Game 1

Jim Maloney vs. Bob Buhl

At Brooklyn, October 4^th, 1953

Milwaukee	6	Boxscore
Brooklyn	2

Win	Bob Buhl
Loss	Jim Maloney
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Having battled for first place all year, the Dirty Dawgz and Brewskies met in Brooklyn to continue their feud. Brooklyn held back ace Pat Frederick and sent Jim Maloney against the DML’s ERA leader Bob Buhl. Maloney got in trouble early, giving up a leadoff triple to Bill Bruton, who then scored on an RBI single by Johnny Logan. A double play kept two more hits from doing further damage, and when Greg Gagne singled home Ron Boone in the bottom of the first, the game was tied. In the second, Alvin Dark singled with one out. After stealing third, Buhl helped his own cause by singling him home. Milwaukee’s 2-1 lead held until the fourth, when Kirby Puckett hit a solo blast to tie it at 2.

After that, Maloney began to show his age. Al Lopez led off Milwaukee’s fifth with a home run, putting Milwaukee ahead. Geary doubled, and two batters later Mike Cullop singled him home. Brooklyn put together several more threats against Buhl, but he held it together, allowing just two runs in seven and two-thirds before turning it over to the bullpen. Milwaukee tacked on a pair in the eighth and took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Game 2

Rob Palmisano vs. Rafael Riddle

At Brooklyn, October 5^th, 1953

Milwaukee Leads 1 game to 0

Milwaukee	3	Boxscore
Brooklyn	2

Win	Rafael Riddle
Loss	Rob Palmisano
Save	Herb Scott

Palmisano had a chance to get out of the first after a double play ball erased Bruton’s leadoff single, but when Corey Koskie tossed an Al Lopez grounder into the stands, it gave Bobby Geary a chance to triple him home. It was a mistake Brooklyn would later regret. In the bottom of the first, Greg Gagne tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Brooklyn loaded the bases with two out in the third, but Riddle got Osteen to fly out to end the threat. In the seventh, Billy Sloan led off with a solo shot for Milwaukee. Then back-to-back walks and an Alvin Dark single put them up 3-1. Brooklyn survived further damage, and in the bottom of the inning chased Riddle with a two-out double by Johnny Rey. Joe Nash then doubled him home, home cutting the Brewskies’ lead to 3-2, but relievers Tom Henderson and Herb Scott were able to quell the Brooklyn threat. Milwaukee held on to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Game 3

Bobbie Schantz vs. Pat Frederick

At Milwaukee, October 7^th, 1953

Milwaukee Leads 2 games to 0

Brooklyn	4	Boxscore
Milwaukee	7

Win	Bobbie Schantz
Loss	Pat Frederick
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Chuck Sadecki hadn’t done much in the first two games, but replaced the injured Mike Mullane well in the third inning of game four, as he homered to give Brooklyn a 1-0 lead. In the fourth, Brooklyn had a chance to extend the lead when they put runners one the corners with one out. But an Osteen pop-out and Puckett ground out ended the threat. In the bottom of the inning, a Logan double and Sloan walk put runners at first and second for Milwaukee. Lopez popped out, but then back-to-back singles by Cullop and Jackson brought home a pair of runs. In the fifth, a solo shot by Johnny Logan and a two-run blast from Al Lopez put Milwaukee up 5-1. Schantz kept the Dawgz bats silent, and the Brewskies tacked on another pair before taking a 7-1 lead into the ninth.

It was only then that Brooklyn made a charge, scoring three times in the inning, once on a Koskie double and twice on a Sadecki single. But it was too little too late, as Herb Scott sealed the deal and gave Milwaukee a stunning three games to none lead in the series.

Game 4

Gary Nolan vs. Rich Bowerman

At Brooklyn, October 8^th, 1953

Brooklyn Leads 2 games to 1

Brooklyn	13	Boxscore
Milwaukee	17

Win	Warren Spahn
Loss	Jack Spragins
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In what was by far the sloppiest post-season game in DML history, the story of too-little, too-late struck again for the Dirty Dawgz.

A two run shot by Bobby Geary started it for Milwaukee in the first, and they tacked on two more in the third on an Eddie Matthews single. In the third, the wheels fell off for Brooklyn, as Milwaukee scored eight times to take an astonishing 12-0 lead. Geary and Cullop both delivered two-run hits in the inning, and the Brewskies collected five walks. As Brooklyn fans streamed toward the exists, Milwaukee continued to pour it on, taking a 17-2 lead into the top of the ninth.

Yet what could’ve been the most lopsided win in playoff history turned out not to be, as Brooklyn exploded for 11 runs in the inning. Rey and Nash delivered RBI singles, and then Gagne hit a sacrifice fly. Ron Boone struck out for the second out, but then three straight singles set up a grand slam by Chuck Sadecki that cut Milwaukee’s lead to 17-9. Spahn, needing just one more out, stayed on, but hits kept coming. Three more brought home Gene Smith, and then when Herb Scott was finally summoned from the bullpen, he gave up a three-run blast to Greg Gagne. But this, finally, was the last gasp for Brooklyn, as Ron Boone struck out for the second time in the inning and ended the game. Brooklyn fans were left to wonder what went wrong as Milwaukee—a team they had competed strongly against in the regular season—sent them packing in an embarrassing four-game sweep.