Evening star., 1951-09-09
|CIout Breaks Up
|Lopat Duel With
Bob Porterfie|d
Southpow's Victory
Third Over Mats This
Year by Same Score
By Burton howkins
Star Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, sept. g. The
Yankees displayed their gray and
balding stars of other years in
pre-game ceremonies today. but
with one sweep of his bat 49,
year-old Mickey Mantle stole the
show from the old-timers with
a mighty home run which was the
big blow in the champions 40
victory over the Mats.
After a Ladies Day crowd Of
1884 thrilled to the sight of past
heroes, the Mats Dick Porterfield
hooked up with Ed Lopat in a
stirring pitching duel which re-
mained scoreless until two were
out in the bottom half of the
seventh inning. Then Mantle.
youngest of the Yankees, took
charge.
With Gil McDougald and Lopat
on base as the result of walks.
Mantle slammed the longest
home run seen at Yankee Stadium
this year, a terrific drive which
landed three-fourths of the way
up in the rightfield bleachers.
An Old Story for Lopat.
The Yankees added another
run in the eighth inning, but
that merely served to preserve
Lopat's consistency. 1t marked
the third time this season the
blond southpaw has whipped the
Mats by the same score. Today's
effort was a five-hitter, the pre-
ceding shutouts flve-hitter and
three-hitter.
Lopat achieved another distinc-
ton by winning his 18th game.
this being the first time in his
eight years as major Lacquer
that he has surpassed 18 victories.
It was Eds fourth shutout of the
season and ran a string of con-
secutive scoreless innings to 20.
Porterfleld, who allowed only
three hits, had permitted only
single by McDougald in the third
inning before Mantle rammed his
homer to assure the Yankees Of
retaining first place for at least
another day.
1 For the Mats. it marked a
10th consecutive defeat by the
leagues top three teams. They
seventh straight loss and their
have lost "a of their last 81 games
with the pennant-contending YAM
KEGS, Red Sox and Indians.
Mats Never Threaten.
Manager Bucky Harris benched
Gil Coan and Pete Runnels
against the left-handed Lopat.
but with a rearranged batting
order the Mats could get only
Porterfield as far as second base
as Lopat struck out six and
walked only one.
Porterfield reached that outpost
in the sixth inning when he and
Eddie Yost singled successfully for
the Mats only sign of a threat.
1t dissipated rapidly, though, for
Mike Mccormick struck out and
Irv Noren lifted a meek fly to
Gene Woodling in left field.
But Porterfleld was outpitching
Lopat at this stage despite occa-
sional flurries of wildness. Bob
got out of a jam in the third in
ming when McDougald led off with
a single, Joe Collins walked and
ILopat sacrificed. Mantle popped
to Sam Dente at Shortstop and
Dente then threw out Phil Rizzuto.
CaSs Michaels helped Porter
field out of trouble in the fifth
after Bobby Brown walked and
J McDougald sacrificed. The Mats
second baseman went far to his
right to spear Collins grounder
and throw him out as Brown took
third. Michaels then stabbed
Lopat's liner.
WildneSS Finally Costs.
With two out in the sixth Por-
terfield again invited trouble by
Walking Woodling and Joe DiMag-
gio successfully, but Yogi Berra
flied to Noren.
Porterf1eld's wildness-he walked
seven finally caught up with him.
: After Brown grounded out in the
seventh, Bob walked McDougald,
who stole second. Collins flied to
McC Cormick in short left, but Por-
terfield then walked Lopat. Along
came Mantle, who hadn't hit the
bali out of the ineld in three previ-
GUS attempts, and there went the
game.
The Yankees picked UP their
fourth run in the eighth after
Di Maggie walked with one out.
Berra's single to right sent him
to third and he came across when
Brown grounded to Yost, who
elected to try for a double play