-0 lead. But, they wouldn’t score again. The Phillies tied the game in the top of the third as with two out, Eddie Waitkus doubled, Richie Asburn tripled and Dick Sisler singled. It stayed 2-2 until the 10th inning. Sisler slammed a two-run homer to put the Phillies (10-16) ahead, and Jim Konstanty finished it off for Philadelphia’s second win of the series.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 5 1 1 0 Luis Aparicio 5 1 2 0
Richie Ashburn 5 2 2 1 Nellie Fox 5 1 1 2
Dick Sisler 5 1 3 3 Jim Landis 4 0 2 0
Del Ennis 5 0 0 0 Sherm Lollar 4 0 0 0
Willie Jones 5 0 0 0 Al Smith 3 0 0 0
Granny Hamner 4 0 1 0 Earl Torgeson 1 0 0 0
Andy Seminick 4 0 2 0 Bubba Phillips 4 0 2 0
Mike Goliat 4 0 0 0 Jim McAnany 4 0 0 0
Russ Meyer DY 2 0 0 0 Early Wynn BX 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0 Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0
Bill Nicholson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 4 9 4 TOTALS 34 2 7 2
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 002 000 000 2 -- 4
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 000 000 0 -- 2
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, 1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6.
ERR--Earl Torgeson, Luis Aparicio. 2B--Eddie Waitkus, Dick
Sisler, Granny Hamner. 3B--Richie Ashburn. HR--Dick Sisler,
Nellie Fox. SACB--Earl Torgeson. SB--Jim Landis, Luis
Aparicio.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Russ Meyer DY 6.00 7 2 2 2 3 1
Bubba Church B 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Konstanty AZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Early Wynn BX 9.00 7 2 2 0 6 0
Turk Lown BX [L] 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1
Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 (13 inn.)
Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend and Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn put on a pitchers’ duel for the ages. Neither was involved in the decision, however, as the game went 13 innings. Spahn went 11 innings and gave up just four hits and one walk. After stranding Pirate (12-14) baserunners in scoring position in the first, second and third innings, Spahn retired 24 straight batters before giving up a walk in the 11th. In 10 innings, Friend allowed four hits and two walks. He caught a break in the sixth inning when Bill Virdon threw out a runner at home trying to score. Pirate reliever Roy Face hadn’t allowed a run yet this season and he pitched two scoreless innings. But to start his third inning of work in the bottom of the 13th, Milwaukee’s Del Crandall finally broke the scoreless tie and ended the game with a home run, giving the Braves (16-10) their second win in the series and fourth in a row.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI
Bill Virdon 4 0 1 0 Red Schoendienst 5 0 1 0
Dick Groat 5 0 0 0 Frank Torre 4 0 1 0
Bob Skinner 5 0 1 0 Eddie Mathews 5 0 2 0
Dick Stuart 5 0 0 0 Hank Aaron 5 0 1 0
Roberto Clemente 5 0 0 0 Wes Covington 5 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess 5 0 0 0 Johnny Logan 4 0 0 0
Don Hoak 5 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 5 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 5 0 1 0 Del Crandall 5 1 2 1
Bob Friend BYZ 3 0 0 0 Warren Spahn B 3 0 0 0
Dick Schofield 1 0 0 0 Bob Hazle 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 0 4 0 TOTALS 42 1 7 1
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 000 0 -- 0
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 000 000 000 000 1 -- 1
LOB--1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 7.
ERR--Bill Mazeroski. 2B--Bill Virdon, Bob Skinner, Eddie
Mathews. HR--Del Crandall.
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Friend BYZ 10.00 4 0 0 2 7 0
Roy Face BYZ [L] 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 1
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES
Warren Spahn B 11.00 4 0 0 1 3 0
Don McMahon ACKW [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cleveland 2, New York Yankees 0
It took a great pitching performance from Cleveland’s Early Wynn to finally slow the Yankees (17-9). He threw a five-hit shutout and didn’t allow a baserunner to reach third base. The Indians (10-16) scored in the first inning as Al Smith led off with a double, and he later scored on Vic Wertz’s two-out single. The Indians got an insurance run in the top of the ninth as they loaded the bases with one out, and Jim Hegan hit a sacrifice fly.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Al Smith 5 1 3 0 Gil McDougald 3 0 0 0
Bobby Avila 4 0 0 0 Joe Collins 4 0 1 0
Larry Doby 4 0 0 0 Hank Bauer 4 0 0 0
Al Rosen 2 1 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 0 2 0
Vic Wertz 4 0 1 1 Gene Woodling 4 0 1 0
Dave Philley 4 0 1 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
George Strickland 3 0 0 0 Billy Martin 4 0 0 0
Jim Hegan 3 0 0 1 Phil Rizzuto 3 0 1 0
Early Wynn BXZ 3 0 1 0 Whitey Ford BYW 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 6 2 TOTALS 31 0 5 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 100 000 001 -- 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8, 1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 7.
ERR--George Strickland. 2B--Al Smith, Dave Philley.
SACF--Jim Hegan. SACB--Whitey Ford BYW.
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Early Wynn BXZ [W] 9.00 5 0 0 2 8 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES
Whitey Ford BYW [L] 8.33 6 2 2 3 7 0
Tom Gorman CY 0.67 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brooklyn 9, New York Giants 3
Both teams had eight hits, but Brooklyn made the most of its chances. The Dodgers jumped out a 3-0 lead in the top of the first on just one hit, plus two walks and two errors. They made it 6-1 in the sixth on Duke Snider’s three-run home run, his sixth of the season. They tacked on single runs in the seventh and eighth on RBI singles by Carl Furillo and Jackie Robinson. Russ Meyer shut down the Giants (14-12), giving up just one run in eight innings of work to improve to 4-2, as the Dodgers (16-10) won for the second time in the series and extended their winning streak to five.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jim Gilliam 1 2 0 0 Whitey Lockman 4 0 1 0
Pee Wee Reese 3 1 0 0 Al Dark 4 0 1 0
Duke Snider 4 1 1 3 Hank Thompson 4 0 1 0
Jackie Robinson 5 1 2 2 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0
Roy Campanella 3 2 1 0 Don Mueller 4 1 1 0
Gil Hodges 4 1 0 0 Monte Irvin 2 1 1 1
Carl Furillo 5 0 3 2 Davey Williams 3 0 0 0
Billy Cox 5 0 0 0 Ray Katt 4 0 1 2
Russ Meyer CY 4 1 1 0 Don Liddle B 2 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0 Dusty Rhodes 1 0 1 0
Bobby Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 9 8 7 TOTALS 33 3 8 3
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 300 003 210 -- 9
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 000 002 -- 3
LOB--1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 9, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 6.
ERR--Duke Snider, Hank Thompson, Davey Williams, Al Dark.
2B--Dusty Rhodes, Monte Irvin, Ray Katt. HR--Duke Snider.
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Russ Meyer CY [W] 8.00 6 1 1 2 5 0
Johnny Podres BXYW 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Don Liddle B [L] 6.00 5 6 4 6 1 1
Windy McCall CX 2.00 2 3 3 4 0 0
Jim Hearn CW 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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