World Series GAME 1 – Braves 10, White Sox 3

GAMES 1-2 - Comiskey Park
BSN - Spahn (9-3, 3.26) vs CHW - Wood (8-6, 3.94)
The series opener featured a battle of tough lefties.  Boston went with HOF'er Warren Spahn and the Chisox tapped All-Star Wilbur Wood.  Spahn struggled in the first and gave the Chisox a quick 1-0 lead when Bucky Dent led off with a triple and scored on a Jerry Hairston single. After 3 innings Wood allowed only 1 hit and fanned 5.  Things were looking good for the Southsiders until the Braves batted around and scored 7 runs in the top of the 4th. A couple of RBI hits by Ebba St. Claire and Earl Torgeson set the stage for Sam  Jethroe's 3 run homer, which pretty much put it away for the visitors.  Spahn took his 6 run lead and went aggressively after the hitters.  He did give up solo runs in the 4th and the 5th, but he was smart enough not to play around. The Braves added 3 more solo runs off of reliever Tatum, who replaced Wood with 2 outs in the 4th.  Game time temperature was a nippy 53ø and the wind was blowing 10 mph from left to right.  Brave catcher Walker Cooper had a perfect day at the plate (4-4 with 3 runs scored).