The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-11
BY BEN PHLEGAR
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The Philadelphia PhiIlies have
the day off today but their pitchers
have been working SO often they
may show up at the ball park and
begin throwing just from force of
habit.
AT the start Of the season Man.
ager Steve o'Neill's biggest prob.
lem was finding one more starter
to go with his big three. Now he's
trying to locate three more start.
ers' to go with his big one.
Despite his troubles O'Neill still
has winning ball club. The Phil.
lies have taken eight out of IL
and four straight since their cur,
rent home stand opened a week.
ago Tuesday. They won a pair
from Chicago last night, 81 and
SIS, and moved within four games
of the league-leading Milwaukee
Braves.
In the dozen contests 0,Neill has
gotten routes going performance
three times-three victories by
Robin Roberts, the leagues best.
Anywhere from two to five pitchers
have seen action in each of the
other games. Steve Ridzik worked
in six of the IL and Jim KonStanty
and Karl Drews in five apiece.
O'Neill opened the, year with a
pitching rotation of Roberts, Curt
Simmons, and then either Drews
or Konstanty or both. Now Sim
mons is out indefinitely WI an
injured foot and neither Draas nor
KonStanty has been able to 90 with
out help. Both have been working
as relief pitchers as often as
starters.
Roberts became the first pitcher
in either league to win 10 games
as be picked up the decision in
the first game last night. Kon-
stanty started and won the night.
cap, although Ridzik and Drews
were la action before it ended.
The Pills fate now appears to
depend on Roberts continued bril-.
liant form and on how long O'Neill
can remain successful juggler.
The Braves kept game in front
of the Brooklyn Dodgers by Edg-
ing New York, 6-5. The Dodgers
hammered Is hits off Cincinnati
pitching to whip the Redlegs, 1873.
st. Louis won for the third time
in 10 road games, ST. over Pitts.
burgh.
In the American League, the
New York Yankees trimmed De.
troit, la, for their 18th straight
and Cleveland nipped the Wash
ington Senator'S, 81, for their
seventh in a row. The Yanks lead
the Indians by 5l2 games.
Boston moved into third place
with pair of victories over the
St Louis Browns. liz, and 3-2,
with Jimmy Piersall equaling a
major league record with six
straight hits in the opener. Phila.
delphia edged Chicago, I'll.
The big blows In Milwaukee's
success at the Polo Grounds were
home runs BY Eddie Mathews and
Sid Gordon. Mathews poke was
his 18th Of the season and put him
out in front in the leagues home
run race. Gordon's came with two
aboard in the eighth and provided
the winning runs.
Brooklyn broke open a 30 tie
with theee runs in the sixth and
frosted the cake with seven more
in the eighth.
Manager Eddie Stanky sent his
Cardinals through a long day work
out and got dividends in the night
game with the heavy hitting COM
ing from Enos Slaughter. four for
four, and Stan Musial. q double
and single in three trips.
In the Detroit contest yankee
pinch hitters Johnny Mize and
Yogi Berra spanked a seven hit,
seven.run rally in the sixth inning.
Mike Garcia, finally flashing the
form he showed last season, SET
the Senators down on four hits
at Cleveland.
Piersall's six .for.six spree led >
l9-hlt Boston attack 10 tire first
game at St Louis. but the Red
Sox had to scramble for the sec.
ond when they were outhii, lilo
The White Sax. as hard up for
good starting pitchers as any team
IN the league, gave relief ace Sandy
C,onsieara his first staring assign
ment bit forget TO sci hlm some
runs. They managed . single tally
of Harry Byrd in the first. then
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