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Philadelphia Phillies defeat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3
FIRST ROUND: Philadelphia headed to Wrigley Field down 3-2 in the series, but won both games 6 and 7 to eliminate Chicago. Over seven games, the Cubs had a better batting average (.242 to .204), hit more home runs (17…
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New York Yankees defeat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2
FIRST ROUND: Things looked bleak for the heavily favored Yankees when they went down 2-1 in the series and fell behind 7-0 in game four. But the Yankees came roaring back to win that contest and the next two to…
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San Francisco Giants 5, Oakland Athletics 3
GAME #49 (championship #2): Jerry Martin went 4-for-5 and smacked a two-run double in the top of the ninth, breaking a 3-3 tie and lifting the Giants to the championship, while ending the A’s six-game winning streak. For the second…
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Oakland Athletics 2, San Francisco Giants 1
GAME #48 (championship #1): Shooty Babbit tripled to lead off the top of the ninth and scored on Dave McKay’s sacrifice fly, and the A’s got another strong pitching performance from Rick Langford to force a second championship game. Oakland’s…
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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 1
GAME #47 (losers’ bracket): In the first and only rematch of the tournament, the Athletics avenged their earlier loss to the Red Sox behind another dominant pitching performance by Steve McCatty and a three-hit, three-RBI game by Rob Picciolo. After…
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Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 0
GAME #46 (losers’ bracket): In an elimination game between the two #1 seeds, the Athletics’ Matt Keough fired a one-hit shutout. He walked two and struck out just one. The A’s scored first in the top of the third on…
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San Francisco Giants 4, Boston Red Sox 2
GAME #45 (winners’ bracket final): The Giants overcame a shaky performance from Vida Blue, who gave up seven hits and six walks in 7 1/3 innings. Blue repeatedly pitched out of trouble, as the Red Sox left 11 runners on…
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Baltimore Orioles 2
GAME #44 (losers’ bracket): The Reds scored three runs in the first two innings and took a 4-0 lead after five innings. Dave Collins walked to lead off the first and eventually scored on an RBI groundout by George Foster.…
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Oakland Athletics 5, Houston Astros 3
GAME #43 (losers’ bracket): The A’s scored a run in each of the first four innings to go up 4-0, nearly gave up the entire lead, but held on behind a complete-game effort by Rick Langford and three hits apiece…
