Game 1

Marty Sandusky vs. Sweetbreads Taft

At Chicago, October 4^th, 1953

Kansas City	4	Boxscore
Chicago	5

Win	Marty Sandusky
Loss	Sweetbreads Taft
Save	Earl Batista

After KC got the early lead, a two run shot by Brian Cicotte put Chicago ahead after one. After six, Chicago had built a 5-2 lead, but KC wasn’t ready to quit. A 7^th inning single by Mike Rumler make it 5-3, and in the 9^th, a two-out bases-loaded walk to Miah Kremers cut the lead to one. But Earl Batista got Chuck Swigler on a comebacker to end the game.

Game 2

Sherman Sallee vs. Jim Fernandez

At Chicago, October 5^th, 1953

Chicago leads 1 game to 0

Kansas City	5	Boxscore
Chicago	3

Win	Crash Spring
Loss	Lefty Eshelman
Save	Fred Wakfield

Kansas City scored single runs in the second and fifth, on RBIs by Kato Diaz and Andy Delahanty. Chicago matched, scoring twice in the third on a Cicotte home run. In the seventh, still tied at two, Hillis Jackson hit a three-run blast to put Kansas City ahead. Toliento homered for Chicago in the ninth, but Fred Wakefield came on to save the game.

Game 3

Gary Pelouze vs. Frank Levrault

At Kansas City, October 7^th, 1953

Series tied at 1

Chicago	1	Boxscore
Kansas City	0

Win	Frank Levrault
Loss	Gary Pelouze
Save	Gene Dickshot

Levrault dominated, allowing just two hits over eight innings before turning it over to Dickshot to complete the shutout. Pelouze allowed only a Toliento homer in six innings of work, but it was enough to give Chicago a 2-1 series lead.

Game 4

Mike Beall vs. Jim Sasser

At Kansas City, October 8^th, 1953

Chicago leads 2 games to 1

Chicago	2	Boxscore
Kansas City	5

Win	Mike Beall
Loss	Jim Sasser
Save	Gene Jorgensen

Despite getting a first-inning lead on another home run by Brian Cicotte, Chicago trailed 2-1 after two. In the fourth, Kip Striker broke it open with a two-run shot, giving KC a commanding 4-1 lead. Beall allowed only four hits in six and two-thirds before turning it over to the bullpen, which allowed only a single hit across the final two innings.

Game 5

Chuck Stanton vs. Marty Sandusky

At Kansas City, October 9^th, 1953

Series tied at 2

Chicago	6	Boxscore
Kansas City	2

Win	Lefty Eshelman
Loss	Crash Spring
Save

Tied at two, the series hinged on Game 5, and neither team wanted to let go.

Sandusky and Stanton locked horns for eight innings, allowing only seven hits between them. KC took the first lead in the third when Kip Striker scored on an RBI groundout. In the seventh, following a leadoff walk, Ken Sutherland went deep, putting Chicago ahead 2-1. That lead held until the ninth, when Gene Dickshot came on for the save. He immediately gave up back-to-back singles, putting runners at the corners. Red Hunter then scored on a swinging bunt that left Cicotte’s only play at first.

The game was then scoreless for five straight extra innings. KC’s best chance came in the 13^th, when they loaded the bases with two out, but failed to score. Finally, a key error sparked a four-run 15^th inning rally for Chicago—an inning so disastrous it featured Claude Geis walking pitcher Lefty Eshelman to force home a run. Chicago’s bullpen worked six scoreless innings in relief, allowing just two hits.

Game 6

Sherman Sallee vs. Sweetbreads Taft

At Chicago, October 11^th, 1953

Chicago leads 3 games to 2

Kansas City	2	Boxscore
Chicago	3

Win	Gene Dickshot
Loss	Sweetbreads Taft
Save

Sallee and Taft battled each other across six scoreless innings, until KC finally got the lead on a Hillis Jackson home run in the seventh. In the bottom of the inning, Ken Sutherland singled home Chessie to tie it up. In the 8^th, Kansas City got another lead, this time on a Chuck Swigler single, but failed to make anything more out of two-on, one-out situation when Glen Cunningham grounded into a double play. In the bottom of the eighth, Chicago immediately tied the game on a Wil Toliento solo shot, and later took the lead on a sacrifice fly by Bill Chessie. In the ninth, the Wildfire went quietly.