Game 1

Toots Wilson vs. Chris Fletcher

At Chicago, October 4^th, 1954

Washington	0	Boxscore
Chicago	3

Win	Toots Wilson
Loss	Chris Fletcher
Save	Ken East

It was a new year and a new name, but the members of the oft-renamed Washington team had to be tired of going into Chicago to start the ALCS. 1954 was the third time in a row these two teams had faced each other. The year before, the then-Senators had been shutout in Game 1. In ’54, it happened again.

Toots Wilson scattered six hits over eight innings before turning it over to Ken East, who completed the shutout. Amos Cooper hit the games’ only home run for the Claymores.

Game 2

Babe Adams vs. Deacon Phillippe

At Chicago, October 5^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 1 game to 0

Washington	1	Boxscore
Chicago	2

Win	Babe Adams
Loss	Deacon Phillippe
Save	Allen Schlueter

RBI hits from Aaron and Jackson put Chicago up 2-0 in the 1^st, before Phillippe induced a double-play ball from Laudner to end what could’ve been a much bigger inning. It hardly mattered though, as Babe Adams didn’t allow a hit until the sixth, when Gene Larkin opened the inning with a single. Washington put two on with one out, but Samuel Adams and Tony Jimenez couldn’t get either of them home. Phillippe was outstanding, allowing just two more after the first, but the Enforcers just couldn’t wake up the bats in time to save him. Joe Adcock singled home Jimenez with two down in the 9^th, making it 2-1, but Allen Schlueter struck out Tom Whitehurst to end the game and put Chicago up 2-0

Game 3

Tom Seaver vs. Lew Burdette

At Washington, October 7^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 2 games to 0

Chicago	15	Boxscore
Washington	2

Win	Lew Burdette
Loss	Tom Seaver
Save

In what may well have been his last Major League start, Tom Seaver was roasted for nine runs in five and two-thirds innings. The big blows were a three-run blast by Cuke Jackson and a two-run shot from Campusano. Burdette went the distance for Chicago, the Enforcers not even bothering to score until the 8^th.

Game 4

Charlie McNamara vs. Bill Hopkins

At Washington, October 8^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 3 games to 0

Chicago	2	Boxscore
Washington	3

Win	Buddy Rogers
Loss	Ken East
Save

Washington entered Game 4 facing about the most unthinkable task—beating Chicago four in a row. It hadn’t happened all season. And you couldn’t give the Enforcers much of a chance sending Charlie McNamara against 18 game winner Bill Hopkins. But McNamara held his own, allowing just two runs over seven solid innings. Hopkins, however, was even better, blanking the Enforcers across the first six. That left a Cuke Jackson RBI double and Delahanty solo shot to put Chicago up 2-0 going into the bottom of the seventh. Tom Whitehurst led off for Washington and reached second on a throwing error by Hopkins. With two out, he scored on a Spider Miller single. In the 9^th, still up 2-1, the Chicago went to Ken East, who’d had problems in Game 2. East struggled again, giving up a single to Adcock and hitting Tom Whitehurst with a pitch to open the inning. East then regained his composure, striking out Gene Larkin and Randy Bush to push the Enforcers to the brink of elimination. However, after Spider Miller worked a walk to load the bases, East was lifted for Schlueter, who gave up a two-out, bases-loaded walk-off double to Samuel Adams, scoring Adock and Whitehurst to put a win on the board for Washington.

Game 5

Chris Fletcher vs. Toots Wilson

At Washington, October 9^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 3 games to 1

Chicago	2	Boxscore
Washington	1

Win	Toots Wilson
Loss	Chris Fletcher
Save	Ken East

Game 5 looked an awful lot like game 4, as Washington pitching held tough against the Claymores’ offense, while Washington bats struggled to find clutch hits. RBIs by Gonzalez and Aaron put Chicago up 2-0 in the fifth, while a Gene Larkin double brought home Washington’s only run in the bottom of the 5^th. In the 9^th, Ken East ran into problem again. Oscar Radke walked with one out, bringing up Joe Adcock. He hit what could’ve been a game-tying double, but the slow-footed Radke was held at third base. Washington had two chances to find a hit and revisit the magic from Game 4, but it was not to be, as Whitehurst struck out and Larkin flew out to center to send the Claymores to another World Series.