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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Chicago White Sox

1959-10-02 · 1959 World Series · Game 2 of 6 ◀ Game 1 Game 3 ▶ · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 47368 · 60°F, sunny, damp · Wind 10 mph to LF · 2:21

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Chicago White Sox 4–3. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 3 in the 7th. Johnny Podres earned the win and Larry Sherry picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	9
CHA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8

W: Johnny Podres L: Bob Shaw SV: Larry Sherry

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Eddie Hurley · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: John Rice · RF: Hal Dixon

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	4	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie Neal	5	2	2	3	0	0
Wally Moon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Duke Snider	4	0	1	0	0	0
Norm Larker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Hodges	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Roseboro	4	0	1	0	0	1
Maury Wills	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Podres	2	0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Essegian	1	1	1	1	0	0
Larry Sherry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Fairly	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Aparicio	5	1	2	0	0	0
Nellie Fox	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Landis	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sherm Lollar	4	0	2	1	0	1
Al Smith	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bubba Phillips	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim McAnany	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Shaw	3	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Cash	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Podres	6.0	5	3	3
Larry Sherry	3.0	3	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Shaw	6.2	8	1	1
Turk Lown	2.1	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Gilliam: 13/G1
Charlie Neal: 9/L9L
Wally Moon: S8/G46
Duke Snider: SB2
Duke Snider: S14/L1.2-3
Norm Larker: 9/F9

Bot 1

Luis Aparicio: D9/G3L
Nellie Fox: 9/F9.2-3
Jim Landis: W
Ted Kluszewski: 43/G4.3-H;1-2
Sherm Lollar: S4/G4D.2-H
Al Smith: E6/G6.1-2;B-1
Bubba Phillips: 5(2)/FO/G5

Top 2

Gil Hodges: 63/G6
John Roseboro: 8/F8XD
Maury Wills: S8/L8S
Johnny Podres: S8/F8S.1-3
Jim Gilliam: 3/L3F/FL

Bot 2

Jim McAnany: 43/G4M
Bob Shaw: K/C
Luis Aparicio: S7/G56
Nellie Fox: W.1-2
Jim Landis: K

Top 3

Charlie Neal: 5/P1
Wally Moon: 43/G4M
Duke Snider: 43/G4

Bot 3

Ted Kluszewski: 43/G4
Sherm Lollar: K
Al Smith: W
Bubba Phillips: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 4

Norm Larker: 5/P5S
Gil Hodges: K
John Roseboro: S6/P6D
Maury Wills: 6/5DF

Bot 4

Jim McAnany: 53/G5
Bob Shaw: S9/F9S
Luis Aparicio: 8/F8S
Nellie Fox: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 5

Johnny Podres: 8/F8
Jim Gilliam: 3/G3L
Charlie Neal: HR/F7D
Wally Moon: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Jim Landis: 9/F89
Ted Kluszewski: 9/F9LD
Sherm Lollar: 7/F78

Top 6

Duke Snider: 43/G4
Norm Larker: 43/G4
Gil Hodges: 6/P6M

Bot 6

Al Smith: 63/G6
Bubba Phillips: D7/L7LS
Jim McAnany: 9/F9.2-3
Bob Shaw: 63/G6

Top 7

John Roseboro: 6/P6MS
Maury Wills: 43/G4
Chuck Essegian: HR/F78XD
Jim Gilliam: W
Charlie Neal: HR/F8XD.1-H
Wally Moon: W
Duke Snider: 9/F9

Bot 7

Luis Aparicio: 6/P6D
Nellie Fox: 3/G3
Jim Landis: 13/BG1S

Top 8

Larry Sherry: K
Gil Hodges: 7/F7LF/FL
John Roseboro: K

Bot 8

Ted Kluszewski: S8/F8S
Sherm Lollar: S56/G5.1-2
Al Smith: D7/L78D.2-H;1XH(762);B-3(THH)
Billy Goodman: K
Jim Rivera: 2/P2F/FL

Top 9

Maury Wills: K/BF
Ron Fairly: 9/L9
Jim Gilliam: S7/L7S
Charlie Neal: SB2
Charlie Neal: 9/F9D

Bot 9

Norm Cash: 31/G34
Luis Aparicio: 63/G6
Nellie Fox: 43/G4M

Notes & reviews

Pitch-by-pitch courtesy of MLB Classic Radio. A pre-game shower cut batting practice short.
Line drive knocked Shaw's glove off
Neal bobbled it, thwarting possible DP
Kluszewski: diving backhanded catch in foul territory
Off Aparicio's glove
Into lower LF stands
Into the upper deck in LCF
Into the White Sox bullpen near the 415' sign
Hard hit off Gilliam's glove
Lollar was out by 10 feet and was tagged without sliding

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