Brooklyn used a 7-run third innning, including a grand slam by Johnny Mize, to roll to an easy 10-1 victory in Game 3 of the World Series.
Bob Elliott hit a two-run homer in the first inning off of North Dallas starter Hal Newhouser (0-1), and then the Belligerents blew the game open in the third. The Big Cat's grand slam made it 6-0. Dale Mitchell's RBI triple made it 7, and he scored when Bobby Doerr deposited a ball into the seats for a 9-0 Brooklyn lead. Elmer Valo made it 10-0 in the fourth with a home run of his own. North Dallas pushed a run across in the seventh, but that was all they could muster.
Earl Johnson (1-0) pitched 8 strong innings, scattering 7 hits and walking no one.
North Dallas finds themselves down 3-0, heading into game 4 tomorrow in North Dallas.
10/7/1947, NDA47-BRK47, Ebbets Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1947 Forty 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 5 1
1947 Belligerents 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 x 10 12 0 5 1
Forty AB R H BI AVG Belligerents AB R H BI AVG
Galan lf 4 0 1 0 .417 Valo rf 4 2 2 1 .286
DiMaggioD cf 4 0 2 0 .167 Boudreau ss 4 1 0 0 .154
Cullenbine 1b 4 0 0 0 .300 Elliott 3b 5 2 3 2 .462
Henrich rf 4 0 1 0 .250 Mize 1b 4 1 1 4 .273
Miller ss 4 0 0 0 .077 McCosky lf 3 1 0 0 .250
Stanky 2b 3 1 1 0 .222 Mitchell cf 3 1 2 1 .455
Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Doerr 2b 4 1 2 2 .500
Keltner 3b 3 0 1 1 .286 Howell c 4 0 1 0 .273
Rosar c 3 0 1 0 .200 JohnsonE p 4 1 1 0 .250
Newhouser p 1 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 .000
Branca p 1 0 0 0 .000 35 10 12 10
Dickson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ferrick p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 1 7 1
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newhouser L 0-1 2.1 6 6 6 1 1 36 24 23.14
Branca 2.0 6 4 4 1 1 44 27 18.00
Dickson 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 24 13 0.00
Ferrick 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 21 12 0.00
8.0 12 10 10 4 3 125 76
Belligerents INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
JohnsonE W 1-0 8.0 7 1 1 0 2 105 63 1.13
Reynolds 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 7 0.00
9.0 7 1 1 0 3 117 70
NDA: Robinson batted for Dickson in the 7th
Slaughter batted for Stanky in the 9th
2B-DiMaggioD, Keltner, Rosar, Howell. 3B-Mitchell. HR-Valo(1), Elliott(1),
Mize(1), Doerr(1). K-Miller 2, Robinson, Mize, Howell, JohnsonE. BB-Valo,
Boudreau, McCosky, Mitchell.
GWRBI: Elliott
Tom Ferrick was injured for this game and 12 more days
Temperature: 63, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH.