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OCTOBER 1, 1955
WORLD SERIES, GAME THREE
Boston Red Sox (0-2) at Chicago Cubs (2-0)
1:05 PM -- Wrigley Field ... Attendance: 39,560
Weather: Clear, 61 Degrees, Wind blowing in from left, 9 miles per hour
BOSTON STARTER: Jerry Casale (11-8, 4.42 ERA, 165.0 IP, 107 K’s, 1.52 WHIP)
CHICAGO STARTER: Camilo Pascual (19-5, 2.67 ERA, 212.0 IP, 240 K’s, 0.99 WHIP)
This one was a repeat of game one, with both pitchers locking in and making baserunners tough to find. But we broke things open in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run blast to left by Jackie Robinson, whose 400-footer put us ahead 2-0, his second homer of the series! Pascual didn’t give up his first hit until the fifth inning, and with the score still 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh he hit himself a triple as we tried to add some insurance, but we weren’t able to bring him home. Epitacio Torres came in to pitch to start the top of the eighth, and he got us through the inning with the shutout intact. Mays hit a triple to start the bottom of the eighth, and we added a run thanks to an Al Rosen RBI single, and Del Crandall added another with an RBI triple that made this a 5-0 blowout! Danny Lynch brought Crandall home with a single to left, and Torres came out in the top of the ninth to seal it. Boston got a pair of hits including an RBI triple from Jim Rivera, and a second run scored on a flyout by Johnny Romano. But Torres got Milt Bolling to strike out swinging and we completed the 6-2 win, putting us just one win away from banishing the curse!
Camilo Pascual got the win, throwing a seven inning four-hitter with six strikeouts and just a pair of walks. Torres earned a save, getting through two innings with two hits, three K’s and a walk, his two earned runs giving him a 3.00 ERA so far in the series. We outhit Boston 10-6, led by Al Rosen with three hits, a run and an RBI. Kaline added two hits, and Jackie Robinson got a hit and a walk, scoring two and batting in two more!
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