'A batting /spree beginning after two men were out in the ninth inning gave Brooklyn a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rally started after catcher Ray Mueller dropped Melo Almada's foul all behind the plate. Almada then connected for a single and went to third on manager Lippy Durochers single. Harry Lavagetto doubled, scoring Almada and Durocher.
Dolph Camilli then singled scoring Lavagetto with the winning run.
Freddie Fitzsimmons relieved Luke Hamlin on the pitching mound for the Dodgers in the last half of the ninth and kept the Pirates from regaining the lead.
Mace Brown, who relieved Bob Klinger in the ninth, was charged with the pitching defeat
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