Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-19

and lucky ball clubs WIN
pennants. Cleveland seems
to fit that description.
The Indians were licked, 60, yes
terday by the Browns when rain
washed out the game in the tenth
inning. The score was tied, %,
going into the tenth. The Browns
made four runs but they didn't
count because the rain halted the
game before the Indians could bat
in their half of the tenth.
Thus the Indians gained half a
game on day when they made only
four hits and would have been beat
en- except for the kindly rain. The
Tigers lost to the White Sox, Us,
and slipped to 3l9 games behind
the Indians.
The Dodgers have been unlucky
all season as far as injuries go but
they keep getting a reprieve from
the Reds in the pennant race. Every
time the Reds look like they are
going to run away with the race,
they stub their toes and the Dodgers
are back in the picture once more.
For the second straight Sunday
the Reds lost double header to the
Cardinals yesterday, 81 and Sd.
This double dose really hurt the
Reds as the Dodgers won their
twin bill from the Bees, 2 and 81,
enabling Brooklyn to pick up two
| full games and trim Cincinnati's
lead to Az games.
The Cardinals severely jolted the
Reds, beating Bucky Walters in the
first game and coming from behind
to nose out the league-leaderS in
the nightcap after they had hung
up a 80 lead. The double win ele-
waited the Cardinals from sixth to
fourth place, only a game and
half behind the third-place Giants
In losing the opener on eight hits,
Walters suffered his fifth reverse
in his last six games. The Reds
simply won't make any runs for him.
Vernon Kennedy was having one
of his better days against the In
dianS when rain spoiled his fun.
He allowed the Tribe only four hits,
one Of them a homer by Ray Mack,
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single tied the game in the ninth
and the four hits and a walk pro-
duced the four runs that didn't
count in the tenth.
Whit Wyatt and Luke Hamlin,
each pitching 7-hitter, twirled the
Dodgers double triumph. 1t was
No. 13 for Wyatt. Hamlin would
have had a Shutout but for Mana
ger Durochers error in the fifth
which led to the Bees only tally.
The last-place Phillies swept a
doubleheader from the Giants, 6-3
and 8-6, making IL hits in each
game. Johnny RiZZo and Joe Marty
led the Phils' attack, batting in IL
runs between them. Rizzo hit a
homer and two singles in each
game while Marty collected three
triples, a homer and two singles.
Larry French hung up victory No.
IL by pitching the Cubs to a 81
triumph over the Pirates, allowing
only six hits. The win put the Cubs
in fifth place tie with the Pirates.
The Yanks and Athletics split a
twin bill, with the McCarthymen
taking the opener, 81, and the
Mackmen grabbing the nightcap,
7-3. Buddy RoSar drove in four runs
in the first game Johnny Babich
won his tenth game in holding the
Yanks to seven hits III the after
piece.
A 3-run rally in the ninth enabled
the White Sox to come from behind
and trim the Tigers, Us, after De-
troit had gone ahead in the eighth
on Birdie Tebbett's homer. Ted Ly-
ons went all the way to win his
ninth game.
Earl Johnson, Red Sox rookie
turned in his fourth victory as Bos-
ton beat Washington, AZ. Success
i've homers by Bobby Doerr and
Dom Dimaggio in the seventh pro-
vided the Red Sox's margin of tri-
umph.