GAME 1 - Ebbets Field
Simmons vs Podres
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1
With the season hanging on the line both teams went to veteran southpaws to start off this all important series. Both crafty lefties threw up goose eggs until the 6th when the Redbirds struck first on a Ken Boyer sac fly. Brooklyn answered right back with an RBI single by Gino Cimoli. With 2 outs Julian Javier booted a hard grounder by Pee Wee Reese which allowed Gil Hodges to score the go ahead run. With 1 out and 2 on Johnny Podres was dead tired. Like so many times before Clem Labine was summoned from the pen to put the fire out. Before he could get settled in he walked pinch hitter and former Dodger Moose Moryn to load the bases with one out. Next up was right fielder Joe Cunningham, who grounded into a tailor made 6-4-3 DP to end the rally. Pinch hitter Elmer Valo lined a 1 out single in the bottom of the inning to score Cimoli to make it 3-1. Labine had a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close the game out.
GAME 2
Kline vs Maglie
Dodgers 14, Cardinals 0
Brooklyn scored early and often thanks to a 24 hit / 14 run outburst. Everyone got a hit, including starter Sal "The Barber" Maglie, who went 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored. The only downside of this lopsided victory was the fact that Maglie hurt his arm with 2 outs in the 7th and had to leave the game. Brooklyn is unsure if he will be healthy enough to make the post season roster, if in the even the Dodgers somehow squeak into the tournament. Gino Cimoli (4-6) paced an offense that had 5 guys post 3 hits or more. Roy Campanella, in what just might be his final at bat in front of the home crowd, launched a 3 run homer to blow the game wide open.
GAME 3 - Sportsman's Park
Drysdale vs L.Jackson
Dodgers 5, Cardinals 0
St. Louis' offense woes continued as Big D, Don Drysdale, authored a 3 hit complete game shutout performance. Big D protected a 2-0 lead until the 8th when the Boys of Summer scored 3 to make it 5-0. Veteran Gil Hodges had a double and a triple and scored both times. Larry Jackson was charged with all 5 runs, which obscured the fact that he did fan 11 in 8 innings on the hill.
GAME 4
Erskine vs Broglio
Cardinals 4, Dodgers 2
Brooklyn went for the sweep and put the ball in the hands of a sentimental choice, Carl Erskine. "Oisk", who has been battling arm trouble for years hoped to turn the clock back for last moment in the sun. Things started good for him but his 2-1 lead evaporated when the Cards scored 2 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to take a 4-2 lead, which the stingy Ernie Broglio and the even stingier Lindy McDaniel would never relinquish. St. Louis scored more runs in game 4 than they scored in the previous 3 games. Carl Sawatski hit a huge 2 run shot in the 4th to give his team a much needed lead. Brooklyn managed just 6 hits, with "Skooonj" Furillo, who finished the season hitting .362, accounting for 1/3 of them. Moose Moryn repaid his former teammates with 2 safeties. Bill White, who is a gold glover at 1st or center, also had 2 hits. Stan the Man went 1-3 and finished the year hitting .330. Brooklyn now sits back and scoreboard watches the Marlins / Pirates series. If those two teams split there will be a 3 way tie for first place for the NL East.
Simmons vs Podres
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1
With the season hanging on the line both teams went to veteran southpaws to start off this all important series. Both crafty lefties threw up goose eggs until the 6th when the Redbirds struck first on a Ken Boyer sac fly. Brooklyn answered right back with an RBI single by Gino Cimoli. With 2 outs Julian Javier booted a hard grounder by Pee Wee Reese which allowed Gil Hodges to score the go ahead run. With 1 out and 2 on Johnny Podres was dead tired. Like so many times before Clem Labine was summoned from the pen to put the fire out. Before he could get settled in he walked pinch hitter and former Dodger Moose Moryn to load the bases with one out. Next up was right fielder Joe Cunningham, who grounded into a tailor made 6-4-3 DP to end the rally. Pinch hitter Elmer Valo lined a 1 out single in the bottom of the inning to score Cimoli to make it 3-1. Labine had a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close the game out.GAME 2
Kline vs Maglie
Dodgers 14, Cardinals 0
Brooklyn scored early and often thanks to a 24 hit / 14 run outburst. Everyone got a hit, including starter Sal "The Barber" Maglie, who went 2 for 3 with 3 runs scored. The only downside of this lopsided victory was the fact that Maglie hurt his arm with 2 outs in the 7th and had to leave the game. Brooklyn is unsure if he will be healthy enough to make the post season roster, if in the even the Dodgers somehow squeak into the tournament. Gino Cimoli (4-6) paced an offense that had 5 guys post 3 hits or more. Roy Campanella, in what just might be his final at bat in front of the home crowd, launched a 3 run homer to blow the game wide open.GAME 3 - Sportsman's Park
Drysdale vs L.Jackson
Dodgers 5, Cardinals 0
St. Louis' offense woes continued as Big D, Don Drysdale, authored a 3 hit complete game shutout performance. Big D protected a 2-0 lead until the 8th when the Boys of Summer scored 3 to make it 5-0. Veteran Gil Hodges had a double and a triple and scored both times. Larry Jackson was charged with all 5 runs, which obscured the fact that he did fan 11 in 8 innings on the hill.GAME 4
Erskine vs Broglio
Cardinals 4, Dodgers 2
Brooklyn went for the sweep and put the ball in the hands of a sentimental choice, Carl Erskine. "Oisk", who has been battling arm trouble for years hoped to turn the clock back for last moment in the sun. Things started good for him but his 2-1 lead evaporated when the Cards scored 2 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to take a 4-2 lead, which the stingy Ernie Broglio and the even stingier Lindy McDaniel would never relinquish. St. Louis scored more runs in game 4 than they scored in the previous 3 games. Carl Sawatski hit a huge 2 run shot in the 4th to give his team a much needed lead. Brooklyn managed just 6 hits, with "Skooonj" Furillo, who finished the season hitting .362, accounting for 1/3 of them. Moose Moryn repaid his former teammates with 2 safeties. Bill White, who is a gold glover at 1st or center, also had 2 hits. Stan the Man went 1-3 and finished the year hitting .330. Brooklyn now sits back and scoreboard watches the Marlins / Pirates series. If those two teams split there will be a 3 way tie for first place for the NL East.
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