Evening star., 1952-05-14
|S|uggers Find
Range 10 Blast
Is Home Runs
Pitchers Get Notice
As Cards, Giontsy
Indions Each Rop 3
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

BY Joe Kelchler
| Associated Press Sports Writer 81
! Warning to all major. leagu,
pitchers: Storm signals ahead
the batters are knocking dowr
the fences again. 7
The hurlers got an inklingA O.
things to come yesterday. after.
noon at Ebbets Field when fiyt
of their offerings were hammered
for home runs as Brooklyn wor
a 1913 slugging match from ths
st. Louis Cardinals. Gil Hodges
and Pitcher Ben Wade homerec
for the Dodgers. Stan Musia,
hit two out of the park for the
Cards and Larry higgins hit one
BY midnight. 16 homers hac
been raped in the eight games
the biggest single day output Of
the season. Heretofore, the
major league campaign had fea.
tured tight pitching duels with
accent on shutouts and low-hit
games.
Homers Wreck Yankees.
Home runs by Ray Boone
Larry Dolby and Dale Mitchell
gave Cleveland a 1916 victory oyel
the Yankees. The win, Cleve.
lands fourth in a row over tn,
world champions. enabled tn,
Tribe to retain its two-gam(
American League lead over Wash.
ington. The Mats edged Detroit
4-3. behind Conrado Marrero.
Steve Gromek registered his sec.
ond straight triumph over tht
Yanks and his third of the season
without a defeat. He did no
escape unscathed, however. A two.
run homer by Gil McDougalc
started him on the way to thu
showers and it took good relic,
pitching by Lou Brissie and Early
Wynn to preserve his victory.
Boone had a perfect night Al
bat. He added a double and two
singles to his homer and battee
in four runs. The last time h,
faced the Yankees, Boone drove il
five runs with homer, single anc
long fly.
Giants Batter Reds.
A trio of four-baggers helped
the New York Giants defeat Gin.
cinnati, IA, and maintain theil
one-game National League margin
over the Dodgers. Bobby Thomson
cracked a homer with a man or
base and followed with a bases.
loaded double to account for five
runs batted in. Bob Elliott ant
Willie Mays also homered for the
Giants. All blows came off Loser
Herman Wehmeier who has beer
tagged for 10 gopher" balls.
Larry Jansen went the distanc,
to gain his 10th straight win ovel
1.-THE Reds. Cincinnati has no
beaten Jansen since August %
1948. when they shaded him, 80
Jansen also fell victim to a circui
Iclout. that by Ted Kluszewski il
the ninth.
/ Red SOx Lose 5th Straight.
The Chicago White Sox whippes
Boston. SO as Minnie Minos,
blasted a 415-foot homer an.
added a two-run single to driv,
in four runs and make it easy, fo
Billy Pierce. The young south
paw doled out seven hits as h,
handed the Red Sox their fiftl
straight defeat, four of them OF
the road. Ivan O'clock was tn,
loser. He replaced starter Viii
lard Nixon, forced out in tn,
first inning by a shoulder cramp
Eddie Mathews hit his seventh
home run to lead the Bostol
Braves to a 81 verdict ovel
Pittsburgh. The four-bagger, of
loser HOWE Pollet, tied the rooki,
infielder for the league lead will
lBrooklyn's Andy Pafko. Ver1
Bickford. after three unsuccess
full attempts, finally won his frs
game. Matthews also shone OF
defense. His unassisted doubl,
play stopped a Pittsburgh threa
IN the sixth after the Pirates hat
loaded the bases with nobody out
Simmons Hurls Two Hitter. !
Curt Simmons, only a month
out Of the service, pitched a two
hitter as the Phillies took a 81
victory over the Cubs. Simmons
famed II including the last foul
to face him. It is the highes
Strikeout total of the year. 4
lead-off home run by Cram,
Hammer in the first inning startet
the Philly scoring off loser Jo,
Hatton.
Bobby Shantz pitched ane
batted the Athletics to a 5-1 wir
over st. Louis. The little left.
handler threw five-hitter for hi.
fifth triumph and highlighted two
scoring innings with a double
and triple. Duane Pillette was thu