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...Yankees, who had played like bush-ers in the first four games, came to life. In their half of the sixth, they zeroed in on Pitcher Lew Burdette just as if he had never beaten them three times running in the 1957 series, piled up six runs in their first sustained scoring outburst of the series. Bullet Bob Turley, blasted out in the first inning at Milwaukee when he pushed his fast ball up to the plate too enticingly, produced a suddenly dipsy curve to baffle the Braves with a scrawny five hits and breeze to a 7-0 victory...
Milwaukee's pitchers were even better than anyone had figured; Yankee hitters failed at crucial moments. The Braves' Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette had Yankee batters hitting impotent pop-ups and harmless grounders. Not only did they look bad at bat, the Bronx Bombers persisted in perpetrating boners on the baseline and afield. Seldom, if ever, had the New Yorkers botched a World Series so badly...
...second game was over in the 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...
...Pitcher Lew Burdette will get his chance to wrap up a second straight World Series for the Braves in today's seventh game. The Yanks will decide between Don Larsen and Johnny Kucks, depending on the status of Larsen's sore right...
Spahn got better as he went along, justifying Manager Fred Haney's move in starting him over Lew Burdette, the three-time winner of last season...