YANKEES DEFEAT CARDS, 6–2
Bombers’ late drive brings Borowy win
Pitcher scores first run after doubling in sixth inning
New York (UP) –
Hank Borowy, big Yankee right-hander bested Alpha Brazle, rookie southpaw of the Cardinals at Yankee Stadium today as the Yankees won the third game of the World Series to take a 2–1 lead in the fall classic as the tea, moved on to St. Louis to resume play Sunday.
The final score was 6–2.
The paid attendance, 69,990, was the largest crowd ever to witness a World Series game.
Borowy was in trouble in the first inning when Harry Walker doubled to left and Stan Musial walked, but Walker Cooper hit into a double play.
Tuck Stainback, first up for the Yankees, hit Al Brazle’s first pitch for a single to right. Frankie Crosetti sacrificed. Billy Johnson grounded to Marty Marion who threw to third and got Stainback. Charlie Keller fanned for the third out.
Fielding sensational
Sensational catches by Charlie Keller and Danny Litwhiler in the second inning highlighted the play and, in the third, Harry Walker raced far back into right center to haul down a drive by Johnny Lindell.
The Cards staged a rally in the fourth that was good for two runs. San Musial singled to left and went to third on Whitey Kurowski’s hit to left, which Whitey stretched into a double with a great headfirst slide into second. Ray Sanders was given an intentional pass to fill the bases. Danny Litwhiler singled sharply to left scoring Musial and Kurowski. Litwhiler went to second on the throw-in and Marty Marion was passed to fill the bases again. Brazle’s infield fly accounted for the second out and Lou Klein grounded out to end the inning.
Marion let a grounder go through his legs in the fourth for an error but made amends immediately by starting a fast double play.
Borowy got the Yanks’ third hit in the sixth when the ball bounced into the stands in right for a double. Musial took Stainback’s foul and Borowy went to third. Crosetti’s pop into short left was taken by Litwhiler. Kurowski fumbled Johnson’s trickler and Borowy scored the Yanks’ first run.
Errors help Yanks
Lindell singled to center in the last of the eighth and made second when Walker fumbled the ball. George Stirnweiss made his World Series debut as pinch hitter for Borowy. He hit to Sanders who threw to Kurowski in time to get Lindell, but the Yankee outfielder crashed into Whitey at third and the Cards third-sacker dropped the ball. Stainback fired to short left and Lindell held third, but Stirnweiss took second after the catch.
Crosetti received an intentional pass to fill the bases. Lindell, Stirnweiss and Crosetti scored on Johnson’s triple, a line drive to the fence in left center. Keller walked on four pitches. Brazle was relieved by Howard Krist. Gordon singled to left, scoring Johnson and putting Keller on second. Harry Brecheen was called in to pitch. Dickey’s hit struck Gordon, putting him out, and Keller was forced to stay on second. Etten got his first hit of the Series, a single to right, scoring Keller, but dickey was caught going into third.
Johnny Murphy was the Yankees pitcher in the ninth and Ken O’Dea was sent up to bat for Kurowski who was shaken up in the collision at third base. O’Dea flied out. Sanders flied out to Lindell. Litwhiler fanned to end the game.