Evening star., 1952-10-06
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and Mize seemed to top it all.
Duke hit a two-run homer in the
NTH inning to elevate the Dodgers
into q 40 lead. Mize crashed q
three-run homer in the fifth to
give the Yankees command at
5-4. Snider singled across the
Dodgers tying run in the seventh
inning. And in the 11th Duke fol-
lowed singles by Cox and Peewee
Reese with a double, which scored
the winning run.
Faces Three Sluggers.
Erskine had Mickey Mantle,
Mize and Berra confronting him
in the 11th. Any Of them could
ride q bali out Of the park, and
Mize nearly delivered his fourth
homer in three games. There to
frustrate him, with a delicately
timed catch, was Furillo.
It was baseball at its best. The
Dodgers spurted into a 1A0 lead
in =. the second inning against
Ewell Blackwell, when Jackie
Robinson walked, took second on
Shuba's bad-hop single OF Billy
Martins glove at second base,
stole third and came home on
Pafko's single to right.
The Dodgers scored three runs
in the fifth inning. Hodges walked
and the Dodgers had two runners
on base when blackwell scooped
up Erskine's bunt and threw too
late to catch Hodges at second.
Cox sacrificed and Hodges
scored after Reese flied deep to
left. Snider then rammed his
homer into the rightfield seats.
Second Five-REn Inning.
Dresser maneuvered for de-
fensive purposes. He yanked
Shuba, shifted Pafko from right
to left and sent Furillo to right
field. The Yankees penetrated that
defense with their second five-
run inning Of the series.
Hank Bauer walked to start the
bottom half of the fifth and Mar
tin singled. 1rv Noren batted for
Blackwell and bounced q single
ovef Erskine's head. scoring
Bauer. Gil McDougald forced
Noren, but Martin scored on the
play. Rizzuto singled and, after
Berra fouled out, Mize made the
vast stadium rock with his homer
into the rightfield stands.
Johnny Sain. like Blackwell and
Mize, a former National Lacquer,
yielded the tying run in the sew
enth. Cox beat out q slow roller
down the third base line with one
out and Reese sacrificed. Snider
got Cox across with q single to
center.
Sain held the Dodgers until the
11th, when Cox singled with one
out. Reese followed with a hit
and-run single, which sent Cox to
third. and Snider again came
through, bashing a double to right
Robinson then was purpoSely
passed, filling the bases, and
Furillo sent a double-play ground
er to McDougald at third base.
NOTES: Dick Nixon, Republican
vice presidential candidate, paid q
visit to the Dodgers clubhouse
after the game to pump Erskine's
hand. Furillo's leaping catch
of Mize's 11th inning blow deprived
Johnny Of joining the late Lou
Gehrig as the only players to hi
four home runs in three games.
Mize's home run was the 2.000tt
hit of his career, including II
World Series hits and five in All.
Star games.
Snider is the first man in Brook.
lyn history to slam two home run.
in one series. Lights were
turned on the start Of the 10tf
inning. Coach Bill Dickey o.
the Yankees and Art Passarella
umpiring at first base, exchanged
harsh words in the 10th innint
when Sain was called out. I
appeared that Robinson's throw
pulled Hodges of first base.
Robinson drew four bases on oall
to tie a World Series record hell
by three other players.