The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
Hank Saue1. Hits
18th Homer As
Chicago Wrecks
The Cardinals
BY BEN PHIL EcAR
AP Sports Writer

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New York Giant fans, still bask-
ing in the fading glories of 1851,
Dragged today about a five-game
winning streak, then cautiously
crossed their fingers. Brooklyn's
coming.
The Dodgers invade the Polo
Grounds for a three-game series
starting tomorrow night against a
Giant club that has been showing
more signs of life than most ex-
perts expected.
Leo Durocher's athletes have
tended to streaks this spring and
the last five days have been one
of their good periods. By whipping
Pittsburgh FL yesterday they took
over second place, a game and a
half behind Milwaukee.
The Brooklyn series won't make
or break the Giants. But if they
happen to sweep three games, or
even gain 81 edge in decisive
fashion, they'll find themselves in
the midst of the hottest pennant
talk since they knocked off Brook
Ign three years ago.
In yesterdays game New York
got only four hits, a single and a
home run by weak-hitting Davey
Williams and two doubles by Willie
Mays. Williams's single figured in
the first run; his homer provided
the winning margin.
Mays hitting has been one of
the brightest features of the cur
rent streak. He's raised his aver
age from $50 to .304 with 10 hits
in his last Is times at bat. Included
were two homers, two triples and
two doubles.
Brooklyn fell to third last night,
half game behind the Giants, by
bowling to the Philadelphia Phillies
8-6. Milwaukee won its ninth
straight, rs over Cincinnati. Chi
cago crushed st. Louis 1876.
In the American League the |
Chicago White Sox closed to within |
half a game of league-leading |
Cleveland by beating the Indians |
"a. Washington shaded New York |
2-1. Detroit handed Baltimore its |
sixth loss in succession, 6-3, and |
Philadelphia shaded Boston 6-5 in |
10 innings.
Two pitching streaks were bor-
ken. Robin Roberts, a loser in his
last seven appearances against
Brooklyn, went the route to VIC
tory in Ebbets Field despite a 10
hit Dodger attack. Eddie Lopat of
the Yankees was beaten by Wash
ington for the first time in Is |
games, since June 26, 1851.
Del Ennis drove in five runs in
support of Roberts and Willie
Jones added to the Philadelphia |
total with a run-scoring triple and |
a home run. Duke Snider and Gil |
Hodges homered for Brooklyn. 4
L0pat got beaten in the last of |
the ninth inning when with two out |
he gave up successive singles to |
Pete Runnels, Ed Fitz Gerald and |
pinch hitter Jim Lemon. The VIC
tory was the fifth straight for Bob |
Porterfield.
Cincinnati fell one run short of |
catching up with Milwaukee with |
a four-run rally in the eighth. The |
run that made the difference came |
in the top Of the eighth on Danny |
O'Connells double, an .lfield sim
gle and a single by Andy Pafko, |
his fourth hit of the night.
Hank Sauer and Dee Fondy led |
the Chicago wrecking crew against |
the Cardinals. Sauer hit his 18th
homer and drove in four runs. |
Fondy collected four hits, including
a home run.
Chicago's second straight victory |
over Cleveland came in the last |
of the ninth when CaSS MichaelS |
slammed Hal Newhouser pitch |
over Larry Doby's head in center |
field with the bases loaded. The |
Indians had tied the score in the |
top Of the ninth on a pinch-hit |
triple by Joe Ginsberg, his first |
hit of the season.
Art Houtteman opened the ninth |
as the Cleveland pitcher but was |
yanked in favor of NewhouSer |
when he loaded the bases without |
getting anybody out. NewhouSer |
retired one man on a force at the
plate before Michaels unloaded.
Gus Zernial hit a grand-slam
home run for the Athletics, who
finally edged Boston in the 10th
on pinch-hit single by Bill Renna.
A double ty Jim Piersall and long
flies by Ted Williams and Jackie
Jensen tied the score in the ninth.
George Zuverink got his first
starting assignment of his major
league career from Detroit and
went the distance to victory over
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