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OCTOBER 6, 1956
WORLD SERIES GAME THREE
Chicago Cubs (2-0) at New York Yankees (0-2)
1:05 PM -- Yankee Stadium ... Attendance: 46,373
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 58 Degrees ... Wind blowing in from right at 12 miles per hour
CHICAGO STARTER: Camilo Pascual (14-8, 2.63 ERA, 205.2 IP, 137 K’s, 1.06 WHIP)
NEW YORK STARTER: Harvey Haddix (26-7, 3.09 ERA, 285.1 IP, 174 K’s, 1.16 WHIP)
Jack Poppell got things started quickly with a double in the top of the first, stealing third for his first playoff steal, and then Al Rosen got a hit just out into center to drive him home with a single! Just like that, by 1:10 p.m., we had ourselves a 1-0 lead on the Yankees on their field. But Mickey Mantle grounded into a double play in the bottom of the inning, yet Minnie Minoso was still able to score from third to tie it up. And the Yankees took the lead in the bottom of the third with a three-run blast by Mickey Mantle, putting them ahead 4-1 and really setting this place on fire. Yogi Berra hit another just moments later, a two-run blast that made it 6-1, and we were on the ropes. Jackie Robinson got us going in the top of the sixth with a two-run homer to pull us within three runs, and we brought Erskine out to pitch in the sixth, with Pascual already at 100 throws. Rosen got a shot into center field in the top of the eighth and eked out a double, and then the ump called a balk on Haddix -- his second of the game! -- and Rosen moved over to third with no outs. Robinson flew out to center for our second out of the inning, but Rosen made it home safely to make it 6-4! Vern Law came in to pitch in the bottom of the eighth, getting three outs in quick succession to keep us at least in this one. Top of the ninth: Kaline grounds out to first. Maris gets robbed at the wall with a leaping catch by Minoso. Crandall grounds out to first, and that’s it for us, the Yankees take this one 6-4 and cut our lead in the series to 2-1.
Pascual struggled, allowing five hits with three walks and just four strikeouts through five innings, allowing six earned runs for a miserable 10.80 ERA. Erskine only allowed one hit with two strikeouts in his two innings, and Law had a perfect final frame, but digging a five-run hole on the road has consequences. Each team hit six times in the game, our team led by Rosen, who hit twice for a run and an RBI to keep his average at .667 in the series, while Robinson hit the homer that got us back into the game, finishing with a hit, a run and three RBIs, though he’s been struggling to find consistent hits.
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