Pittsburgh	7
Cincinnati	1

Win	Babe Adams
Loss	Don Gullet
Save

Jimmy Sebring’s 2-run 4^th inning blast broke a 1-all tie, and Stuffy McInnis’s 3-run 7^th inning shot—his second of the day—blew the game open. Cincinnati was only able to score one of their eleven base runners.

Pittsburgh Leads 1 game to 0

Pittsburgh	2
Cincinnati	5

Win	Jim Maloney
Loss	Sam Leever
Save

Beginning as a duel between Leever and NL Cy Young Maloney, neither team scored through the first five innings. The Red Legs got on the board first when Perez doubled home Steve Kavanagh in the bottom of the sixth. In the eighth, with the Pottos still trailing by one, Howie Camnitz relieved Sam Leever. Kavanagh walked, and then the Pottos committed back-to-back errors, allowing two runs to score. RBI hits from Boze and Perez pushed the lead to 5-0, and capped a four-run inning that never should’ve been. It proved critical, as McInnis and Allen homered back-to-back against Maloney in the ninth—too-little-too-late thanks to shoddy Pittsburgh defense.

Game 3-October 7^th

Series Tied at 1

Cincinnati	6
Pittsburgh	0

Win	Ewell Blackwell
Loss	Deacon Phillippe
Save

In what seemed destined another pitchers duel, Pittsburgh’s shoddy defense struck again, as an error and a passed ball led to Cincinnati’s first run. But the real story was Ewell Blackwell, who scattered five hits and a walk over nine innings, completely shutting down the Pittsburgh offense. Tony Perez put the game away with a three-run shot in the 7^th, capping a four-run rally.

Game 4-October 8^th

Cincinnati Leads 2 games to 1

Cincinnati	2
Pittsburgh	0

Win	Gary Nolan
Loss	Vic Willis
Save

The Red Legs could manage only two runs against Vic Willis, both coming in the fifth—the first on a solo blast by Tommy Helms and the second on an RBI single by Wally Post. The Pottos missed their best opportunity in the sixth, when they got back-to-back leadoff singles but failed to score. It was as close as Gary Nolan would let them get, as he scattered five hits and two walks to toss Cincinnati’s second straight shutout.

Game 5-October 9^th

Cincinnati Leads 3 games to 1

Cincinnati	1
Pittsburgh	3	11 in

Win	Brickyard Kennedy
Loss	Carols Moskiman
Save

With their backs to the wall, the Pottos sent out their ace, Babe Adams, against Carols Moskiman. They got on the board early, getting a pair of solo blasts in the second from Gene Curtis and Roger Allen. Adams was solid, but Moskiman was able to hold down the Pittsburgh offense long enough for the Red Legs to tie the game in seventh on RBIs by Kavanagh and Boze. Moskiman’s impressive performance went all the way into the eleventh inning, when—with two out—Joe Marshall walked, reached second on a wild pitch, and then scored the winning run on an RBI single by Fred Clarke. The Pottos dramatic victory bought them one more day of life.

Game 6-October 11^th

Pittsburgh	0
Cincinnati	8

Win	Jim Maloney
Loss	Sam Leever
Save

Unable to draw any inspiration from their Game 5 win, the Pottos found themselves out of Game 6 very early, as Sam Leever allowed six runs in the first four innings. Jim Maloney was sensational once again, tossing his second complete-game shutout of the series, this one a four-hitter. Wally Post’s 3 RBI led the way to the World Series for Cincinnati.