Erie 3-1, Superior 1-3
Game One: Erie 7, Superior 4
WP: Grove (1-0)
LP: Ryan (0-1)
Save: Drysdale (1)
HR: Klein (1)
Game Two: Superior 7, Erie 6
WP: Gibson (1-0)
LP: Lemon (0-1)
Save: Wilhelm (1)
HR: Cepeda (1), Mantle (1)
Game Three: Erie 5, Superior 4
WP: Hubbell (1-0)
LP: Ford (0-1)
Save: Bender (1)
HR: Reese (1)
Game Four: Erie 5, Superior 4 (14 innings)
WP: Newhouser (1-0)
LP: Willis (0-1)
HR: Simmons (1)
Four tight games in Cleveland's League Park culminated in a 14-inning marathon and proved, broadly speaking, inhospitable to the visiting Superiors.
Bobby Doerr drove in five runs with a double and triple in the opener. His bases-loaded three-bagger in the sixth followed four walks with a double play grounder mixed in from losing pitcher Nolan Ryan, who fanned six and walked eight in six innings. Lefty Grove went eight innings for the win.
Chuck Klein and Orlando Cepeda each drove in a pair of runs in the second game for Superior, who won despite grounding into five double plays. The Eries got three doubles (Carl Yastzremski, Heinie Manush and Harry Hooper) in a three-run fifth.
Erie led the third game by three runs going into the ninth but had to call in Chief Bender to seal the deal after a Yastzremski error led to two runs off winner Carl Hubbell. Pee Wee Reese had an unlikely three-run homer in the sixth off Whitey Ford in the sixth to put Erie ahead to stay. Al Simmons had a pair of doubles among his three hits for the losers.
Erie built its winning rally with two outs in the bottom of the 14th in the finale. Vic Willis, who had entered in the 12th with two on and immedately ended the inning with a double play, retired the first two in the 14th before walking Manush. Reese then reached on an error by Orlando Cepeda, and Harry Hooper beat out an infield single. Rick Ferrell, the designated hitter, then smacked one into the gap for what would have been extra bases had the game not ended when Manush touched the plate. Hal Newhouser worked four innings for the win.
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