GAME 1 - Ebbets Field - BKN 7, LAD 5
Don Sutton vs Bill Loes
LA Manager Jesse Elicker said, "that 53 team is just too darn strong". He sure wasn't kidding, especially after the '53 Boys of Summer exploded for 6 runs off of HOF'er Don Sutton in the bottom of the 3rd. After Billy Loes gave up a lead off homer to LA in the top of the 2nd the Brooks unloaded in the bottom of the 3rd with 11 batters stepping to the plate. RBI singles by Junior Gilliam and Roy Campanella preceded a 3 run shot by "the quiet man" Gil Hodges. LA chipped away at Loes and finally chased him with 3 runs in the 7th and the score now 6-5 Brooklyn. An RBI double by Bill Russell and a 2 run shot by Reggie Smith made it real interesting until rookie southpaw Johnny Podres was called on for the final 2 innings. Duke Snider would hit a solo blast to give Podres a two run buffer. Other than a lead off single by Steve Yeager in the 9th Podres would finish off the game without a hitch.
Brooklyn leads series 1-0

GAME 2 - Ebbets Field - BKN 6, LAD 3
Doug Rau vs Ray Moore
Once again LA took an early 1-0 lead only to be overwhelmed by Brooklyn's firepower. Brooklyn would tie the game on a squeeze play by Moore to score Hodges who led the inning off with a walk. A two run single by Jackie Robinson would make it 3-1. Reggie Smith's leadoff solo shot in the 4th once again made it a 1 run game, but a 2 out / 2 run homer by Billy Cox in the bottom of the inning bumped Brooklyn's lead back to 2. Reggie Smith's 2nd homer of the day would make it 5-3, but Jackie would reinstate his team's 3 run lead with an RBI single in the 7th. Both starters didn't even pitch long enough to see an official game. Rau was done after 4 innings where he gave up 5 runs. Moore was done after 3 after allowing 2. Jim Hughes, who threw 1 1/3 innings of relief got the win and Joe Black who gave up just 1 run in 4 2/3 innings got the save.
Brooklyn leads series 2-0

GAME 3 - Dodger Stadium - BKN 5, LAD 2
Carl Erskine vs Bert Hooton
True to form in this series LA scored first. This time they posted 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st thanks to a 2 out 2 run shot by Steve Garvey. An RBI ground out by Campy would make it 2-1 and an RBI single by Campy 2 innings later would tie it at 2-2 where it would stay until the top of the 8th. Knuckleballer Charlie Hough started the 8th in place of Hooton who had a fine day. Jackie Robinson would double with nobody out to score Pee Wee Reese to give Brooklyn a 1 run lead. With Furillo batting and the bases loaded a wild pitch from Hough allowed Junior Gilliam to easily score. Furillo's double would score another run and give Brooklyn an insurmountable 3 run lead. Oisk (Carl Erskine) ran out of gas in the 9th after walking two, but Jim Hughes came on and got the final 2 outs to close out the series.
Brooklyn wins series 3-0

Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1977 Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 10 1 1953 Brooklyn 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 10 1 77 Los Angeles AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave 53 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave Lopes 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Reese SS 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Russell, B SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .263 Gilliam 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .136 Smith,R RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Robinson,J LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 Garvey 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 .450 Snider, D CF 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Baker, D LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 Furillo RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 Lacy LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campanella C 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .160 Cey 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .176 Hodges 1B 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 .211 Monday CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 Cox 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Yeager C 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .353 Loes P 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Sutton P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Podres P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mota PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 33 7 10 7 3 3 2 0 2 .234 Rautzhan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez, T PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Sosa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 37 5 10 5 1 5 2 1 3 .255 77 Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Sutton L(1-1) 11.2 9 6 6 1 3 1 103 66 37 6.17 24 90s 89 + Rautzhan 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 5 0.00 3 15s 18 + Garman 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 6 2.25 3 35 36 Sosa 3.2 1 1 1 1 0 2 31 22 9 2.45 7 35 42 20.2 10 7 7 2 3 3 166 109 57 3.14 37 53 Brooklyn IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Loes W(1-0) 7.0 9 5 5 3 1 4 118 81 37 6.43 31 110 112 Podres S(1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 26 17 9 0.00 7 75 75 9.0 10 5 5 3 1 5 144 98 46 2.73 38 LA: Lacy moved to LF in the 2nd Mota hit for Sutton in the 5th Martinez, T hit for Garman in the 7th Burke hit for Sosa in the 9th E-Russell, B(1) Robinson,J(1) 2B-Russell, B(2) Baker, D(2) Reese(2) Furillo(3) 3B-Yeager(1) HR- LA Garvey(1) off Loes(1) in the 2nd with bases empty Yeager(1) off Loes(2) in the 5th with bases empty Smith(4) off Loes(3) in the 7th with 1 on base BRO Hodges(1) off Sutton(3) in the 3rd with 2 on base Snider(2) off Sosa(1) in the 7th with bases empty CS-BRO Robinson(0) by Garman(1) and Yeager(2) in the 6th RBI-LA Yeager(2) Garvey(2) Russell, B(3) Smith,R 2(6) BRO Campanella 2(2) Hodges 3(3) Snider, D(8) Robinson,J(8) SH-Gilliam LOB-77 Los Angeles 6 53 Brooklyn 6 GWRBI-Campanella Game MVP:Johnny Podres Injury:Baker, D(Oct 10) Ebbets Field, Time 3:27, 65ų, 5mph Left to Right Oct 1, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1977 Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 10 1 1953 Brooklyn 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 10 1 1977 77 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Lopes 2B 1>F9 G53 F7 K G43,12 2 Russell, B SS G53 S G63 D,3H+e7 G13 3 Smith,R RF Fd8 P4 6>S HR 4 Garvey 1B 2>HR 4>F7 K F7 5 Baker, D LF D Lacy LF F9 BK,12 F7 8>F7 6 Cey 3B F7 F7 W L5 7 Monday CF K 5>F9 L8 K 8 Yeager C L6 HR 7>T 9>S 9 Sutton P 3>F8 Mota PH S Rautzhan P Garman P Martinez, T PH K Sosa P Burke PH G54/fo,B1 1953 53 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Reese SS 1>F8 3>D W,12 6>F8 K 2 Gilliam 2B K B54,23 G64/fo L4 3 Robinson,J LF Fs7 S,3H 4>S G6/e6,B1 4 Snider, D CF 2>S S,12 G43,12 CS2(26) 7>HR 5 Furillo RF D,13/13 W,23,12 F8 F7 6 Campanella C L9 S,3H,23,1H,1 F8 K 7 Hodges 1B W HR 5>G53 P5 8 Cox 3B G12 F7 P6 8>F9 9 Loes P G54/fo S G63 Podres P F8 77 Los Angeles IN OUT Sutton AB1-1 AB3-6 Rautzhan AB3-1 AB3-9 Garman AB3-8 AB4-3 Sosa AB3-3 End 53 Brooklyn IN OUT Loes AB1-1 AB4-4 Podres AB4-5 End

Oct 8, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1977 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 1953 Brooklyn 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 - 6 8 0 77 Los Angeles AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave 53 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave Lopes 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .188 Reese SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278 Russell, B SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Gilliam 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .158 Smith,R RF 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Robinson,J LF 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Garvey 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Snider, D CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .211 Baker, D LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Furillo RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Campanella C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Monday CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hodges 1B 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .188 Yeager C 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .231 Cox 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Rau P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Moore, R P 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hale PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hughes P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rautzhan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Black P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Sosa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 6 8 6 3 3 0 0 1 .220 Oates PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Garman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 3 7 3 3 9 1 0 2 .250 77 Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Rau L(0-1) 4.0 5 5 3 1 1 1 68 42 26 6.75 18 120 128 Rautzhan 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 7 7 0.00 2 25 21 Sosa 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 3 0.00 5 35 39 Garman 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 38 26 12 3.00 10 35 41 8.0 8 6 4 1 3 3 134 86 48 2.06 35 53 Brooklyn IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Moore, R 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 3 55 38 17 6.00 13 120 124 Hughes W(1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 33 21 12 0.00 6 15s 15 - Black S(1) 4.2 2 1 1 1 1 5 65 47 18 1.93 16 75 75 ++ 9.0 7 3 3 2 3 9 153 106 47 2.30 35 LA: Hale hit for Rau in the 5th Oates hit for Sosa in the 7th E-Lopes(1) 2B-Garvey(2) HR- LA Smith(2) off Moore(1) in the 4th with bases empty Smith(3) off Black(1) in the 6th with bases empty BRO Cox(1) off Rau(1) in the 4th with 1 on base SB-BRO Hodges(0) off Rau(1) and Yeager(1) in the 3rd Reese(0) off Rautzhan(1) and Yeager(2) in the 5th CS- LA Lopes(0) by Moore(1) and Campanella(1) in the 1st BRO Robinson(0) by Rau(1) and Yeager(1) in the 1st RBI-LA Smith,R 2(4) Monday(3) BRO Moore, R(1) Cox 2(2) Robinson,J 3(7) LOB-77 Los Angeles 5 53 Brooklyn 5 DP-53 Brooklyn 1 GWRBI-Robinson,J Game MVP:Billy Cox Injury: Moore, R(Oct 11) Ebbets Field, Time 3:12, 66ų, 15mph Out to LCF Oct 8, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1977 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 1953 Brooklyn 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 - 6 8 0 1977 77 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Lopes 2B 1>W K S,12 P6 2 Russell, B SS CS2(24)Fs7 G53 G463/dp Fs8 3 Smith,R RF F9 4>HR 6>HR 8>G63 4 Garvey 1B 2>S D Fd8 K 5 Baker, D LF P4 P5 K K 6 Cey 3B G63,12 G53 P5 9>K 7 Monday CF S,2H,B2 F9 7>P4 F9 8 Yeager C K 5>K S K 9 Rau P 3>K Hale PH W Rautzhan P Sosa P Oates PH W,12 Garman P 1953 53 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Reese SS 1>F8 E4,12,B1 5>W S,12 2 Gilliam 2B G63 G53,23,12 K F8 3 Robinson,J LF S S,3H,2H,B2 SB2 F8 S,2H,13 4 Snider, D CF CS2(26) 2>G4 F9 P6 W,12 5 Furillo RF F7 4>F7 6>F7 L7 6 Campanella C F7 S P2 8>F7 7 Hodges 1B 3>W K F8 P5 8 Cox 3B SB2 S,23 HR 7>G53 K 9 Moore, R P B54/fo,B1,3H Hughes P G43 Black P S 77 Los Angeles IN OUT Rau AB1-1 AB2-9 Rautzhan AB3-1 AB3-2 Sosa AB3-3 AB3-7 Garman AB3-8 End 53 Brooklyn IN OUT Moore, R AB1-1 AB2-4 Hughes AB2-5 AB3-1 Black AB3-2 End

Oct 11, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1953 Brooklyn 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 0 1977 Los Angeles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 53 Brooklyn AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave 77 Los Angeles AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Ave Reese SS 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .231 Lopes 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .160 Gilliam 2B 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .115 Russell, B SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Robinson,J LF 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .414 Smith,R RF 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Snider, D CF 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .280 Garvey 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .458 Furillo RF 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Baker, D LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Campanella C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Cey 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Hodges 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .227 Monday CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Cox 3B 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .208 Yeager C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Erskine P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Hooton P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hughes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hough P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 5 6 4 7 5 4 0 0 .228 Hale PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Garman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 2 6 2 1 4 1 0 1 .246 53 Brooklyn IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Erskine W(2-0) 8.1 6 2 2 1 1 4 124 89 35 1.42 30 115 123 Hughes S(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 3 0.00 2 45 53 9.0 6 2 2 1 1 4 133 95 38 2.63 32 77 Los Angeles IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Act Stf Hooton 7.0 4 2 2 0 3 5 114 70 44 1.15 27 125 127 Hough L(0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 37 10 27 7.36 7 70 75 + Garman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 7 14 1.80 5 35 36 9.0 6 5 5 0 7 5 172 87 85 3.46 39 LA: Hale hit for Hough in the 8th E-Russell, B(2) 2B-Hodges(1) Furillo(4) Robinson,J 2(3) Lopes(1) HR- LA Garvey(2) off Erskine(2) in the 1st with bases empty RBI-BRO Campanella(3) Furillo 2(5) Robinson,J(9) LA Garvey(3) Smith,R(7) SH-Erskine OfA-Baker, D(1) Smith,R(1) LOB-53 Brooklyn 6 77 Los Angeles 3 DP-53 Brooklyn 2 GWRBI-Robinson,J Game MVP:Carl Erskine Dodger Stadium, Time 3:24, 78ų, 10mph Right to Left Oct 11, 1953 Playoff Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1953 Brooklyn 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 0 1977 Los Angeles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 1953 53 Brooklyn Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Reese SS 1>K G53 L9 8>W G63 2 Gilliam 2B G31 K 6>G63 E6,12,B1 W 3 Robinson,J LF F7 4>D K D,2H,13/72,3 P6 4 Snider, D CF 2>W F8 F9 W 5 Furillo RF WP,12 WP,23 K 7>F9 WP,3H,12 D,2 6 Campanella C G63 S,2H S/94 L4 7 Hodges 1B W L9 D F7 8 Cox 3B F7 5>F9 WP,23 IBB 9>W 9 Erskine P 3>G63 K G53 B54,12 Hughes P 1977 77 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Lopes 2B 1>D G43 6>G53 G143/dp 2 Russell, B SS Fd9 S L5 9>G41 3 Smith,R RF F9,3H/SF F8 K W 4 Garvey 1B HR 4>S 7>L6 G64/fo,B1 5 Baker, D LF F8 L6 K F8 6 Cey 3B 2>Fd7 G543/dp Fd9 7 Monday CF L1 5>K 8>G63 8 Yeager C K G53 S 9 Hooton P 3>G31 G63 Hough P Hale PH S,12 Garman P 53 Brooklyn IN OUT Erskine AB1-1 AB4-3 Hughes AB4-4 End 77 Los Angeles IN OUT Hooton AB1-1 AB3-9 Hough AB4-1 AB4-7 Garman AB4-8 End

‘53 Bums sweep ‘77 Dodgers in 3