The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-13
Dodgers Top Cardinals For First '46 Win

New Hofk. June t1-tUPe--fhl aolkS back hone ln Brooklyn tusl knew that ',aem WonoeFxom Buns wouldn't lel them down on the Dor. ouehs Sooth birthday and thS Dodgers came through in typica fashion. an hour after the pAEts vas over. with . aaffy. 10 to ( wtr ct St. Louis.
 1t was long past midnight walef the word came that the D0dger. had put over four runs tn the ninth inning to clincA the victory and a two full games ahead of the Car. dinals. Fans from Canarsie tg FaaGbuxh and from the 0owan0l Canal to Coney Island went to bed happy after that.
 The Doaeers an winning the l-s hour marathon gained their firsl decision over the Cardinals thu season after four straight losseS The game started as a pitching battle between noaeer Rex Barnes, who had a one-hitter going intc the seventh and Esowie Pollet. the Cardinal southpaW shaFpie.
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 Tn the seventh Brooklyn Acored three runs b break a i-all tie bus the Cards came right back with five in their half. knocking out no only Barney but Vic Lombardi.
 Peter Reiser drove tn three runA with a triple and single and stole home for the fifth time this season to count another. In the ninth, with two out. Gene Hermanski sine gled home a run to tie the score at seven-ali. Cookie Lavagetto got a pinch-hit triple. a single by Pee Wee Reese. and e double by I'd Stevens rounded out the four-run rally. Kirby Higbe. who pitched only the eighth gained the victory. his firth without 6 defeat. MurTy Dickson victim Q: the ninth inning uprising. Was the loser.
 The Reds won their fourth straight game al Cincinnati. beat- ing the Giants. to 2 as Backy Walters pitched his first victory since May l2. Four Giant errors enabled the Reds to sin on four hits. one Of which gas a homer by Dain Clay. Buddy Blattner hit q Giant homer.
 The Red Sog finally lost a game, but it took Bobby Feller to do the job as the Cleveland Indians turn ed ln a to 2 triumph to end a i2- game Boston winning streak. u also was the first defeat suffered al FenWay Park this year to a vest ern club after ls Boston victories and a tle over Cleveland. Chicaeo. Detroit and St Louis. Fellef. gaining revenge for the only time that he had been knocked out of the box this year, held Boston bo nine hits and struck out 70 tO bring his whiff total to lss for the sea- son.
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 Ted Williams tagged Teller for three hits including a homer. his iaeh. which tied him for the Major League lead with Hank Greenberg. The Indians utilized hoEaers by Pat Secrecy and Ken Keltner 10 take an early Co c lead and were never headed.
 The Yankees failed to take ad- vantage of Boston's Loss. dropping a 6 to s game to the Tigers at NeW York for their fifth loss in six games. which kept them 70 full games behind the Red 6OK. Frankie Crosetti's Wild throg in an attempt to complete a double play gave De- troit an unearned eighth inning run and the victory. Pat Mullins tw0-run homer tied the score ct B. all in the third after the Yankees had taken an early lead off Dizzy Trout.
 Jack Kramer won q l0-inning t0 0 duel for the Browns ct Wash ington over Bobo Newsom when Joe Grace hit a triple and scored Henry Heif. with the only run. New