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Sunday, October 2, 1955, New York @ Brooklyn - Ebbets Field

DODGER BATS EXPLODE AGAIN, WAX YANKEES, 13-6

Don Newcombe and the Dodger defense spotted the Yankees five runs in the first inning, but the Brooklyn batting machine exploded for a second straight day, scoring three runs in the first inning and four more in the second, to roll to a 13-6 victory, and even up the World Series at two games apiece.  

The day began rather bleak for Newcombe when Gil McDougald and Irv Noren got things started for New York with singles, and were given an extra 90 feet on a misplay by Duke Snider in center field.  After Mantle fouled out on a terrific defensive play by Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra was walked intentionally to load the bases and set up the double play with Hank Bauer stepping to the plate. The strategy came within a stride of working, as Bauer grounded to second, but the relay to first was a hair late, and the Yankees were on the board with the fielder’s choice grounder, 1-0. The Yankees didn’t stop there. Hodges booted a grounder struck by Joe Collins for what should have been the third out, instead another run crossing home plate, then Andy Carey lofted a fly ball down the left field line, just inside the foul pole that cleared the wall for a three-run blast, making it a 5-0 Yankee lead.

The shocked and subdued Brooklyn crowd came to life quickly in the home half of the 1st, as it was clear early that Whitey Ford was not his usual self on this day.  Ford walked Gilliam on four pitches to start things off, then Pee Wee Reese homered to straight away left to get the Dodgers on the board, and the crowd in the game. A double by Snider followed by two ground balls netted a third run for Brooklyn, and Newcombe looked revitalized as he took the mound in the second, down only two after the disastrous first inning.  

After pitching around his own throwing error in the top of the second, Newcombe laced a key double down the right field line in the bottom of the inning that set up runners at second and third with one down. Ford let loose a wild pitch to score one, then walked two more batters to load the bases ahead of Snider.  Ford rallied to strike out Snider for the second out, but Roy Campanella delivered a double into the left field corner to put the Bums on top, 6-5.

Gil Hodges greeted reliever Bob Grim with another hit to score Reese to make it 7-5.

The Yankees threatened in the third, fourth, and fifth innings, but Newcombe managed to strand runners in scoring position in each frame, and more importantly the Yankees off the scoreboard.  

The Dodgers eventually put the game away in the seventh on a two-run double by Snider that made it a 10-5 contest.  

Two more in the eighth inning made it a total of 13 unanswered runs for the Dodgers, enough of a cushion that they let the 19 year old Sandy Koufax have a go at it in the ninth inning. The nervous teenager got the three outs he needed, despite allowing a run on a hit and a walk, and the Dodgers got the win they needed to even up the Series.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP

New York 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 1 7 0

Brooklyn 3 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 x 13 14 3 13 1

Yankees AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG

McDougald 2b 4 1 2 0 .412 Gilliam lf 3 2 1 1 .353

Noren lf 3 1 1 0 .200 Reese ss 4 3 2 2 .313

Howard ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Snider cf 6 2 4 3 .353

Mantle cf 5 0 0 1 .188 Campanella c 4 0 1 3 .467

Berra c 4 0 0 0 .071 Hodges 1b 6 0 2 2 .316

Bauer rf 3 1 0 1 .200 Furillo rf 4 1 0 0 .231

Collins 1b 4 1 2 0 .444 Hoak 3b 3 2 1 0 .286

Carey 3b 4 1 2 3 .500 Zimmer 2b 1 0 0 0 .167

Rizzuto ss 3 0 0 0 .214 Amoros ph 3 0 1 1 .444

Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Newcombe p 3 2 2 0 .333

Hunter ss 0 0 0 0 .000 Shuba ph 0 0 0 0 .000

Ford p 1 0 0 0 .000 Robinson pr 0 1 0 0 .000

Grim p 0 0 0 0 .000 Koufax p 0 0 0 0 .000

Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 .333 37 13 14 12

Larsen p 0 0 0 0 .000

Cerv ph 1 0 0 0 .333

Konstanty p 0 0 0 0 .000

Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0 .000

Skowron ph 1 1 1 0 .250

36 6 8 5

Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Ford L 1-1 1.2 5 7 7 3 1 44 22 8.31

Grim 1.1 2 0 0 2 0 25 12 0.00

Larsen 2.0 2 1 1 3 0 54 28 3.60

Konstanty 1.2 3 3 2 0 0 25 19 6.75

Sturdivant 1.1 2 2 2 3 0 29 11 13.50

8.0 14 13 12 11 1 177 92

Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Newcombe W 1-1 8.0 7 5 1 3 5 120 81 4.30

Koufax 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 20 13 9.00

9.0 8 6 2 4 5 140 94

NYA: Coleman batted for Grim in the 4th

Cerv batted for Larsen in the 6th

Robinson batted for Rizzuto in the 8th

Hunter inserted at ss in the 8th

Skowron batted for Sturdivant in the 9th

Howard batted for Noren in the 9th

Brk: Amoros batted for Zimmer in the 4th

Gilliam moved to 2b in the 5th

Amoros moved to lf in the 5th

Shuba batted for Newcombe in the 8th

Robinson ran for Shuba in the 8th

E-McDougald, Snider, Hodges, Newcombe. 2B-McDougald, Snider 3, Campanella,

Newcombe 2, Amoros. 3B-Carey. HR-Carey(1), Reese(1). K-McDougald, Bauer,

Rizzuto, Coleman, Cerv, Snider. BB-McDougald, Noren, Berra, Bauer, Gilliam 3,

Reese 2, Campanella, Furillo, Hoak 2, Zimmer, Shuba. SF-Campanella.

HBP-Newcombe. HB-Konstanty. WP-Ford.

GWRBI: Campanella

Temperature: 46, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 4 MPH.