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...Williams men will survive; survive the attacks of other-directed America, as long as we can watch the last of the magnificent individualists stride to the plate, give the raspberry to the fans, and begin the swing which ends on the other side of the right-field wall...
Braves' pinch hitter Nippy Jones was hit by pitcher Tommy Byrne, and scored the tying run on a double by Johnny Logan. With Logan on base, Matthews then tied the series with his homer into the right-field bleachers...
...almost impossible situation, Cal tried every pitch he knew and thereby earned a place in the record book. In the sixth inning Boston Second Baseman Gene Mauch connected with Cal's best change-up for a leftfield homer. Leftfielder Ted Williams belted a fast ball into the right-field seats. Cal had only curves left. First Baseman Dick Gernert and Third Baseman Frank Malzone walloped a couple of them out of leftfield, and the Sox went on to win no. No other American League pitcher has tossed up four home-run balls in a single inning since Philadelphia...
...second inning, but brash Billy Martin got one right back with a home run. In the sixth, the Dodgers pushed Pee Wee Reese home from third after he walloped a resounding triple. Slaughter, his team behind once more, came to the plate with two men on and two out. He scowled at Pitcher Roger Craig, glared back across ten years to the fierce joy of that day in 1946 when he hit his last World Series home run (against Boston). Then he parked a 3-and-1 pitch in the right-field stands to break up the ballgame. The final...
...Yanks. Pitcher Rip Coleman, who was holding his own on the mound, was due at the plate. But Casey yanked him in favor of Pinch-Hitter Bob Cerv, who stepped up and hit a single. Two runs scored. Then Outfielder Elston Howard bounced a home run off the right-field foul pole...