Game 1

Drummond Santiago vs. Mike Brown

At St. Louis, October 14^th, 1954

Baltimore	6	Boxscore
St. Louis	7

Win	Josh Daskin
Loss	Harry Estes
Save

Brown and Santiago pitched well early, keeping the game scoreless into the third. In the bottom of that inning, St. Louis put together a two-out rally with an RBI double from Luther Whitt and a RBI walk by Melvin James. Still trailing 2-0 in the sixth, Tom LaRocca hit a three-run bomb to put Baltimore ahead, but Happy Sullivan immediately answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run blast of his own, making it 4-3 St. Louis. In the eighth, against reliever Carols Bosetti, LaRocca singled home a run to tie it, and then Michael Sagmoen singled home Art Reichle to give Baltimore a 5-4 lead. After Reichle added another run in the ninth, the Red Birds came to bat against Harry Estes in his third inning of work. After getting the first out, St. Louis tattooed him, as Adam Howe doubled, Sugden walked, and Sean Campbell singled home a run. Salkeld relieved Estes, and promptly allowed Luther Whitt to single home the tying run. After Whitt stole second, Hal Jordan singled home Campbell to give St. Louis a dramatic Game 1 victory.

Game 2

Len Boerner vs. Elijah Stark

At St. Louis, October 15^th, 1954

St. Louis leads 1 game to 0

Baltimore	3	Boxscore
St. Louis	9

Win	Len Boerner
Loss	Elijah Stark
Save

The Red Birds drilled Elijah Stark for six runs in the first two innings. Luther Whitt tripled home a pair in the first before Melvin James singled home another, and then Hal Jordan hit a three-run blast to make it 6-1 St. Louis after two. Baltimore proceeded to strand seven runners in the next four innings, including three in the sixth, when they loaded the bases with nobody out but couldn’t score. Crash Davis’ eighth inning home run was too little and too late. Boerner worked nine innings allowing thirteen hits but just three runs.

Game 3

Nuke LaLoosh vs. Jake Riss

At Baltimore, October 17^th, 1954

St. Louis leads 2 games to 0

St. Louis	4	Boxscore
Baltimore	2

Win	Josh Daskin
Loss	Nuke LaLoosh
Save	Al Giordano

Back in Baltimore, the Orange Caps knew exactly how much trouble they were in, down two games and facing Jake Riss. Yet things seemed to be changing when Michael Sagmoen doubled home Mike Smith to put the Caps ahead 1-0. LaLoosh was solid, but Luther Whitt took him out in the fourth to tie the game. In the fifth, after Willie Hayes allowed Crash Davis to reach second on an error, Jason Merritt brought him home with a sacrifice fly, putting Baltimore up 2-1. But again, the lead vanished, as Sean Campbell tied it up with a home run in the sixth.

In the ninth, still tied at two, St. Louis put two on with one out, forcing Baltimore to go back to Harry Estes. He got the second out, but then Mike Bivas doubled home both runners to put St. Louis ahead 4-2. The Caps brought the tying run to the plate with two out against Giordano, but Sagmoen struck out to end the game and put Baltimore on the brink of elimination.

Game 4

Al McQuillan vs. George Pierotti

At Baltimore, October 18^th, 1954

St. Louis leads 3 games to 0

St. Louis	3	Boxscore
Baltimore	4

Win	Al McQuillan
Loss	George Pierotti
Save	Shad Salkeld

Three home runs—by Crash Davis, Art Reichle, and Mike Smith—allowed Baltimore to build a three-run lead after three innings. The teams exchanged runs in the sixth and seventh innings, but Baltimore was still up by three going into the ninth. That—as usual—was when the trouble started. After Melvin James doubled with one out, Harry Estes relieved Al McQuillan. He immediately gave up a double to Mike Bivas, scoring James, and then two more singles, the second scoring Bivas and making it a one run game. With runners at first and third and only one out, Shad Salkeld came on to relieve Estes, and by some magic got Adam Howe to roll over into a game-ending double play, barely avoiding Baltimore’s third and final bullpen collapse of the series.

Game 5

Mike Brown vs. Drummond Santiago

At Baltimore, October 19^th, 1954

St. Louis leads 3 games to 1

St. Louis	5	Boxscore
Baltimore	1

Win	Drummond Santiago
Loss	Mike Brown
Save

Santiago lived up to his fame, overwhelming Baltimore hitters all night long. Aside from Sagmoen’s home run in the seventh, Baltimore’s only serious threat was in the eighth, when they put two on with two out for George Mabry, who popped out to end the inning. Aside from that, Santiago dominated, sending the Orange Caps out with a whimper as St. Louis finished off its second consecutive world championship. Sugden, Jordan, Pinto, Sullivan, and Bivas drove in the St. Louis runs, with Bivas hitting the only home run.