Evening star., 1949-07-04
Joost, Ke||ner Shine
As As Finish Sweep
OF Red Sox Series
By Joe ReichIer
A.soeiutsd Press Sports Writer


Philadelphia Athletic fans today
were boosting Eddie Joost for the
most valuable player award and
Alex Kellner for rookie Of the
year honors.
Joost, the 33-year-old short
stop, and Kellner, the 24-year-old
hurler, have done more than any
other Philadelphia players to keep
the Athletics within striking dis
tance of the American League
leading New York Yankees.
Joost and Kellner combined
yesterday to lead the AS to an
S-3 victory over Boston and a
sweep of the three-game series.
The victory. coupled with Wash
ington's 81 triumph over New
York, cut the Yankees's margin
over the AS to ~ games.
The bespectacled infielder. en-
joying his greatest Of II seasons
in the majors, slammed his 18th
home run of the year OF loser
Joe Dobson. The blow came with
two on In the sixth inning and
broke % tie.
1t also tied his total 1948 out
put at IS. despite his leadof posi-
ton. He is batting at .307, the
highest figure he has attained in
Is years in organized baseball.
Kellner Hurls Six Hitter.
Kellner, who only last year
pitched for Savannah Of the Glass
A Sally League, twirled a six
hitter for his 18th victory. The
Tucson Ariz., southpaw now has
won six in a row.
Given little consideration at the
start of the season, Kellner did
not pitch his first complete game
until May %. His dozen triumphs
give him a tie with New York's
Vic Raschi. as winner of the most
games in the big leagues.
The defeat was Boston's sixth
in a row and Dobson's eighth
setback against five victories.
Kellner has lost only three. The
fifth-place Red Sox trail the
fourth-place Detroit Tigers by
2h games and are 10 games of
the pace.
The Indians scared past Detroit
into third place by sweeping a
double header from the st. Louis
Browns by 4-3 scores. while the
Chicago White Sox downed the
Tigers, 8-4.
A bases-loaded single by Catcher
Jim Hogan in the 10th inning
won the second game for the In
dians, after they had scored two
in the bottom of the ninth to
force it into extra innings. Les
Moss three-ru homer accounted
for all the Browns runs.
Paige Has Big Day.
Satchell Paige saved the first
game, hating a ninth-inning
rally and received credit for the
second, pitching one hitless inning
of relief. Manager Lou Boudreau's
two-run double high lighted a
three-run fifth to win the opener
for Early Wynn.
Veteran shortstop Luke Appling
got four hits in four times at
bat an drove In three runs to
lead the White Sox to an 8-4
victory lin the rubber contest of
a three-game set with the Tigers.
Only 1880 fans-the smallest
Sunday crowd in the history Of
Briggs Stadium-Saw the game.
The st. Louis Cardinals once
again climbed to within one game
of first place in the National
League, knocking off the Cincin-
natl Reds. 81, while the 'front.'
Brooklyn Dodgers were
q merciless 1910 drub-
bing from the New York Giants.
Philadelphia's Phillies took un-
disputed possession Of third place,
3h games of the pace, shutting
out the Boston Braves, TO. Ralph
Kiner's 21st home run sparked
the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3
triumph over the last-place Chi
cago Cubs.
Cards Battery Stars.
Batterymates Gerry Staley and
Joe Garagiola teamed to give the
Cards their victory over the Reds.
Staley spaced eight hits for his
sixth win and Catcher Garagiola
a home run and scored
three runs.
A crowd of 3e.o14 saw the
Giants belabor four Brooklyn
pitchers for 20 hits, including a
grand slam homer by Pitcher
Monte Kennedy. Every man in the
Giants lineup hit safely and
scored at least one run.
Young Robin Roberts spun the
Phily shutout over Boston, giving
up i've hits with none Of the
Braves going beyond second base.
Kiner's homer touched of a four
run Pittsburgh uprising against
the Cubs Warren Hacker in the
fourth and snapped q IL tie.
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