The 1953 New York Yankees bounced back with an easy win over the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, eliminating the Dodgers from contention and giving the Yankees a share of the title. The 1957 Milwaukee Braves remain alive after they rallied to beat the 1954 Cleveland Indians, but they’re two back with two to play.
The two most entertaining games of the day featured teams that had been eliminated. Both the 1954 New York Giants and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates had rallies in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings, where they ended up winning. The Giants scored five times in the ninth to extend the game, and later overcame a two-run deficit in extra innings.
New York Giants 11, Philadelphia 9 (14 inn.)
Del Ennis hit a pair of home runs, driving in five, to help the Phillies take a 4-0 lead after six innings and a 7-2 advantage heading to the bottom of the ninth. The Giants (17-13) pulled off an incredible rally, scoring five times to send the game to extra innings. Hank Thompson had a two-run triple in the inning. The Phillies (12-18) scored twice in the top of the 13th to back in front as Willie Jones and Andy Seminick had RBI doubles. Thompson came through with a big hit again in the bottom of the 13th, smacking a two-run home run to tie the game. In the bottom of the 14th, the Giants’ Joe Garagiola won it with a two-run homer.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Eddie Waitkus 7 1 2 0 Whitey Lockman 6 2 2 0
Richie Ashburn 7 2 0 0 Al Dark 7 2 3 2
Dick Sisler 5 3 4 2 Hank Thompson 5 2 4 5
Del Ennis 6 2 3 5 Willie Mays 7 1 2 1
Willie Jones 6 1 1 1 Don Mueller 5 0 2 0
Granny Hamner 7 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 6 0 1 0
Andy Seminick 5 0 2 1 Davey Williams 6 1 0 1
Mike Goliat 5 0 0 0 Ray Katt 5 1 1 0
Curt Simmons BXY 1 0 0 0 Billy Gardner 1 0 0 0
Dick Whitman 0 0 0 0 Hoyt Wilhelm AX 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 1 0 0 0 Don Liddle B 2 0 0 0
Bill Nicholson 0 0 0 0 Bobby Hofman 1 1 1 0
Dusty Rhodes 1 0 0 0
Joe Garagiola 3 1 1 2
TOTALS 50 9 12 9 TOTALS 55 11 17 11
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 101 020 003 000 20 -- 9
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 205 000 22 -- 11
LOB--1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 16, 1954 NEW YORK GIANTS 12.
ERR--Al Dark, Don Mueller. 2B--Eddie Waitkus, Willie Jones,
Dick Sisler, Andy Seminick (2), Willie Mays, Al Dark, Whitey
Lockman. 3B--Hank Thompson. HR--Del Ennis (2), Joe
Garagiola, Hank Thompson. HBP--Dick Whitman, Del Ennis, Don
Mueller. SACB--Curt Simmons BXY (3), Hoyt Wilhelm AX.
1950 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Simmons BXY 8.00 6 2 2 4 6 0
Milo Candini C 0.33 4 4 4 0 1 0
Bubba Church B 2.67 4 1 1 1 1 0
Ken Heintzelman C 2.00 2 2 2 0 0 1
Ken Johnson CYW [L] 0.33 1 2 2 1 0 1
1954 NEW YORK GIANTS
Don Liddle B 7.00 6 4 4 6 2 1
Windy McCall CX 2.00 2 3 3 3 0 1
Marv Grissom AX 3.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Hoyt Wilhelm AX [W] 2.00 3 2 2 3 0 0
Milwaukee 3, Cleveland 2
The Indians (11-19) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on RBI singles by Bobby Avila and Dave Philley, and it looked like they might beat the Braves again. But Milwaukee (18-12) got an RBI single from Red Schoendienst in the third inning. The Braves tied it in the fourth when Eddie Mathews doubled and scored on Wes Covington’s single. It stayed 2-2 until the ninth. Hank Aaron led off the top of the ninth with a walk, and scored on a two-out single by Bill Bruton to give the Braves their first lead. Gene Conley became the league’s first six-game winner and Don McMahon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his league-high ninth save.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVE AB R H BI 1954 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Red Schoendienst 4 0 1 1 Al Smith 4 1 1 0
Frank Torre 3 0 0 0 Bobby Avila 4 0 2 1
Eddie Mathews 4 1 1 0 Larry Doby 3 0 0 0
Hank Aaron 3 1 1 0 Al Rosen 4 1 1 0
Wes Covington 4 0 1 1 Vic Wertz 2 0 1 0
Johnny Logan 4 0 0 0 Dave Philley 4 0 1 1
Bill Bruton 4 0 1 1 George Strickland 4 0 0 0
Del Crandall 3 1 1 0 Jim Hegan 4 0 0 0
Gene Conley BW 2 0 0 0 Mike Garcia BYZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 6 3 TOTALS 32 2 6 2
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 001 100 001 -- 3
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 200 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES 5, 1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6.
ERR--Bobby Avila, George Strickland. 2B--Eddie Mathews, Al
Smith. HBP--Frank Torre. SACB--Gene Conley BW, Larry Doby.
1957 MILWAUKEE BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Conley BW [W] 8.00 6 2 2 2 6 0
Don McMahon ACKW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Mike Garcia BYZ [L] 9.00 6 3 3 2 2 0
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4 (10 inn.)
Earl Torgeson and Sherm Lollar hit solo home runs for the White Sox (10-20), who took a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth on Jim Landis’ RBI double. In the bottom of the ninth, Smoky Burgess led off with a single for the Pirates (15-15). After two outs were made, pinch-hitter Rocky Nelson came through with an RBI double to tie the game. In the bottom of the 10th, the White Sox got the first two outs, but they couldn’t get the third one. Dick Stuart walked, Roberto Clemente singled, and Burgess recorded his fourth hit of the game, scoring Stuart for the walk-off victory.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Luis Aparicio 5 0 1 0 Bill Virdon 5 0 1 0
Nellie Fox 5 1 2 1 Dick Groat 5 0 0 0
Jim Landis 5 0 1 1 Bob Skinner 4 1 0 0
Sherm Lollar 5 1 3 1 Dick Stuart 4 2 2 1
Al Smith 4 0 2 0 Roberto Clemente 4 0 2 1
Earl Torgeson 5 1 1 1 Smoky Burgess 5 1 4 1
Bubba Phillips 4 0 2 0 Don Hoak 3 0 1 0
Jim McAnany 5 0 2 0 Bill Mazeroski 4 1 0 0
Bob Shaw BZ 2 0 0 0 Harvey Haddix CYZ 2 0 0 0
Ted Kluszewski 1 1 1 0 Gino Cimoli 1 0 1 1
John Romano 1 0 0 0 Rocky Nelson 1 0 1 1
Billy Goodman 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 43 4 16 4 TOTALS 38 5 12 5
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 010 000 111 0 -- 4
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 100 001 101 1 -- 5
LOB--1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 12, 1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 8.
ERR--Jim McAnany. 2B--Jim Landis, Ted Kluszewski, Dick
Stuart, Rocky Nelson. 3B--Don Hoak. HR--Earl Torgeson, Sherm
Lollar. SACB--Don Hoak. SB--Nellie Fox, Al Smith, Jim
McAnany.
1959 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Shaw BZ 6.00 5 2 2 2 3 0
Barry Latman CY 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
Gerry Staley AZ 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Rudy Arias CYZ [L] 0.67 2 1 1 1 1 0
1960 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Harvey Haddix CYZ 7.00 10 2 2 1 3 1
Fred Green BY 2.00 5 2 2 2 0 1
Clem Labine CY [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 5, Brooklyn 2
Eddie Lopat pitched a gem for the Yankees (20-10) to even the series and give New York a share of the title. He had a shutout going until two outs in the bottom of the ninth, when Roy Campanella hit a two-run homer. But it was already 5-0 at that point. In the top of the fourth, Hank Bauer had an RBI single and Mickey Mantle had an RBI double. In the seventh, Joe Collins singled with the bases loaded. All three runners scored with the help of an error by the Dodgers (17-13). Lopat improved to 4-1.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1953 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Gil McDougald 2 2 2 0 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Joe Collins 4 1 2 2 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Hank Bauer 3 0 1 1 Duke Snider 4 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 4 0 1 1 Jackie Robinson 4 1 3 0
Gene Woodling 4 0 0 0 Roy Campanella 4 1 2 2
Yogi Berra 3 0 0 0 Gil Hodges 4 0 0 0
Billy Martin 3 1 0 0 Carl Furillo 3 0 1 0
Phil Rizzuto 4 0 0 0 Billy Cox 3 0 1 0
Eddie Lopat BZ 3 1 0 0 Preacher Roe CYZ 1 0 0 0
Bobby Morgan 0 0 0 0
George Shuba 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 6 4 TOTALS 32 2 7 2
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 200 300 -- 5
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 002 -- 2
LOB--1953 NEW YORK YANKEES 4, 1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS 4.
ERR--Hank Bauer, Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson. 2B--Mickey
Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Billy Cox. HR--Roy Campanella.
SB--Jackie Robinson.
1953 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Lopat BZ [W] 9.00 7 2 2 1 5 1
1953 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Preacher Roe CYZ [L] 6.00 5 2 2 3 2 0
Bill Milliken BX 2.00 1 3 2 3 2 0
Clem Labine BZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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