Larsen, a journeyman with a career record below .500, had been knocked out early in Game 2. At Yankee Stadium, using a new no-windup delivery, he retired all 27 Dodgers he faced, throwing 97 pitches. The Yankees won 2–0. The last out was a called third strike on pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell, and catcher Yogi Berra leapt into Larsen's arms, a photograph that became famous. The Yankees won the series in seven games.
The Dodgers of 1956, with Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider and Roy Campanella, were one of baseball's great lineups, and the series was tied at two games each. Larsen had begun experimenting with pitching without a windup late in the season, hoping to improve his control and stop tipping his pitches.
On October 8 before more than 64,000 fans, he faced the minimum. Several Dodgers came close: Robinson hit a line drive that bounced off third baseman Andy Carey's glove to the shortstop, who threw him out, and Mickey Mantle made a running catch on a long drive by Gil Hodges. Mantle also hit a home run off Sal Maglie, who allowed only five hits himself. As was the custom, Larsen's teammates avoided speaking to him about the no-hitter during the game.
With two outs in the ninth, Mitchell took a pitch that umpire Babe Pinelli called strike three, a call Mitchell disputed for the rest of his life. It was Pinelli's last game behind the plate. Larsen's feat stood as the only no-hitter in World Series play until a combined no-hitter in 2022.
Key people: Don Larsen, Yogi Berra, Dale Mitchell, Sal Maglie