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Clem Labine vs Ralph Branca
Perched with their backs up against the wall and facing elimination the tournament's #1 seed, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Solo runs in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings off of '47 starter Ralph Branca gave Clem Labine a nice margin to work with. Labine, who usually comes out of the pen found the ball in his shoe and a can of Barbesol on his stool when he entered the park today because his team needed the win in the worst way. Reese would lead the game off with a walk and move to second on a ground out by Gilliam. Jackie would deliver a 1 out double to score Reese to make it 1-0. In the third Jackie would single home Gilliam, who doubled right after Reese led the inning off by fanning on 4 pitches. A solo shot int he 4th by Furillo made it 3-0. '47's version of Jackie Robinson would homer with 1 out to get his team on the board and make it 3-1. Duke Snider's double with nobody out in the 5th scored Robinson for the '53 team to reinstate their 3 run lead. Then in the bottom of the inning the wheels would come off Labine's wagon and the '53 team's chances of getting back into this series. A huge 5 run outburst would do in Labine, who by this point had probably logged more innings in this game than in any game he pitched that season. 10 batters in all would bat that inning. Back to back doubles by Jorgensen and Furillo would get the scoring started. With the bases loaded Dixie Walker crushed a 3-1 offering for a bases clearing double to crush Labine and the '53 team's chances. '47 would add two solo insurance runs in the 6th and 7th to lock it up as Branca would go the distance for his second series win. The '47 Dodgers will square off against the '98 Yankees in a chance to win the Holiday Fesivus World Series. The Bombers made it to the finals in the solo play Yankee bracket with a 4-3 win over the 1947 Yankees.
1947 Dodgers win series 4-1
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