Game 1

Babe Adams vs. Bobbie Schantz

At Chicago, October 14^th, 1954

Milwakuee	2	Boxscore
Chicago	8

Win	Babe Adams
Loss	Bobbie Schantz
Save

Chicago jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on a Mike Gonzalez blast, and never looked back, pushing the lead to 5-1 in the third and 8-1 in the sixth. Gonzalez, Gomez, and Delahanty each had a pair of RBI, while Babe Adams allowed just two runs over nine for a complete game win.

Game 2

Toots Wilson vs. Rafael Riddle

At Chicago, October 15^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 1 game to 0

Milwaukee	6	Boxscore
Chicago	2

Win	Rafael Riddle
Loss	Toots Wilson
Save

Down a game, Milwaukee shot out of the gates in game two, toasting Toots Wilson with six singles and an enormous two-base error by Mike Gonzalez. When it was over, Milwaukee had a 6-0 lead and Wilson had been knocked out of the box with the astonishing line of 0.1 IP, 5 hits, six runs, four earned. A two-run trouble by Luey Larue accounted for Chicago’s only scoring, which wasn’t enough to shake Riddle and two Brewskies’ relievers.

Game 3

Bob Buhl vs. Lew Burdette

At Milwaukee, October 17^th, 1954

Series tied at 1

Chicago	3	Boxscore
Milwaukee	4

Win	Danny Mitchell
Loss	Otto Sanders
Save

Game three was a classic seesaw battle that nine innings couldn’t contain. Hank Aaron gave Chicago a 1-0 lead with a solo shot in the first, and Aaron pushed it to 2-0 with an RBI single in the fifth. In the bottom of the inning, Al Lopez reached on an error with one out, and then Goulish singled, putting runners at first and third. That brought up Buhl, who helped his own cause with an RBI singled, cutting the lead to 2-1. After a steal, Meacham singled home Goluish to tie the game.

Larue homered in the sixth to put Chicago back on top 3-2, and they carried that lead into the last of the eighth. With one out, Logan walked, and then went to second on a ground out. Chicago went to Ken East, who’d had plenty of problems in the ALCS. He fared no better, giving up a game-tying single to Billy Sloan.

The bats were quiet in the ninth and tenth innings, with neither team putting a man on. In the 11^th, Cloninger put two on with nobody out, but got Delahanty, Cooper, and Martin to strand the Claymores’ runners and keep it a 3-3 tie. In the bottom of the inning, the Brewskies got a two-out triple from Geary, but Cooper couldn’t get him home.

After Milwaukee wasted a leadoff double in the 12^th, the bats fell silent again, with neither team getting a runner until the last of the 14^th. With two out, Al Lopez doubled against Otto Sanders. Dale Goulish then drove a single up the middle to score Lopez and give Milwaukee a dramatic game 3 win.

Game 4

Jack Rivera vs. Bill Hopkins

At Milwaukee, October 18^th, 1954

Milwaukee Leads 2 games to 1

Chicago	13	Boxscore
Milwaukee	5

Win	John Viox
Loss	Herb Scott
Save

Milwaukee already had two more World Series wins than the year before, and were looking to take a commanding lead in the series. Chicago got the early lead though, as they scored twice in the first on a passed ball and a Cuke Jackson single. Milwaukee rallied in the bottom half, scoring first on a two-out solo shot by Pete Fizer, and then—after a pair of singles by Sloan and Geary—Ed Cooper singled home the tying run.

In the second, Milwaukee put two on with one out for Fizer, who went deep for a second time—this one a three-run blast to put the Brewskies ahead 5-2. Campusano homered to make it 5-3 in the third, but Rivera settled down, hold the score through the sixth. Then, in the seventh, Delahanty led off with a home run, making it 5-4. Herb Scott relieved Rivera. Two outs and two singles later, Hank Aaron came up the tying run at second and two outs. He singled, driving in Vince Martin and tying the game at 5.

In the eighth, things started going terribly wrong for Milwaukee. Juan Gomez reached second when Billy Sloan dropped a fly ball. Two outs later, the inning should have been over, but it stayed alive for Delahanty, who doubled home the go-ahead run. Larue then singled home Delahanty to make it 7-5 Chicago. Then, in the ninth, Chicago blew it open with six runs against Tony Cloninger, taking a 13-5 lead. They held on easily to tie the series at two.

Game 5

Bobbie Schantz vs. Babe Adams

At Milwaukee, October 19^th, 1954

Series tied at 2

Chicago	4	Boxscore
Milwaukee	2

Win	Babe Adams
Loss	Bobbie Schantz
Save	Ken East

Johnny Logan gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead with a solo blast in the third, but the Brewskies gave the run back in the fourth on an error by Bobby Geary. In the seventh, shoddy Milwaukee defense struck again. With two on and two out, Luey Larue hit a fly ball to center. Meacham dropped it, allowing two runs to score. Babe Adams singled home another run to make it 4-1. Billy Sloan hit a solo blast in the eighth, but it wasn’t enough, as four unearned runs made a loser of Schantz and the Brewskies.

Game 6

Toots Wilson vs. Rafael Riddle

At Chicago, October 19^th, 1954

Chicago Leads 3 games to 2

Milwaukee	4	Boxscore
Chicago	1

Win	Rafael Riddle
Loss	Toots Wilson
Save	Tony Cloninger

Facing elimination, Milwaukee got the first lead of the night, as Al Lopez doubled home Bobby Geary in the second. In the third, Chicago got a single from Campusano and a double from Gonzalez to put runners at second and third for Hank Aaron, who picked up an RBI groundout. Little did they know it would be their last hit of the game.

Milwaukee jumped right back on top in the third, getting an RBI single from Geary and an RBI double from Ed Cooper. Riddle issued leadoff walks in the fourth and fifth, but didn’t allow some much as a base runner thereafter, holding the Claymores’ to only three hits and three walks over eight innings. Tony Cloninger came on to pitch a perfect ninth and grant the Brewskies a seventh game in the World Series.

Game 7

Lew Burdette vs. Bob Buhl

At Chicago, October 20^th, 1954

Series tied at 3

Milwaukee	4	Boxscore
Chicago	1

Win	Rafael Riddle
Loss	Toots Wilson
Save	Tony Cloninger

The game was sloppy for the first three innings, as both teams kicked the ball around and missed opportunities to score. The game turned in the fourth, when Lew Burdette unintentionally made himself part of Dale Murphy League lore, allowing back-to-back-to-back home runs to open the inning. Fizer, Sloan, and Geary all went deep to give Milwaukee a 3-0 lead. Milwaukee picked up another run in the fifth, and the Dale Goulish hit a three-run blast in the sixth to blow it open at 7-0. Mike Gonzalez hit a two run shot for Chicago in the 8^th, but it was an afterthought, as Chicago made no serious attempt to get back in the game.