Game 1

Jake Riss vs. Billy Kiely

At St. Louis, October 4^th, 1955

Milwaukee	7	Boxscore
St. Louis	0

Win	Billy Kiely
Loss	Jake Riss
Save

Kiely was sensational against perennial Cy Young runner-up Jake Riss, scattering just five hits and two walks over a complete-game shutout. The final score not withstanding, Riss was nearly as impressive, allowing just a single run over eight innings, on a Chico Hawley RBI double. In the ninth, a game that had featured almost no offense suddenly exploded, with Milwaukee scoring six times against the St. Louis pen. Hinton, Farr, and Perry hit home runs—Perry’s being a three-run blast.

Game 2

Drummond Santiago vs. Alan Jeffcoat

At St. Louis, October 5^th, 1955

Milwaukee lead 1 game to 0

Milwaukee	3	Boxscore
St. Louis	1

Win	Alan Jeffcoat
Loss	Drummond Santiago
Save	Harry Fisher

Milwaukee got a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to a huge error by Hal Jordan, which would later prove critical. St. Louis tied the game in the fourth on a solo shot by Melvin James, but that accounted for all the run scoring in the first nine innings. St. Louis came the closest to scoring in the seventh, when Willie Hayes tried to tag up and score on a Santiago fly-out. Hayes was gunned down at the plate, ending the inning.

After nine innings, Santiago came out to start the tenth. The first batter he faced was Alan Jeffcoat, who conveniently bounced one back to him. But Santiago bobbled the ball, allowing Jeffcoat to reach. The next batter was Ron Flohr, and he hit a two-run blast to put Milwaukee ahead 3-1. Harry Fisher came on and retired the side in order, giving Milwaukee a stunning 2-0 series lead, having beat both Riss and Santiago back-to-back.

Game 3

Joe Caster vs. Sherman Sallee

At Milwaukee, October 7^th, 1955

Milwaukee leads 2 game to 0

St. Louis	7	Boxscore
Milwaukee	3

Win	Sherman Sallee
Loss	Joe Caster
Save

Milwaukee fought hard to stay in the game, but the St. Louis bats were simply too much. An RBI by Hawley in the seventh, and a home run by Long in the eighth kept them close, but Don Alperman finally sealed it for St. Louis with a two-run shot in the ninth.

Game 4

Dutch Schultz vs. Len Boerner

At Milwaukee, October 8^th, 1955

Milwaukee leads 2 games to 1

St. Louis	9	Boxscore
Milwaukee	4

Win	Josh Daskin
Loss	Chauncey Spinks
Save

The story in Game 4 was much the same as in Game 3, as a hard-fought battle finally went to the superior St. Louis bats. After a fourth inning home run by Sandy Hinton gave Milwaukee a 2-1 lead, Hinton added another RBI in the sixth to make it 3-1. But in the seventh, an RBI single by Luther Whitt and a two-run double by Mike Bivas put St. Louis on top. Milwaukee battled, tying the game in the bottom of the inning, but then St. Louis exploded for five runs in the eighth against Spinks, the big blow a grand slam by Melvin James.

Game 5

Billy Kiely vs. Jake Riss

At Milwaukee, October 9^th, 1955

Series tied at two

St. Louis	1	Boxscore
Milwaukee	0

Win	Jake Riss
Loss	Billy Kiely
Save

Kiely got in trouble only once—in the first—and nearly escaped the jam before Mike Bivas doubled home Alex Sugden with two out. After that, the bats went dead on both sides, as Kiely and Riss battled nearly as they had in Game 1. Bivas’ double proved the only scoring in the game, as Riss allowed just four hits and three walks in a shutout win. St. Louis’ deficit had suddenly become a lead.

Game 6

Drummond Santiago vs. Alan Jeffcoat

At St. Louis, October 11^th, 1955

St. Louis leads 3 games to 2

Milwaukee	4	Boxscore
St. Louis	5

Win	Carlos Bosetti
Loss	Ed Noble
Save	Al Giordano

St. Louis drew first blood, in the first, when Luther Whitt singled home Sugden. After Santiago set down Milwaukee with relative ease through the first three, he hit a rough patch in the fourth, as the Brewskies loaded the bases with one out. After Santiago walked Frank Perry to force home a run, Larry Farr hit a sacrifice fly to give Milwaukee a 2-1 lead—though Brewskies fans couldn’t help but feel they’d missed an opportunity.

The lead, not surprisingly, proved insufficient, as home runs by Bivas (solo) and Hayes (two-run) put St. Louis back on top in the bottom of the inning. But George Long did everything he could to keep Milwaukee alive, hitting a pair of solo blasts in the sixth and finally the eighth, the last tying the game.

But in the end, it was Milwaukee’s defense that cost them the series.

In the bottom of the eighth, with the score tied at four, St. Louis managed a pair of hits to put runners on the corners with two out. Ed Noble, who had held the Red Birds scoreless through four stellar innings of relief, needed just one more out to keep the game tied; but his first pitch to Adam Howe kicked off catcher Sandy Hinton’s glove and rolled to the backstop, allowing Melvin James to score from third and give St. Louis a 5-4 lead.

Giordano—in his first save situation of the series—set the Brewskies down in order in the ninth.