The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23
Bosox, Tigers
 And Yankees In Great Race

the Boston Red SoX, Detroit Tigers, and New York Yankees play ball for the remaining g weeks of the American League season as they did in the first, the l946 campaign will be great one for the T told you so" experts.
 Today they are running, one, two, three with only 8 game separating the leading Red SoX and the third place Yankees, but what is more tm- portant each team is winning games exactly as it was expected to and the weaknesses of each are crop ping out according to predictions.
 The Red Sox have won six and lost one, and as prophesied, are crushing opponents with homers and extra base hits to make up for the lack of top flight pitchers and the defensive gaps in their lineup. The Cape Cod sluggerS have made seven homers, l3 doubles, and three triples in totaling 4l runs, but the pitching has been anything but air tight and the opposition has made 29 runs on 50 hits.
 The Tigers have won five out of six games, mainly because their ace pitchers have moved down the op- position, which has collected only 32 hits for an average of 533 per game.
 Only One Homer
 Detroit pitchers have scored two shutouts and the opposition was held to a lone run in two other games But the home run is a lost art so far with only Hank Green berg having hit one.
 The Yankees, going for big in- nings as of old, have won five and lost two. They too, have connected for seven homers to riddle the oppo- sition at critical times. The pitching has been spotty but frisky defensive play has held down enemy run making.
 Although the Yankees played their first game without making homer yesterday, big inning paid of in to l victory over the Philadelphia Athletics at New York George Stirnweiss walked, Joe Di- Maggie hit line triple that Sam Chapman couldn't hold and came home with the deciding run on Charley Keller's single in the sixth. Pitcher Floyd Bevans was shaky at the start when Chapman's double produced a first inning run but fine fielding saved him thereafter.
 Paul (Dizzy) Trout of the Tigers duplicated his l945 debut by pitch- ing Shutout, blanHing the White Sox at Chicago, to 0 on six hits. Pinky Higgins two run double start ed the Tigers to victory in the sec- ond and Hank Greenberg's triple produced another run in the third.
 Rookie Homer Wins
 Three Red Sox homers accounted for a 5 to { Victory over Washington at Boston. Eddie Pellagrini hit homer In his first time up as & ma tor leaguer in the seventh to score the winning run. Bobby Doerr got two run homer and Rudy York got one with the bases empty to give Mickey Harris late support after Washington took an early lead. It was his second victory.
 Max Lanier of the Cardinals won his second game at Cincinati, 4 to 1 after St. Louis batters gave him e three run margin in the first inning. Buster Adams got two hits and drove in two runs to pace the Cards,
 Billy Hermans 10th inning single gave the Dodgers a 5 to 4 victory over Boston !. at Brooklyn. Pete Reiser made four hits, driving in two runs with a double in the ninth to tie the score. Relief Pitcher Hugh Casey, third Dodger noundsman, was the victor.
 The Giants, going heavy on extra base hits, made six doubles to beat the Phils at Philadelphia. scoring all their runs in the sixth and seventh. The Phils made IS hits, but blew 3 to o lead and left nine base runners stranded. Babe Young drove in three runs with three hits to lead New York.
 There were no other games scheduled.
 YESTERDAYS STAR Eddie Pellagrini, whose homer in his first time at bat as a major leaguer after relieving the injured Johnny Pesxy, gave Boston a 5 to victory over Washington,