Louis Cardinals homers off Boston Red Sox pitcher Frank Sullivan to seal a 6–5 victory. July 26 - In a key nighttime game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 1–0. The game's only run occurred in the bottom of the 6th inning when Yogi Berra hit his 17th homer of the season off the White Sox' Dick Donovan. Tommy Byrne was the winning pitcher as he held the White Sox to just 4 hits, all of them singles. July 31 – On the first anniversary of his four-home run game, Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock has his arm broken by a pitch from the New York Giants' Jim Hearn. Adcock will miss the rest of the season. August August 20 – The Chicago White Sox rally to edge the Detroit Tigers‚ 8–7. Nellie Fox and Jim Rivera pace the attack with four hits apiece‚ while Chico Carrasquel adds a home run. George Kell drives in five runs for the White Sox. The win leaves Chicago (71-46) tied in second place with Cleveland (73-48)‚ and a game in back of New York (74-47). September September 8 – The Brooklyn Dodgers clinch the National League pennant by beating the Milwaukee Braves, 10–2, for their 8th NL title. The Dodgers also break their own Major League Baseball record for the earliest clinching, set in . September 16 – The Kansas City Athletics score seven runs in the first inning and roll to a 13–7 win over the faltering Chicago White Sox. The third place Sox lose their 10th in 17 games. Héctor López hits a three-run home run in the first to start the scoring and later in the game Joe Astroth adds another three-run homer. George Kell and Chico Carrasquel hits solo homers for Chicago. In the 8th inning, 16-year-old shortstop Alex George debuts for Kansas City‚handling two chances in the field flawlessly and making out in his one at bat. George will go 1-for-10 in this his only Major League season. September 14 – Cleveland Indians pitcher Herb Score breaks a rookie record of 235 strikeouts in a season set by Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1911. Score would finish the season with an American League-best 245 strikeouts, along with a 16–10 record and 2.86 earned run average, en route to the American League Rookie of the Year Award. October October 4 – No more