Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
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Piro+es Three
Games Behind
Boston Braves
BY Joe Reichler
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
The odds are against ft"v7,
but if Billy Meyer and his Pitts
burgh Pirates win the MAI. i
al League pennant, he'll be the
first manager in major league
history to reach the top with a
club that finished last-or tied
for 1.-THE preceding year.
Generally picked for fifth
place at the best, the second
place Bucs today were three
games behind the front-running
Boston Braves. However, they
were all even with the hubmen
in the important losing column.
Each has lost So games. The
Braves have played and won six
more games than the Pirates.
Pittsburgh picked up a h a f
game on the Braves yesterday,
defeating the Chicago Cubs, 7-3
while the Philadelphia Phils
we're holding Boston to a split in
their doubleheader. The Phil S
won the opener, ga, but the
Braves came back to win the 13
inning nightcap, 81. 1t w a S
Pittsburgh's seventh straight tri
umph.
Bad Day For Boston
1t was a bad day for Boston all
around as the American League
leading Red Sox saw tn r
first place margin shrink a
full game when they were beat
en- by the fourth place Philadel-
phia Athletics, while the runner
up Yankees and the third place
Cleveland Indians won.
Staging a six-run ninth inning
rally, the AS whipped the R d
Sox, 1914, to cut Boston's lead to
two games over the Yankees
and two and a half over the In
dians.
The Yankees trounced the
Senators in Washington, 1915.
The Indians defeated the S
Louis Browns, Ga, in the first
game of their double header ir
Cleveland. The second game
was a 3-3 tie with darkness end
ing the contest after u innings
The two teams will replay tn {
game today, originally an off
day for both clubs.
In the other American League
game, home runs by Tony Lu
pien, Don Holloway and Aaror
Robinson helped the C hi cage
White Sox defeat the Detroit I'll
gers, So.
Old Rip Sewell, 4O-year-o {
righthander, pitched the Pirate
seventh straight victory yester
day, limiting the cubs to fiv
hits. 1t was his 11th victory q
gainst the Bruins. He h a
lost only once to them this sea
son. Since coming to the Pira
tes in 1888, Sewell has whippe'
the Cubs 33 times while losing /
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The Pirates collected on II
eight hits but took advantage o
IA bases on balls issued by fou
Cub hurlers. Four walks arriv
ed with the bases loaded. Dixi
Walker and Wally Westlake pa
ed the attack with single AM
double apiece. Bob Mccall wa
the loser.
Al Dark's daring base-runninj
gave the Braves a standoff i
their twin bill, The Rookie Bos
ton shortstop singled off Waite
Dubiel in the top half of the 13tl
inning, raced all the way to thir'
on Earl Torgeson's sacrifice
and scored the winning rul
when Bill Salkeld followed wit
a long fly.
The Phillies missed a golde,
! opportunity to win in the bottor
of the 10th. Del Ennis l e
off with a triple off Vern BicR
ford. Nelson Potter came in an
walked two men Intentionally t
load the bases. He then struc
out Eddie Miller and Andy Sc
minick and forced pinchhitte
Don Padgett to ground out. d.
biel had replaced starter Bli
Donnelly in the 1lth.