Evening star., 1952-06-28

Have Moved Up ? Notches
ALREADY on Great Road Trip
BY the Associated Press

The New York Yankees keep
on going and now are three and
a half games in front in the
League pennant race.
but the four clubs behind them
are so closely bunched-due
largely to a great road trip by
Nats--that a couple
of defeats could send the second
place club Skidding all the way
to fifth.
The Champion Yankees pulled
farther away last night when
Eddie Lopat shut out the Phila-
delphia Athletics, 100. at Yankee
while the runnerup
Boston Red Sox were losing to
Washington, 5-3. This put the
Mats in third place, only four
points behind Boston, as the
Cleveland Indians tumbled to
fourth by virtue of ST. defeat
by the Chicago White Sox.
L0pat Forced to Retire.
Lopat blanked the AS on four
singles in eight innings. but was
forced to retire after the eighth,
when his shoulder stiffened. Tom
Morgan finished up. The Yanks
pounded three Philadelphia pitch
ers for IL hits, including a two
run homer by Mickey Mantle.
The Indians and White Sox are
tied for fourth due to the Chicago
victory behind the four-hit pitch
ing of Billy Pierce. Pierce famed
10 and walked only two in besting
Bob Feller. Four Cleveland errors
led to three unearned runs. Feller
also forced in two runs by walking
Ed Robinson and hitting Sherm
Lollar with a pitch with the bases
loaded in the first inning.
Hal Newhouser, making his first
start since May. II. allowed st.
Louis only three hits. but the
Browns beat the former Detroit
ace, 81. on two errors. An error
by Newhouser set up the first run
and Jerry Priddy's miscue let in
the winning marker in the fourth.
Bob Cain, with help from Satchel
Paige in the eighth, gained his
sixth victory.
Dodgers Widen Lead.
The Brooklyn Dodgers pulled
four games in front of the New
York Giants in the National
League race, beating the Boston
Braves, 8-3, while the Giants
dropped q 60 decision to Curt
Simmons of the PhillieS.
Brooklyn, in posting its ninth
straight victory over the Braves.
whacked four Boston pitchers for
IL hits. The Braves took a 80
lead in the first inning against
Johnny Schmitz on a homer by
Walker Cooper. The Dodgers
came back with four in their half
and clinched the decision with
three more in the third. Ralph
Branca took over in the second
for Brooklyn and pitched two-hit
ball the rest of the way. l"
Simmons blanked the Giants on
three hits while the Phils combed
Larry Jansen and Montia Kennedy
for IL SafetieS. The Phils tagged
Jansen, who had beaten them
eight straight times, for five runs
in the first two innings. The de-
feat snapped New York's six-game
winning streak.
Reds Make Triple Play.
Lanky Paul Minner also turned
in a 60 shutout for the Chicago
Cubs. stopping the Cincinnati Reds
on six singles. Minner helped his
own cause by banging out two
doubles and a single. Roy Small
ley's three-run ninth Inning homer
sealed the verdict.
The Reds pulled the seasons
second triple play in the sixth in
ming. Bruce Edwards lined to
Shortstop Roy Mcmillan with
runners on first and second. Nc
MILAN stepped on second to dou-
BILE Bill Serena and threw to. first
to nail Hank Sauer.
Enos Slaughter batted in five
runs on four singles to lead the
st. Louis Cardinals to a GA de-
cision over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Slaughter's fourth single came in
the seventh inning with the bases
loaded and featured a game-win-
ming three-run rally. Stan Musial
of the Cards doubled and singled
to extend his hitting streak to %
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