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The Browns desperately wanted to emulate their American League Wild Card counterparts and upset a 50 plus winning team and advance to the series.
The Browns gained a split of the first two games in New York and then won the first two games on their home field back in St Louis predominantly behind the red hot hitting of first baseman Carlos Smith who batted .464 with 3 homeruns and 8 runs batted in for the series and scored 8 runs. Right fielder Monk Bekina .500 (15 for 30) and left fielder Jerry Abbott .357 (10 for 28) were also in fine form.
However, the fifth game in St Louis proved to be pivotal for the Giants whose 4-3 clutch win sent the series back to New York for game six.
In that fifth game the Giants raced out to a 4-1 lead on a home run by Lafitte, a triple by third baseman John Smith, and a solid effort from starting pitcher Scott McMasters allowed the Giants to extend the series one more game on their home field.
Back in New York, the Giants won a slugfest in game six 12-7 collecting 17 hits while the Browns racked up 14. Browns starter Fred Walker lasted only three innings, which became a big problem for St Louis during the series. Walker allowed 6 hits and 6 runs in just 3 innings.
The Browns refused to fold and scored five times in the middle innings droving Giants starter Mordecai Manning form the game. Fortunately, for the Giants, their bullpen was able to provide the needed relief when Jim Taylor (winning pitcher) and Tom Grissom went five innings and allowed just 2 runs and 6 hits.
Giants hitters continued their barrage as the game went on.
Lafitte had a 2 run single in the 3rd.
In the fourth pinch hitter Charlie Reynolds, a regular season super sub, hit a pinch hit home run.
In the sixth, the pitcher, Jim Taylor led off and blooped a soft single just over a leaping Charlie Padden's outstretched glove off luckless Dale Bevil. Dick Hobaugh and Travis Outlaw walked which brought up slugger Jeremy Pemberton who all but iced the game with a deep drive that was last seen over New Jersey still climbing.
The seventh game was a game of big innings.
St Louis scored three in the second inning on a RBI single by Cito Goodson and a two base throwing error by third baseman John Smith that let in two runs.
The Giants responded with a five run outburst off John Rutner that was death by a thousand cuts. Phillips started the inning grounder to second. Lafitte doubled with one out. Catcher Schylar Sangiovanni reached on a ball hit off the plate high into the air that Rutner fielded and threw late to first. Both runners held on Cronin grounder to second that was the second out.
Now, just an out away from getting out of the jam, Rutner walked Hobaugh again to load the bases. The Browns starter visibly upset at a couple of calls then walked shortstop Kelly Green on four pitches to force in a run.
A visit to the mound before he faced Travis Outlaw resulted in a first pitch fastball that Outlaw crushed over the centerfield fence for the Giants second grand slam of the series.
In the fifth Browns catcher Dan Raymond started the inning with a blast off Jim Cronin. Padden singled and Smith walked before Jerry Abbott followed with the second St Louis long ball of the inning bringing in both runners and putting St Louis up 7-6.
Rod Schumacher come on for Cronin then and restored order. Schumacher worked three scoreless innings allowing his team a chance to come back.
In the seventh they did just that.
Bob Shay had come in the sixth for Dale Bevil who had worked a scoreless fifth and Shay recorded three outs initiating hope the Browns bullpen had settled down just in time.
BUT.... in the seventh trouble arose again.
Kelly Green sent Shay to the showers with a long one to left that tied the score and brought the crowd to it's feet roaring.
The Browns brought on Gene Rader.
The first hitter he faced split the gap in left center for a stand up double that raised the already deafening level of the crowd noise.
Rattled a bit, Rader walked the next two hitters.
First he worked too carefully to Pemberton after getting ahead two strikes, then he compounded his own anguish when he lost Smith to another walk that loading the bases with no outs.
The crowd was now on their feet waiting for the axe to fall. Roaring in anticipation.
Amidst all the chaos the beleaguered Browns reliever got a break when Spike Phillips swung at an outside pitch and hit it on one hop right at second baseman Charlie Padden who tuned a second to short to first double play with a run scoring. The crowd's bloodlust was stymied.
But that run did put New York up 8-7 and the New York bullpen made it stand up.
Cullen Bulluck relieved Schumacher to start the ninth and he set the Browns down quickly on a comebacker to the mound and two grounders right at Pemberton at first base to set up a new york and Kansas City World Series.
Giants win NLCS and advance to series beating Browns in seven
February 17, 2015 at 06:04AM View BBCode
The New York Giants salvaged their great season with a dramatic effort in the NLCS rebounding from a three games to one deficit to defeat the hustling determined St. Louis Browns.The Browns desperately wanted to emulate their American League Wild Card counterparts and upset a 50 plus winning team and advance to the series.
The Browns gained a split of the first two games in New York and then won the first two games on their home field back in St Louis predominantly behind the red hot hitting of first baseman Carlos Smith who batted .464 with 3 homeruns and 8 runs batted in for the series and scored 8 runs. Right fielder Monk Bekina .500 (15 for 30) and left fielder Jerry Abbott .357 (10 for 28) were also in fine form.
However, the fifth game in St Louis proved to be pivotal for the Giants whose 4-3 clutch win sent the series back to New York for game six.
In that fifth game the Giants raced out to a 4-1 lead on a home run by Lafitte, a triple by third baseman John Smith, and a solid effort from starting pitcher Scott McMasters allowed the Giants to extend the series one more game on their home field.
Back in New York, the Giants won a slugfest in game six 12-7 collecting 17 hits while the Browns racked up 14. Browns starter Fred Walker lasted only three innings, which became a big problem for St Louis during the series. Walker allowed 6 hits and 6 runs in just 3 innings.
The Browns refused to fold and scored five times in the middle innings droving Giants starter Mordecai Manning form the game. Fortunately, for the Giants, their bullpen was able to provide the needed relief when Jim Taylor (winning pitcher) and Tom Grissom went five innings and allowed just 2 runs and 6 hits.
Giants hitters continued their barrage as the game went on.
Lafitte had a 2 run single in the 3rd.
In the fourth pinch hitter Charlie Reynolds, a regular season super sub, hit a pinch hit home run.
In the sixth, the pitcher, Jim Taylor led off and blooped a soft single just over a leaping Charlie Padden's outstretched glove off luckless Dale Bevil. Dick Hobaugh and Travis Outlaw walked which brought up slugger Jeremy Pemberton who all but iced the game with a deep drive that was last seen over New Jersey still climbing.
The seventh game was a game of big innings.
St Louis scored three in the second inning on a RBI single by Cito Goodson and a two base throwing error by third baseman John Smith that let in two runs.
The Giants responded with a five run outburst off John Rutner that was death by a thousand cuts. Phillips started the inning grounder to second. Lafitte doubled with one out. Catcher Schylar Sangiovanni reached on a ball hit off the plate high into the air that Rutner fielded and threw late to first. Both runners held on Cronin grounder to second that was the second out.
Now, just an out away from getting out of the jam, Rutner walked Hobaugh again to load the bases. The Browns starter visibly upset at a couple of calls then walked shortstop Kelly Green on four pitches to force in a run.
A visit to the mound before he faced Travis Outlaw resulted in a first pitch fastball that Outlaw crushed over the centerfield fence for the Giants second grand slam of the series.
In the fifth Browns catcher Dan Raymond started the inning with a blast off Jim Cronin. Padden singled and Smith walked before Jerry Abbott followed with the second St Louis long ball of the inning bringing in both runners and putting St Louis up 7-6.
Rod Schumacher come on for Cronin then and restored order. Schumacher worked three scoreless innings allowing his team a chance to come back.
In the seventh they did just that.
Bob Shay had come in the sixth for Dale Bevil who had worked a scoreless fifth and Shay recorded three outs initiating hope the Browns bullpen had settled down just in time.
BUT.... in the seventh trouble arose again.
Kelly Green sent Shay to the showers with a long one to left that tied the score and brought the crowd to it's feet roaring.
The Browns brought on Gene Rader.
The first hitter he faced split the gap in left center for a stand up double that raised the already deafening level of the crowd noise.
Rattled a bit, Rader walked the next two hitters.
First he worked too carefully to Pemberton after getting ahead two strikes, then he compounded his own anguish when he lost Smith to another walk that loading the bases with no outs.
The crowd was now on their feet waiting for the axe to fall. Roaring in anticipation.
Amidst all the chaos the beleaguered Browns reliever got a break when Spike Phillips swung at an outside pitch and hit it on one hop right at second baseman Charlie Padden who tuned a second to short to first double play with a run scoring. The crowd's bloodlust was stymied.
But that run did put New York up 8-7 and the New York bullpen made it stand up.
Cullen Bulluck relieved Schumacher to start the ninth and he set the Browns down quickly on a comebacker to the mound and two grounders right at Pemberton at first base to set up a new york and Kansas City World Series.
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