In Game 7, the Yankees beat the defending World champion Braves in Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 6-2, for their eighteenth title, the club’s seventh in the past decade. The Bronx Bombers become only the second team, the first being the 1925 Pirates, to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven Fall Classic.

On October 9, 1958 — In Game 7, the Yankees beat the defending World champion Braves in Milwaukee’s County Stadium, 6-2, Bob Turley pitches 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief, giving the yankees their eighteenth title, the club’s seventh in the past decade. The Bronx Bombers become only the second team, the first being the 1925 Pirates, to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven Fall Classic.

The New York Yankees’ Bob Turley pitches 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief to beat the Milwaukee Braves, 6 – 2, for the World Series title. New York becomes the first team since 1925 to win the World Series after being down 3 games to 1.

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