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...YORK--Crafty Warren Spahn tossed a two-hitter and left the New York Yankees cliff-hanging by their fingernails Sunday, with his Milwaukee Braves needing only one more victory to clinch their second straight World Series...
...stretch from the sixth until the 10th, Spahn retired 14 straight Yankees. Ford, who had the edge in the early going, stumbled in the eighth when he tired and gave way to Ryne Duren...
...Spahn, beaten by Ford in last year's opener at Yankee Stadium, lived up to his season .333 batting average as well as his 22-11 pitching record...
When Ford suddenly ran into trouble in the fourth on a first-ball hitting flurry by the Braves, it was Spahn who stroked the single to center that scored Crandall with the tie-breaking...
Again in the ninth Spahn tried to start his own rally with a single to right. He got as far as second when Duren walked Red Schoendienst but both were left when pinch hitter Frank Torre and Eddie Mathews failed...