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On paper, the Dodgers seemed the team to do it. They had outhit the Yankees (.285 to .273) in the regular season. Their sluggers led by Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo, had rolled up 208 homers to the Yankees' 139. True, the Yankee pitching staff...
First Game. The Dodgers sent Right-hander Erskine against the Yankees, but he was wild and the Yankees knocked him out of the game in the first inning with four runs (on three walks and two triples). By the fifth inning the Dodgers were beginning to straighten out the fastball...
Second Game. What started as a southpaw pitching duel between Brooklyn's Preacher Roe and the Yankee's Eddie Lopat blew up in a Yankee victory in the eighth, when Mickey Mantle slammed a two-run homer to break a 2-2 tie. The Dodgers outhit the Yanks...
Third Game. Two games down and burning to 'win in their home park, the Dodgers gave Pitcher Erskine a second chance. Erskine brought Brooklyn back into the Series, struck out 14 Yankees (Mickey Mantle four times) to set a Series record. Catcher Campanella, bothered by a swollen hand that...
Fourth Game. The Dodgers came out swinging, took a three-run lead in the first inning, and never fell behind. In the ninth inning, a Yankee rally was snuffed out when a fine throw by substitute Leftfielder Don Thompson caught Yankee Billy Martin at the plate. The Dodgers had evened...