Evening star., 1949-08-10
Deficit S|ashed by 81
Games asHurIers Go
Route in Is Of 81
By Joe Reiehler
Asseeiotsd Press Sports Writer

A,seeossd Press Sports Writer
If the Boston Red Sox ever
catch up with the New York Yam
KEGS in their season-long Amer
ican League pennant chase. most
Of the credit must be given to
their much-maligned pitching
staff.
In the last five weeks, during
which time the Red Sox have
picked up six and a half games
on the front-running Yankees,
Boston hurlers have pitched rs
complete games in "a starts. As
q result they've won Is Of them
to whittle their deficit to five and
a half games. On July 4 the Red
Sox trailed the leaders by IL
games.
Ellis Kinder, the Red Sox's
right-handed ace, is the latest to
60 the route. He finished what
he started last night. beating the
Yankees. 6-3. for his 18th victory
against i've losses. It marked
Kinder's ninth conquest in his
last 10 decisions and his 10th
complete game.
Mel Parnell, Boston's southpaw
ace, who leads all the pitchers
with is victories. also owns the
most complete games, 10. Joe
Dobson has 8 route-going jobs.
Lefty McDermott has 6 out Of
8 and Chuck Stobbs Z out Of IL.
Williams Hits Homer No. ESQ.
Kinder permitted the Yankees
10 hits, including a pair Of home
runs by Outfielder Hank Bauer,
but an early SO lead furnished by
Birdie Tebbetts and Ted Williams
carried him through. Tebbetts
parked one Of Vic Raschi's offer
ings for a two-run homer in the
second. and Williams duplicated
the catcher's feat in the third. :.
A capacity crowd Of 35,691 was
made happy by Boston's first vic
tory Of the season over Raschi.
A note of disappointment crept
in, however, by the inability Of
Dom Di Maggie to prolong his
consecutive-game hitting streak.
The Red Sox centerfielder, who
had hit in "a consecutive games,
was held hitless in five trips to the
plate.
Williams homer. his 2Sth Of the
season, was the 250th Of his career.
The triumph. Boston's 18th in
15 starts in this current home
stand, left the third-place Red
Sox still a game behind the rum
nerup Cleveland Indians. The
Tribe whipped the St. Louis
Browns, 80, to reduce the Yam
KEGS lead to AZ games.
Bob Feller gained his fourth
straight and 10th victory Of the
season as the Indians ended a
three game losing streak. The star
|righthander aided his own cause
with a bases-loaded single in the
fifth and q double in the eighth.
Dodgers, Cards Remain Tied.
The fourth-place Philadelphia
Athletics and birthplace Detroit
Tigers won their games to move
forward also. The AS defeated
Washington. 8-3. and the Tigers
walloped the Chicago White Sox.
Ills. The AS are now 71a games
behind, the Tigers 8.
Brooklyn and ST. Louis continued
in their f1rst-place National League
deadlock. The Dodgers whipped
the Philadelphia Phils. 81, and
the Cardinals won from Cincin-
natl, Al. The New York Giants
protected their hold on third place
by edging out the Boston Braves,
4-3. In the only daylight contest,
the Pittsburgh Pirates slugged the
Chicago Cubs, 8-3,
Rookie Carl Ersk1ne hurled
three-hit ball for Brooklyn. He
lost his shutout in the ninth when
Bill Nicholson tripled and scored
on a f1elder's choice.
Southpaw Harry Brecheen per-
mitted the Reds only seven hits
and did not issue a pass to post his
ninth victory for the Cardinals.
He helped his cause with a single
and triple.