The World Series
The World Series
The Yankee-Cardinal World Series moves to New York with the games even. One and One. In the third game, Mickey Mantle writes finish to the game as he hits the first pitch into the stands. Two to One........Yankees!!! In the fourth game, the Yankees score 3 runs in the first inning and the Cards are scoreless until the sixth when Ken Boyer blasts a grand slam homer and the Cards win...4 to 3...and tie the Series at two all. In the fifth game, St. Louis is leading - 2 to 0 - in the ninth when Tom Tresh ties it up with a two-run homer. The Cards come back in the tenth with 3 runs on Tim McCarver's round-tripper. Now they return to St. Louis for the grand finale. The Cardinals leading, 3 games to 2. Yankee Stadium New York wide angle shot of all the baseball fans. Mickey Mantle walking over to home plate. He slams the ball into the third tier of the stadium. Ken Boyer at home plate, he swings and connects with the ball with the bases loaded and he puts the Cardinals into the lead. Ken Boyer running around the bases racking up a homerun and his teammates are there to congratulate him on hitting the ball. People packed into the stadium sitting in their assigned seats. Tom Tresh at bat, he swings, he hits and he scores two homeruns. Tim McCarver at bat, and he too hits and scores a homerun. Cardinals are in front 5 to 2. Roger Maris at bat, he swings, he hits and its a pop fly and caught by Ken Boyer. Cardinals win another one.