Byram Somme (72:50)
VGW Group void where prohibited by law. 21 plus terms and conditions apply. The Dodgers have really bounced back. They were shellacked 11 to nothing, but they've won the last three. They're trying to clinch the World Series. The Sox are hoping to keep it alive. A swing for strike two. This fella has really got the pitches. Usually his fastball is from the letters up and his curve overhand. A real downer. He throws fastball, is hammered to short. Mari Wills bags it, throws. That's all for Phillips. Two gone short to first. One thing for sure, the personnel of the two teams in the World Series, we have lots of boys from around this Los Angeles area. And here's a young fellow that would really like to show the home folks. Jim McEnany. Jimmy Rivera wasn't hitting too well, so McEnany is in your lineup. He was out the first time up. All one, Jim. And a guard. Swings on a low pitch. He got a piece of it. Foul one and one. Two gone in the fifth and nobody odd. Koufax draws a high inside fastball. Now, ladies and gentlemen, remember, if the White Sox win today, tomorrow is a travel date and the series will resume at Comiskey Park. That'll be on Thursday and it will start at 1:45 Eastern Daylight Time. Ha. Inside. Ball three. The one run of the game came over in the fourth inning. Fox got a single to right. Landis got a single. Fox went to third and he scored while Lawlor was bouncing out in a double play. Koufax flips ball four. It's high and outside. A walk. That's the first one given up by Koufax, and that's the first one in the game. To give you some idea as to how the pitching is going, Bob Shaw, formerly with the Detroit Tigers. This fella has been around, but he certainly became a great big league pitcher in 1959. Shaw, foul. First base side. I might add the Commissioner of Baseball, Mr. Ford Frick, is sitting right over along that side. Every seat taken, Shaw takes high in inside. It's been announced that the attendance for Today's game is 92,706. This tops Sunday's crowd and it tops Monday's crowd. Over 277,000 to watch the three games in Los Angeles. Inside and high. A ball, two and one. And what a magnificent picture it is to see so many baseball fans watching a World Series game. Two on one, a runner on with two gone. Koufax throws right in there. A strike. Two, Two. Once again, Clem Lebine starts throwing in the bullpen. Here it is. He swung, he's up. He went for a high pitch. No runs, no hits. One man left. On. Well, we now go to the last half of the fifth inning and it's still White Sox 1, Los Angeles nothing. You know, you could pack the Coliseum over 160 times with the men who now have switched to those instant lather shaving creams. Yes, sir, there are over 15 million of them. And the one that's right up there with the leaders is Gillette Pomi. It's jet speed in action. And what convenience. You just press the Gillette Foamy nozzle and swish. 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Bob Shaw's pitch is a little high. Fast one ball, no strikes. White Sox leading one to nothing, their backs to the wall. Third baseman Bubba Phillips shortened up to third for the Fleet. Maury Wills. Shaw the right hander into the wind. Up in comes the pitch. Swung on, bounced towards second. Two big hops to Fox. Fox over to Klisiewski in time. And there's. Sandy Koufax, who grounded out to short in the third inning. Coming up, the bat. A touch of nostalgia in this series occurred when we watched Carl Erskine pitching batting practice. He's now dressed and standing behind Walter o', Malley, president of the Dodgers, in his box back at home plate. He set an all time World Series record, you know, for most strikeouts in a game. 14. Bob Shaw delivers and it's in there for a call. Strike to Koufax. That's right handed. Erskine was with the Dodgers this season, but having some arm trouble. He just up and quit. A man with great pride, feeling he can no longer help the club. Now the pitch to Kofax. Curveball. He holds up on. It's outside. One ball, one strike. He thought that if he left, it would make room for someone else who could help the club. Gotta respect a guy like that. One ball, one strike. Bob Shaw delivers and Koufax takes it low. Another breaking pitch and the count is two and one. Koufax hit 111 during the season, 6 to 54. The two one pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike two crowded him with a fastball. Two balls, two strikes, White Sox leading one to nothing. It's the last half of the fifth. Now. The two two pitch. Swung on and missed dot strike three. And Sandy Koufax goes down swinging. That's the first strikeout recorded by Bob Shaw. And here's Jim Gilliam, who's had two of the Dodgers four hits. Single to right center and single to right. It only had two hits during the Series until today. Switch hitter. Bats left handed against right handed pitching. Shaw to the wind. Up in comes the pitch. It's in there for a strike. Fastball just above the knees. Greg Mulavy coaching, down at first. Slaps his hands together, shouting words of encouragement. Now to Jim Gilliam. P.B. reese coaching at third. The outfield straightaway for Gilliam. Bob Shaw delivers. The left hand batter takes it inside belt high and the count is one and one. Jim McEnany in left field, Jim Landis in center, Al Smith in right. Bubba Phillips, third. Louis Aparicio short. Nelson Fox, second. Ted Klosewski, first base. Sherman Lawler catching and Bob Shaw pitching. The toughest challenge in his brief major league career. The 11 pitch to Gilliams. Swung on, fouled off. Behind the plate. One ball, two strikes on deck is Charlie Neal. Bill Summers gives a new ball to Sherm Lawler. Rubs it up a touch before tossing it out to Bob Shaw. This huge throng sitting back quietly for the moment, knowing the drama that's in the making. The Dodgers can end it all today. The White Sox battling to get it back to Comiskey Park. The 12 pitch swung on. A ground ball hit back through the middle into center field for the third straight hit for Gilliam. Landis up to the ball tossing back into Fox. And Jim Gilliam has three for three. That brings to the plate Charlie Neal, who fouled out in the first inning to apprehend Mauricio. In single to left from the third after narrowly missing a tremendous homer. Remember, he hit two at Comiskey Park. Pop shot of the stretch. Gilliam with the lead, two outs. There he goes. The pitch is high, the throw down is high and Gilliam is safe. He slides under the tag. The Dodgers continue to play their slashing running game. Bob Shaw threw a high fastball and Lawler's throw down to second was high. While it had Gilliam beaten. Fox had to bring it down. And in the time lost in bringing the ball down. Gilliam slid under the tag for a stolen base. That's his second steal in scoring position. The delivery inside. Deneal for ball two. Two balls, no strikes, one to nothing. White Sox. It's the last of the fifth. Charlie Neal hit both of his home runs off Bob SH. Shaw to the stretch. Here's the pitch. Swung on and missed. Strike one. Kept the ball low that time. Neal homer off Shaw in the fifth inning of the second game. And then it was his second homer in the seventh inning that knocked Shaw out after Bob had pitched tremendous ball to that point. The stretch. Gilliam leading away from second. A whirl off the mound to fluff by Bob Shaw. And the crowd roars. Force. It's no fog he can pluck. A throw to second. Gilliam with a good lead. The stretch. Here's the pitch to Neal. And it's low outside for ball three. Three and one. And on deck is Wally Mo. 92,706. Fans roaring. Not quite all of them. There are many White Sox fans here now. The pitch. Swung on and fouled off to the left of the plate. The curveball in tight. Full count. And remember, every Dodger run in this series has been scored with two out. Except for Gil Hodges game winning homer yesterday. Leading off the inning. Neil apparently cracked his bat as he swung that last pitch and hit it down on the handle. Gets a new club to swing. A full count now with two down the last of the fifth inning. Jim Gilliam a two out single. Stone second. Bob Shaw with a full count on Charlie Neal. Gets the sign from Sherman Lawler. Phillips deep guarding that third baseline. Aparicio over into the hole. Fox shades towards second. Gilliam has a good lead. Shaw now to the stretch. Gilliam widens the lead. Here's the payoff pitch. Charlie Neal swings and pops it up into the air. Nelson. Nelson. Cox backs up. Backs up some more. He's under it and has it for the out. And the side is retired. No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on. And the score. At the end of five innings of play, the White Sox one, the Dodgers, nothing.