The heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers needed a big hit in the 10th inning to survive a 4-2 battle with the Chicago Cubs in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gil Hodges blasted a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning to send the Dodgers to the championship game […]

Baltimore’s Al Pilarcik drove in two runs as the Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in the semifinals of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With the victory, the Orioles will travel to the winner of the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs game for the title contest. Pilarcik […]

The Chicago Cubs blasted four home runs on their way to a 9-2 win in Cleveland during the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The biggest homer of the contest was a grand slam by Walt Moryn in the third inning that put the Cubs on top 6-0 and […]

Three big innings made the difference for Los Angeles as the Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox 11-3 in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. After Jackie Jensen gave the Red Sox an early lead with a solo homer in the second inning, the Dodgers went to work […]

Milt Pappas tossed a complete game as he led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Pappas limted the Braves to five hits as he fanned five. Walt Dropo led the Orioles offense with a two-run single in the […]

A 17-hit attack propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 10-4 victory over Cincinnati in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Jim McAnany and Nellie Fox led the White Sox with four hits each, while Larry Doby finished with three hits. After the Reds went on top 2-0 […]

Cleveland’s Jim Perry posted a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Perry allowed just four hits and one walk as he fanned seven in the shutout. After surrendering back-to-back singles to Curt Flood and Stan Musial with one out in […]

A pair of homers and a four-hit performance by Chicago’s Glen Hobbie gave the Cubs a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Hobbie gave up two singles to Bobby Richardson. The other two hits were a double to Elston Howard […]

One inning set the tone for Boston as the Red Sox pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3 in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gary Geiger blasted a three-run triple in the second frame and later scored on an error to give the Red Sox a 4-0 advantage. Don […]

Don Demeter made the fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers with one swing. Demeter’s walk-off homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth gave the Dodgers a 4-3 win over the Washington Senators in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The contest began as if the […]