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There were five home runs in the game--one short of the record--and the Dodgers got three of them. But the Bums consistently flubbed scorring opportunities and left and awing total of 11 men on base. The Yankees stranded six.
The Dodgers overcame a four-run deflcit, backed Yankoo relief pitcher Johnny Sain against the well, and threatened to break the first game of the 1953 World Series wide open before they fell apart themselves. Sain and the Yanks gained a 9 to 5 victory.
Spotting the World Champions four runs in the first frame, the Dodgers managed to blast starter Allie Reynolds out of the game in the sixth inning and hauled up even with the Yanks in the seventh. Three round-trippers, including a two-run pinch-hit home run by George Shuba...
Betting odds on the Series have leaped to 9 to 5 in favor of the Yanks, and in some places the line is as high as 2 to 1. For the second game, a couple of veteran soft-stuff southpaws are slated to pitch. With Eddie Lepat going for the...
Casey Stengel, going after his fifth consecutive World's Championship, is making no predictions. But neither he nor his team is conceding the Dodgers anything, and the Yankees have a habit of winning the big ones. Says Stengel: "I'm sick of hearing how great those Dodgers are...