Evening star., 1953-08-01

Feast White Sox
Need to Ration Base Hits
BY ,hs A.soeiassd Press


have pennant aspirations when
he hits New York next week end
he better set up a base hit ration
system for his feast or famine"
Chicago White Sox.
On Thursday the second place
Sox broke out with their biggest
barrage Of the year-21 safeties
that produced II runs at Boston.
But last night the Sox managed
only three hits of the Mats Bob
Porterfeld and got beat 20.
The loss cost them a full game
in the flag chase since the YAM
KEGS smothered st. Louis as ex-
pected, lis. Chicago now trails
by 5la games.
A Shutout was in the books
for the Nats-White Sox tilt
since the leagues two most pro-
life shutout pitchers were fac
ing each other. Virgil Trucks,
winner of eight straight since
joining Chicago in mid-June.
had pitched five scoreless games.
So had Porterf1eld.
Seven Unearned Runs.
Seven Of New York's runs
against st. Louis were unearned
as the bumbling Browns COM
mitted four errors. Yogi Berra
drove in three runs with triple.
1rv Noren drove in two more with
another triple.
Cleveland, smarting from the
sting Of two defeats in New
York, took it out on the Phila-
delphia Athletics winning IL to
6. Wally Westlake hammered
five straight hits, including q
home run. The victory went to
Dave HoSkins after Art Houtte.
man again failed to last.
Ralph Branca, the pitcher no
club in the National League
could use, won his second game
for the Detroit Tigers. beating
Boston. 5-3. The loss dropped
the fourth-place Red Sox l0h
games behind New York.
Brooklyn finally broke it's west.
of-the- Mississippi jink with
2-1 squeaker over the Cardinals
in st. Louis. 1t was the Dodgers
first triumph in six tries in the
Cards home park this season.
Carl Erskine posted his sixth VIC
tory Of the month, striking out
IL men while giving up six hits.
The faSt-balling right-hander
has struck out 81 in his last
three appearances.
Rain HaltS Long Duel.
BY winning the Dodgers ran
their National League lead to
eight games over the Milwaukee
Braves, who bowed 5-1 to Robin
Roberts in the first game of a
twilight-night doubleheader. The
second game, a ScoreleSs pitch
ing duel between Bob Miller and
Max Surkont, was halted in the
top of the 11th inning because
of rain.
The storm had threatened all
day but 29,802 Braves fans
showed up, running Milwaukee's
attendance for the year to 1909.
119, second only to the Yankees,
who have played six more home
dates.
Roberts gave up just four hits
in winning his 18th game, four
more than any other pitcher in
the majors. Del Ennis and Stan
Lopata homered for the Phils.
In the second game each pitcher
gave up four hits in the 10 COM
pleted innings. The game, which
will be replayed from the start.
was rescheduled tentatively for
September 8.
Larry Jansen, who earns a
good share of his New York
Giant paycheck by beating the
Cincinnati Redlegs, did it again,
this time by a 90 margin. The
victory was Jansen's 10th of tho
year and fifth over Cincinnati.
His lifetime mark against the
Reds is 24-3. AL Dark and Hank :
Thompson helped him with
home runs.
After losing % of their last
rs games the Pittsburgh Pirates
had the pleasure of meeting
Chicago yesterday and they
promptly whipped the Cubs, 40.
on Murry Dickson's eight-hit
pitching. It was Dickson's first
shutout of the season. The Pi-
rates have won 80 games this
year, nine of them over the
Cubs.