Saturday, October 1st
Ebbets Field
Attendance: 36,242
Day Game
NYY: Don Larsen - Grade B-Y
BRO: Carl Erskine - Grade C
Gil Hodges batted 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and a solo home run, his solo home run tied the game 2-2 during the 5th inning.
The game appeared to be over when the Yankees scored 3 runs during the top of the ninth. Elston Howard who made a crucial error earlier in the game, makes up for it with his solo home run that kicks off the 9th. Howard batted 4-for-5 with a HR & triple, 2 RBI. Irv Noren (RBI double) and Gil McDougald (RBI single) gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead entering the bottom of the ninth.
Bottom of the 9th, with two outs, Frank Kellert keeps his great pinch-hitting success rolling by hitting a pinch-hit two-run homer that tied the game for the Dodgers, 5-5.
Top of the 12th, the banged-up superstar Mickey Mantle launches a solo home run off Don Newcombe (who came in to relief) -- winning the game, 6-5.
Johnny Kucks (2 IP, 1 H) is credited with the win, while Don Newcombe (3 IP, 1 ER, 2 K) gets the loss.
Game 5
Sunday, October 2nd
Ebbets Field
Attendance: 36,796
Day Game
NYY: Bob Grim - Grade D-X
BRO: Roger Craig - Grade B-Y
Both teams catchers played a significant role in Game 5. Yogi Berra gets the New York Yankees off to a 2-0 start with a two-run homer. Jackie Robinson's RBI single and Sandy Amoros' RBI single during the bottom of the 2nd, trimming the Yankees' lead down to 3-2.
The Yankees score 4 runs during the top of the 5th to give them a commanding 7-2 lead during the 5th inning. Yogi Berra would add another big homer, hitting a three-run homer during the 7th, which would be the death nail for the Dodgers this game.
The Yankees win 10-6, while Berra now has 3 home runs in this series already.
The Yankees now own a 3-2 series lead, after trailing 2-1.
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