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Brooklyn Manager Charley Dressen shot the works. Starting with his ace lefthander, Preacher Roe, he used up a total of seven pitchers trying to cut the Phillies down. In the eighth the Dodgers scored three runs, tied up the game. Going into the last of the twelfth the Phillies threatened again, loading the bases with one out. Brooklyn's Don Newcombe zipped a third strike past Outfielder Del Ennis. But then Philly First Baseman Eddie Waitkus lashed a liner toward Second Baseman Jackie Robinson, who had missed a grounder in the second inning that let in two Philadelphia runs...
Team: Brooklyn (by 5½ games) Pitcher: Roe, Brooklyn (19-2) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.367) Runs Batted In: Irvin, New York (103) Home Runs: Kiner, Pittsburgh...
Then, with Maglie and Jansen matching Newcombe and Roe, and with Thomson and Mays hitting homers, perhaps the Giants would then be able to stay ahead of the Dodgers...
NATIONAL LEAGUE Team: Brooklyn (by 8½ games) Pitcher: Roe, Brooklyn (13-2) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.371) Runs Batted In: Snider, Brooklyn...
Only diehard Giant fans still think there is much hope of catching the Dodgers, but last week, in a do-or-die series, the Giants served notice that they cannot be counted out quite yet. In the first game the Giants finally beat Brooklyn Pitcher Preacher Roe (after he had won ten straight), 4-0. The Dodgers exploded in the second, 10-4. In the rubber game, Giant Outfielder Monte Irvin drove in four runs with two homers, beat the Dodgers almost singlehanded...