Word: homers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first inning when the Yankees' star righthander, Bob Turley, winner of 21 games during the regular season, got gunned out in a seven-run Milwaukee assault. Bauer misplayed a fly ball for a double. Yankee Killer Lew Burdette added insult to injury with a three-run homer, breezed to a 13-5 victory for a record four straight series triumphs over the New Yorkers...
...winning one. Don Larsen and Ryne Duren combined for a 4-0 shutout, but at that only four hits came from Yankee bats all day-three of them by the rejuvenated Bauer ("Being a good loser is the bunk"), who knocked in all four runs with his third series homer, two singles. He still managed to get picked off first once again...
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2--Lou Burdette, still a hero, smashed a three-run homer to cap a seven-run first inning in the second game of the World Series here today. The home run led the Milwaukee Braves to a 13-5 victory and their second straight triumph over the New York Yankees...
Billy Bruton opened the Braves' half of the first with a 375-foot homer into the right field bleachers. Red Schoendienst then bounced a double past Bauer to the right field fence. After Turley managed to send a third strike past Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron worked him for a walk, and Wes Covington singled to center, scoring Schoendienst...
Statisticians uncovered the news that it was the first homer by a pitcher since 1940, when hurler Bucky Walters hit one. It was the fifth such home run in world series history...