Game #2 Results:
Boston 6 Cleveland 1
WP- Tom Brewer (1-0) LP- Early Wynn (0-1)
HR- Jim Piersall (1); Rocky Colavito (1)
Jimmy Piersall and Jackie Jensen led Boston to a 6 to 1 victory over Cleveland. Piersall homered and drove in three runs, while Jensen had two hits and scored twice. Tom Brewer pitched a solid seven inniings.
Brooklyn 0 Milwaukee 2
WP- Lew Burdette (1-0) LP- Roger Craig (0-1)
HR- Eddie Mathews (1)
Lew Burdette tossed his first shutout, in a 2 to 0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. He struck out five and walked just one. Ed Mathews homered, driving in one run and scored twice.
Chicago 2 Cincinnati 4
WP- Tom Acker (1-0) LP- Dick Donovan (0-1)
HR- George Crowe (1), Bob Thurman (1); Sammy Esposito (1)
With the score tied at 2 all, Dick Donovan gave up a single to Roy McMillan, then George Crowe hit a pinch hit, two -run, walk off homerun, as Cincinnati defeated Chicago, 4 to 2. It was quite a day for pinch hitters, as, in addition to Crowe’s homerun, Bob Thurman and Sammy Esposito of the White Sox, also had pinch hit bombs.
New York 4 Detroit 1
WP- Whitey Ford (1-0) LP- Billy Hoeft (0-1)
Whitey Ford went the distance, as New York beat Detroit, 4 to 1. It wasn’t always pretty, as he allowed six hits and four walks, but stayed in and got the job done, giving the Yankees their first win of the season.
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Game #2 Recap:
Two more complete games were pitched. Lew Burdette, who tossed a shutout and Whitey Ford. Pitching continues to stay ahead of hitting, for the most part.
George Crowe hit a walk off homer for Cincinnati, the first such homerun of the year.
Game #3 Schedule and Pitching Probables
Cincinnati (Klippstein 0-0, 0.00) at Brooklyn (Erskine 0-0, 0.00)
Cleveland (Score 0-0, 0.00) at Chicago (Harshman 0-0, 0.00)
Detroit (Foytack 0-0, 0.00) at Boston (Nixon 0-0, 0.00)
Milwaukee (Buhl 0-0, 0.00) at New York (Turley 0-0, 0.00)
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