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. Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org They have a fantastic website, be sure to check it out. |
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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