Johnny Sain pitched a shutout to get the first-place 1953 New York Yankees back in the win column on Gameday #27. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves beat the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates for the third straight game and remain one game back of the Yankees with five to play. The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers couldn’t stay with the Braves, falling to the 1954 New York Giants for the first time in their series behind a big game from Willie Mays.
Chicago 8, Philadelphia 6
A rare offensive explosion by the White Sox (10-17) gave them their first win in the series. They jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first with Earl Torgeson providing a two-run home run. It was 5-1 heading to the sixth, and then the Phillies (10-17) scored five runs to take a 6-5 lead. Granny Hamner had a two-run single to help the Phillies’ cause. Chicago bounced back, scoring single runs in each of the next three innings. They tied it on Bubba Phillips’ RBI double in the seventh, went ahead on Jim Landis’ RBI single in the eighth, and added an insurance run on Jim McAnany’s RBI single in the ninth. Turk Lown won his fourth game out of the bullpen for the White Sox, and Gerry Staley picked up his fifth save.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 5 1 1 0 Eddie Waitkus 4 1 0 0
Nellie Fox 4 1 4 1 Richie Ashburn 3 1 1 0
Jim Landis 5 1 2 2 Dick Sisler 4 0 0 0
Sherm Lollar 4 0 1 0 Del Ennis 4 1 1 1
Al Smith 4 1 1 1 Willie Jones 4 1 2 1
Earl Torgeson 4 3 2 2 Granny Hamner 4 1 1 2
Bubba Phillips 4 0 1 1 Andy Seminick 4 1 1 1
Jim McAnany 5 0 1 1 Mike Goliat 4 0 1 0
Billy Pierce CYZ 3 1 1 0 Curt Simmons BXY 3 0 1 0
Billy Goodman 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0
Gerry Staley AZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 8 14 8 TOTALS 35 6 8 5
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 400 100 111 -- 8
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 001 005 000 -- 6
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 11, 1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
6. ERR--Jim Landis, Luis Aparicio. 2B--Bubba Phillips,
Nellie Fox, Willie Jones, Mike Goliat. 3B--Jim Landis,
Nellie Fox, Earl Torgeson, Billy Pierce CYZ. HR--Earl
Torgeson. HBP--Al Smith. SACF--Nellie Fox. SB--Al Smith.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce CYZ 5.33 7 6 5 2 1 0
Turk Lown BX1.67 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gerry Staley AZ [S] 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Curt Simmons BXY 7.00 9 6 6 4 9 1
Milo Candini C [L] 1.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
Ken Heintzelman C 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 2
Hank Aaron had RBI singles in both the fourth and sixth innings to give the Braves a 3-1 lead. They added to the margin with Bill Bruton’s RBI triple in the seventh, and then Bruton singled and scored on an error to make it 5-1. Bob Skinner had an RBI triple in the top of the ninth and the Pirates (12-15) brought the tying run to the plate with one out, but hit into a game-ending double play. Bob Buhl tossed a complete game for Milwaukee (17-10) as the Braves beat the Pirates for the third straight game.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 5 2 2 0 Bill Virdon 3 0 2 1
Frank Torre 4 0 2 1 Gino Cimoli 1 1 1 0
Eddie Mathews 4 1 1 0 Dick Groat 4 0 0 0
Hank Aaron 3 0 2 2 Bob Skinner 4 0 1 1
Wes Covington 4 0 0 0 Dick Stuart 3 0 1 0
Johnny Logan 3 1 0 0 Roberto Clemente 3 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 4 1 2 1 Smoky Burgess 3 0 0 0
Del Crandall 4 0 2 0 Don Hoak 3 0 1 0
Bob Buhl AYW 2 0 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 3 0 0 0
Harvey Haddix CYZ 2 1 1 0
Rocky Nelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 11 4 TOTALS 30 2 7 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 100 101 101 -- 5
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 000 001 -- 2
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 6, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 3.
ERR--Joe Gibbon CX. 2B--Eddie Mathews, Harvey Haddix CYZ,
Don Hoak. 3B--Red Schoendienst, Bill Bruton, Bill Virdon,
Bob Skinner. SACB--Frank Torre, Bob Buhl AYW (2).
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Buhl AYW [W] 9.00 7 2 2 2 2 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Harvey Haddix CYZ [L] 7.00 9 4 4 1 1 0
Clem Labine CY 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Gibbon CX 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 2, Cleveland 0
Johnny Sain pitched a four-hit shutout, walking two and striking out seven, to give the Yankees (18-9) their second win of the series. Sain improved to 5-1 on the season. The Indians (10-17) only put runners in scoring position in the eighth inning, getting runners to second and third with one out, but hit into a double play. Hank Bauer led off the fourth inning with a home run, his fourth of the season. Phil Rizzuto led off the fifth with a single. He was sacrificed to second, then scored on Gil McDougald’s single to make it 2-0.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 4 0 2 1 Al Smith 3 0 1 0
Joe Collins 4 0 0 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 0 0
Hank Bauer 4 1 2 1 Larry Doby 4 0 1 0
Mickey Mantle 4 0 2 0 Al Rosen 4 0 0 0
Gene Woodling 3 0 1 0 Vic Wertz 3 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0 Dave Philley 2 0 0 0
Billy Martin 4 0 1 0 George Strickland 3 0 0 0
Phil Rizzuto 4 1 1 0 Jim Hegan 3 0 2 0
Johnny Sain BYZ 3 0 0 0 Mike Garcia BYZ 2 0 0 0
Bill Glynn 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 2 9 2 TOTALS 29 0 4 0
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 110 000 -- 2
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 7, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4.
ERR--Johnny Sain BYZ, Al Smith, George Strickland, Vic
Wertz. 2B--Mickey Mantle, Jim Hegan. HR--Hank Bauer.
SACB--Johnny Sain BYZ.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Sain BYZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 2 7 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Mike Garcia BYZ [L] 7.67 9 2 2 1 3 1
Don Mossi AX 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Narleski BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Giants 5, Brooklyn 2
Willie Mays had three doubles to give him a league-leading 16 for the season, and he had a part in four of the five Giant runs. He doubled and scored on Don Mueller’s single in the second. Monte Irvin hit a solo home run in the fourth, his fifth of the season. Mays drove in two runs with his third double in the eighth inning, then scored on another Mueller RBI single. Ruben Gomez took a shutout to the ninth inning but the Dodgers (16-11) finally put two runs on the board. It wasn’t enough as the Giants (15-12) won for the first time in the series.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Whitey Lockman 3 0 0 0 Jim Gilliam 3 0 0 0
Al Dark 4 1 2 0 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Hank Thompson 3 1 0 0 Duke Snider 4 1 2 0
Willie Mays 4 2 3 2 Jackie Robinson 4 1 3 0
Don Mueller 4 0 2 2 Roy Campanella 4 0 0 0
Monte Irvin 3 1 1 1 Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0
Davey Williams 3 0 0 0 Carl Furillo 4 0 1 1
Ray Katt 4 0 0 0 Billy Cox 4 0 0 0
Ruben Gomez BY 4 0 0 0 Preacher Roe CYZ 1 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0
Don Thompson 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 5 8 5 TOTALS 34 2 7 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 100 030 -- 5
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 002 -- 2
LOB--1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 6.
2B--Willie Mays (3), Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo.
3B--Jackie Robinson. HR--Monte Irvin. SB--Jackie Robinson.
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ruben Gomez BY [W] 8.67 7 2 2 1 5 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Preacher Roe CYZ [L] 6.00 5 2 2 4 1 1
Bill Milliken BX 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 0
Jim Hughes BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Wade BXY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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