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...20th game. The Phillies got a run in the sixth, but Dodger Peewee Reese promptly tied things up with a home run. It was still tied, 1-1, at the end of the ninth. In the tenth, the Phillies settled matters. With two men on, Leftfielder Dick Sisler shoved a fast ball into the left-field stands. It was the Phillies' first pennant in 35 years...
...Newcombe, the Brooklyn pitcher, matched Roberts until the fatal tenth when he allowed singles by Roberts and Waitkns. These, followed by Ashburn's unsuccessful sacrifice, set the stage for Sisler's winning blow...
Philadclphia's Whiz Kids won the National League pennant yesterday by turning back the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 to 1, in a 10-inning thriller at Ebbetts Field. Outfielder Dick Sisler broke up the contest with a three-run homer in the top of the tenth...
...winning ball games on hustle, good pitching and the best club batting average in the league (.270). Among their assets, which the rest of the league had to worry about whether Sawyer saw his team as a pennant winner or not: a hard-hitting outfield consisting of brawny Dick Sisler† (.367), fleet-footed Richie Ashburn (.296) and clutch-hitting Del Ennis (.304), and a bustling infield steadied by First Baseman Eddie Waitkus, recovered from his shooting by a deranged girl last year (TIME, June 27). With young Pitchers Curt Simmons (21), a lefthander, and Robin Roberts (23), winning...
...Hall of Fame First Baseman George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns (1915-27), whose .420 batting average in 1922 equaled the American League record...