In the opener starter Early Wynn went the distance and gave up only 1 run as the Tribe scored 7 off of Ralph Terry and rolled to an easy victory. Larry Doby was the hitting star with a huge 3 run clout in the Indians 4 run 5th inning. The victory put the Bombers on the brink of elimination in this best of 3 series.Wynn kept the Yankee hitters off stride all day and fell into a nice comfortable grove once he got that big lead to protect.
Game 2 saw the second place Yanks needing a win desperately to extend the series to a 3rd and
final game. That was not going to happen. the offensive explosion continued for Cleveland in this game as they banged out 13 runs, while the Bombers could only muster 4. Yankee starter Rollie Sheldon went 2 innings and was chased from the hill after yielding 6 runs. Whitey Ford was summoned from the bullpen to help stop the bleeding but he too was inefective as the Tribe added 5 more (4 unearned). Curiosly both Maris and Mantle both had 3 hits off of Cleveland starter Bob Lemon, but neither could find a way to hit the long ball.
final game. That was not going to happen. the offensive explosion continued for Cleveland in this game as they banged out 13 runs, while the Bombers could only muster 4. Yankee starter Rollie Sheldon went 2 innings and was chased from the hill after yielding 6 runs. Whitey Ford was summoned from the bullpen to help stop the bleeding but he too was inefective as the Tribe added 5 more (4 unearned). Curiosly both Maris and Mantle both had 3 hits off of Cleveland starter Bob Lemon, but neither could find a way to hit the long ball.Larry Doby was again the hitting star as he slammed two homers and knocked in 4 runs. In total the Tribe had 16 hits (the Bombers had 12) as they eliminated the mighty Yankees in a clean sweep to head to the ALCS and face the even mightier Orioles.
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