Evening star., 1953-07-11

New Workers Extend
Streak 10 Seven by
Beating Brooks, 81

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The Giants, who fioundered in
second division the first half Of
the season. suddenly have invited
themselves into the National
League pennant race with q
seven-game winning streak.
Starting with their 20-6 rout
Of the Dodgers last Sunday, the
Giants have gained such mo-
mentum during the week that
they may roll into fourth place
before the All-Star game vaca-
ton which begins after tomor-
rows games.
Last night they invaded
Brooklyn and mopped up the
Dodgers on their home grounds.
They trail f1rst-place Brooklyn
by six and one-half games and
play there again today and to-
morrow.
Sal Maglie, who specializes in
tormenting the Dodgers, gave
them just six hits last night in
a 6-1 triumph. The only thing
the Dodgers salvaged was their
home-run hitting streak which
they extended to "a games-one
short Of the major league rec
ord-when Roy Campanella hit
one in the second inning.
Braves Gain a Full Game.
The loss cost Brooklyn a full
game of its slender first-place
lead over the Braves who
whipped third-place st. Louis,
So. Despite six errors, the Phil
lies clung to fourth place with q
1873 decision over Pittsburgh.
Going into today's games, the
Dodgers hold a 2-game edge over
the Braves, 31a over the Cardi-
mails and 51a over Philadelphia.
Ken Raffensberger hurled his
31st major league shutout to
give Cincinnati q 60 victory
over Chicago in the front half
OF twilight-night twin bill. A
three-run homer by Ralph Kiner
helped the Cubs win the night
cap 4-3.
Indians and White SOx Split.
In the American League the
Yankees gained a half game on
their nearest rivals, the White
Sox and the Indians, who fought
to. standstill in a double
header. The Yankees defeated
Washington, 6-1. Cleveland beat
Chicago, 80, in 10 innings on
Bobby Feller's first shutout in
two seasons. The White Sox
scored 10 runs in the seventh
inning of the second game and
won it easily, 1876. Boston out
lasted Philadelphia, 3-2, in IL
innings and the Browns, who
haven't lost to the Tigers in
Detroit this year, beat them
again, 8-4.
Warren SPAIN posted his
18th victory of the season against
only three losses at the expense
of the Cardinals. who were all
set to grab second place from
the supposedly faltering Braves.
Eddie Mathews hit his 26th
home run for Milwaukee.
Curt Simmons Wins No. 8.
The Phillies used 13 hits and
four Pittsburgh errors to over
come their own horrible field
ing. giving Curt Simmons his
eighth victory and his first
since late May. The young left
handler was beaten by the Giants
last week end in his first outing
since he cut his foot with a
power lawn mower.
Among active National League
pitchers only Dutch Leonard of
the Cubs has pitched as many
shutouts as Raffensberger. The
Cincinnati left-hander holds one
other National League record
he'd rather not mention. He's
the losingest pitcher in the
league, having dropped 145 de-
cisions in his ID seasons. Kiner's
home run in the second game
at Cincinnati was his 10Th this
year and the 313th of his major
league career.
Feller bested Billy Pierce in the
first game at Chicago, although
Pierce had no-hitter for seven
innings. Luke Easter and AL
Rosen drove in the three Cleve-
land runs in the top of the 10th.
The 10-run seventh inning in
the second game featured Min
ME Minoso's three-run homer
and three Cleveland errors.
Yanks Find Extra base Range.
The Yankees suddenly found
their extra-base range against
their old teammate Bob Porter
field. who gave up home runs to
Irv Noren. Don Bollweg and Yogi
Berra. The Yanks had collected
only one extra base blow in their
last Is hits before catching up
with the Mats pitching.
Rookie Marion Fricano of the
Athletics couldn't get past Jim
Piersall of the Red Sox. With
the AS ahead, 81. Piersall tied
the count with home run in the
last of the ninth. In the 18th,
Piersall came up with the bases
loaded and two out and waited
out a walk to force home the