Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
Through nine torturous innings the 37-year-old Milwaukee southpaw, working with only two days rest, dueled with three different Yankee pitchers only to lose in the 10th. Singles by Elston Howard and Yogi Berra finished him off, and the Yankees added the all-important extra run on Bill Skowron's single off relief pitcher Don McMahon...
...came grizzled old Casey to talk with his pitcher. Casey decided to stay with Duren but when Brave Joe Adcock pumped a single to center, moving the potential tying run to third base, Stengel summoned Bob Turley from the Yankee bull pen. Turley had to face Frank Torre, a left-handed batter hitting for Del Crandall...
...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...
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...