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Miley BB CD 1959 World Series Game 2
Called by Mel Allen and Byrum Saam

A pinch-hit homer by Chuck Essegian with two out in the seventh ties the score before Neal homers with Gilliam aboard for the deciding runs.  Podres earns the victory and Sherry the save.

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago White Sox 3

World Series Game 2 Played on Friday, October 2, 1959 (D) at Comiskey Park I

LA  N    0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   4  9  1
CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 0
BATTING
Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gilliam 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
Neal 2b 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 4
Moon lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Snider cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Demeter cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larker rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Sherry p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 10 1
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
Wills ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
Podres p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Essegian ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fairly rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4 2 4 27 14
FIELDING - 
E: Wills (1).
BATTING - 
HR: Neal 2 (2,5th inning off Shaw 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Shaw 1 on 2 out);
Essegian (1,7th inning off Shaw 0 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Moon (1,2nd base off Shaw/Lollar); Gilliam (1,2nd base off Lown/Lollar).
Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 1
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Landis cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 0
Torgeson pr,1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lollar c 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Goodman ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
McAnany rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rivera rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Shaw p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Lown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3 3 4 27 7
BATTING - 
2B: Aparicio (1,off Podres); Phillips (1,off Podres); Smith (3,off Sherry).
Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Los Angeles Dodgers          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Podres W(1-0) 6 5 2 2 3 3 0 27
Sherry SV(1) 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 11
Totals 9 8 3 3 3 4 0 38
Chicago White Sox            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Shaw L(0-1) 6.2 8 4 4 1 1 3 29
Lown 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 9
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 4 3 38
Umpires: HP - Frank Dascoli, 1B - Eddie Hurley, 2B - Frank Secory, 3B - Bill Summers, 
LF - John Rice, RF - Hal Dixon