The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-08
Giants NOtC Haze
Won 4 Straight
Preacher Roe Hits
Homer
" BEN PHLEcAR
Ap suorlswiytor

Just lo0ka dose bun1s, INK
where we'd be II We had some
pitehln'. Even widOut pitchin' we
win Il easy"
That's . Brooklyn fans view Of
the National League pennant race
and while rs 4 Ettle early to say
that anybody Is going 10 "Sin it
easy he's not far wrong on the
pitching. Il has been pretty poor.
10 hide this defect the Dodgers
have uniimbered their home run
artillery. They hit for the circuit
SIX times II winning = pair from
Piltsbnreh yesterday. 50 and e-5,
and SCI . National League record
cf blasting 81 least one out Of the
park "a n consecutive games.
N neither contest did the start
Inc Brooklyn pitcher stay the dis
lance. They usually don't. In rs
outings ne DodgeR mound staff
has turned Ii pnly - complete
gemeS.
The twin triumpks edged the
Dodgers ~ games ahead Of the
seeond.pleee Milwaukee Braves.
who won = single encounter from
Chicago, ~. The 81. Louis Cardi-
nails oullasted Cincinnati, 7.6, and
he suddenly improved New York
Giants won twice from PhiladeI-
phia, SIS and ell.
he Philadelphia Athletics broke
an eIght-game losing streak with
! two.run ninth inning rally that
brought i 1.4 decision over the
New York Yankees
The Hanks' two nearest pursners
both prpiiled. Second.pIace CIeve-
land moved 70 within 5lk games
By handing De s. Louis Browns
their z0th straIkat home defeat, 4
major league record. The score
was 6-s with the Browns making
five errors h The last two innings.
Chicago used / pair Of Detroit
miscues % score II the ninth and
beat the Tigekn, So
skinny Brown II the Boston Red
Sox pitched Tie da,'s only shut0ut
with The washington Senator'S as
his iour-hlt victims 90. Jerry
Lane. making his major league
debut. allowed Just one run n
eight Innings before being lifted
ior ! pinch hitter.
Tonight marks the end IL the
first haH Of the season for Brook.
lyn, and the Dodgers are Just !
shade off their pennant.winning
pace q z year ago. IN the past
month they've gained five games,
On the pesky Braves. their most
persistent rivals, moving from ~
games out d first place into !
asa-game lead.
ca Hodges. Duke Snider and
Jackie Robinson his home runs in
ne first game Il Pittsburgh but
Carl Erskine LEFT under fire when
Preston Ward made & close il tie
ninth with I grand slam home run
Tor the Pirates.
q the second game Preacher
Roe, one Of the weakest hitting
pitchers ever to lii 1 bat n the
majors, hit the first home run
q his long career ii Organized
baseball. Before Il was over BiIly
Cox bit : pair. Pittsburgh again
narrowed the gap with / ninth
inning rally that produced five
runs and disposed OF Roe.
The Cardinals rot only seven
his q Cincinnati but three Of them
were home runs--ane BIZ Enos
slaughter with tho On and two ~.
RIP RepulSki one was I
hases-loaded double BY Repulski.
The Giants ran their winning
streak to four with the helD n
excellent pitching from Marv Girls.
som, castoh nom the American
League. and AZ corwin. Grissom
worked six innings 81 the first
game to register his first National
League victory since moving over
nom The Red Snx. ConTin con.
tFibuted I home run and a triple
to the Giants 1lshit attack apainst
Thornton Ripper, Kent Peterson
and Andy Hansen ii The SECOND
game.
An infleld single BIZ Gus ZerniaI
and z long ~ ~ Pete Suder drove
h the winning runs for Philadel.
phia against TIE Yankees with
the bases loaded and one out IN
the ninth zeEnial bounced ! fast
hopper At pitcher Allie REYNOLDS
Il locked Ike q double rlay but
the ban hit Reynolds On the left
arm and bounded away. PERMIT.
ting I'd McGhee 10 score from
third. Suder followed with his
drive 70 the outfeld that brought
home the deciding tally.
A walk, q Singls snd two errors
by Bobby Young gave Cleveland
it. ue-breaking run in the eighth