Evening star., 1948-08-29
Tribe Beaten,
81, by2 Gift
Scores in 9Th
Tying Run Forced in,
Missed DoubIe-PIoy
Gives N. Y. Victory
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The New
YORK Yankees, aided no little by
the intense heat and wildness on
the part Of couple of Cleveland
hurlers. came up with q couple Of
gift runs in the last of the ninth
inning to nip the Indians 3-2
The victory enabled the Yanks
TO climb past the Indians into sec
ond place In the torrid American
League pennant race, a game and q
nall behind the front-running Bos-
ton Red Sox.
The Yankees scored the tying and
winning run without the aid of a
base hit. The winning rally" re-
suited from three walks, 4 hit bats.
man, = sacrifive and a fielder's
choice. The winning run crossed
the plate when the Indians lust
missed completing a double play on
Clif1 Mapes' bouncer as Larry Berrs
romped home.
When the Yankees came to bat
In their halt of the ninth, ths
sweltering crowd of 36,172 which had
braved the 9S-degree heat to catch
the last game here between the
two rivals, was already filing out.
Then it happened
Tying Run Forced Across.
Gene Bearden a southpaw, came
IN to pitch the ninth, replacing
Lefty Sam zoldak. Zoldak had held
the Yankees to six singles, some Of
them scratchy, but had been forced
to retire because of the heat.
Joe Di Maggie, the first batter. was
nicked on the left arm by pitch.
Bearden then nearly conked Berra
with two more wild tosses and was
replaced by Highlander, Ed Klei-
man.
Kleiman finished the job for
Bearden, walking Berra. Bobby
Brown batted for Billy johnson and
neatly sacrificed the runners along.
Phil Rizzuto was purposely passed,
filling the bases with only one out.
Ed then ran up a So count on
Charley Keller. batting for Ralph
Houk, and finally walked him, forc-
ing In Di Maggie with the tying
run. Mapes, batting for Pitcher Ed
Lopat, sent a high bouncer to Cor
don, WHO forced Keller at second.
but Lou Boudreau's relay to first
was not in time and Berra crossed
the plate with the winning run.
Slab Duel Until Eighth.
Until Bearden and Kleiman made
their appearance, it was strictly
pitchers show. Until the Indians
scored in the eighth, each pitcher
had allowed only one run.
The Indians counted first on Larry
Doby's home run into the right
field stands in the second. 1t was
his 11th of the season.
The Yankees came back in their
half to knot the count. Lopat, him
self, batted In the run, his sharp
shingle to center scoring Houk from
second.
Neither team scored again until
the eighth. Only great play by
Di Maggie prevented the Indians
from scoring at least two runs in
the sixth. With runner on first
and one out, Boudreau sent long
smash to left center, but Di Maggie,
running at top speed, made a sem
sational back-hand catch of the
drive to rob the Tribe manager of
at least triple. Joe Gordon fol-
lowed with single, but Lopat got
Johnny Berardino to hit into an
inning lending force play.
Ex-Yankees Help Tribe.
A pair of ex-Yankees combined
to put Cleveland ahead in the
eighth. Allie Clark, who was traded
by New York to the Indians last
winter. opened the eighth with a
single to right. After Boudreau
sacrificed, Gordon, who starred at
the stadium for years, rified a
single to right scoring Thurman
Tucker, who ran for Clark.
The victory was Lopats fourth
of the season over the Indians, and
his 17th since reaching the big
leagues. He has lost only four
times to them.