The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-16

Giant Lead
Is Boosted
To 6h Games
Rv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bv THE ASSOCIATED FKESS
It was Milwaukee's last turn a
bat. There were two outs. And thu
Brooklyn Dodgers were Leading
R-3.
It looked like the end, and MI
waukee's all-time record crowd
43,633-was ready to go home sat
isfied at least with an even split
the Braves having won the frs
game 20.
Except for one detail
The bases were loaded.
Joe Adcock came to bat. Reliefel
Jim Hughes cooked his arm anc
prepared to finish off the side. But
Adcock connected. Two men came
In on his single.
Brooklyn Manager Walt Aston
taking no chances at this point
rushed Erv Palica to the mound
The crowd went wild.
ANDY Pafko came up. Palica
tried hard, but Pafko got his num-
Der and slammed out double
that brought in two more runs. II
was now 81.
Then Johnny Logan came up.
This was it. And he did-a single.
In came the tying run. Logan took
second on the throw to the plate.
By now the incredulous crowd
was ready for the kill, and catcher
Charlie Whites single over second,
bringing Logan in, was all the
Braves needed.
The score was SO. Milwaukee
had dealt Brooklyn its first double
defeat since Sept. 6, 1852.
The two losses, combined with
New York's 40 triumph over the
st. Louis Cardinals, boosted the
Giants first-place National League
margin over the Dodgers to 6k
games.
Cleveland's Indians retained
their half-game edge over New
York in the tight American League
Athletics 40 as the Yankees edged
the Baltimore Orioles 81.
Chicago's third-place White Sox
fell four games off the pace, losing
to Washington 80. Detroit and Bos.
ton divided daylight double
header, the Tigers winning the
nightcap Az after the Red Sox had
taken the opener 81.
Cincinnati's Redlegs climbed in
to a three-way tie for third place
with Milwaukee and Philadelphia
sweeping both ends of a twi-night
twin bill from the Phillies 81 anC
4-S to spoil Terry Moore's mana
gerial debut. Chicago'S Cub:
knocked off the last-place Pitts
burgh Pirates twice in the after
noon 90 and 80. Hank Sauer anc
Ernie Banks homered in each
game.
The Dodgers were limited to only
three singles in the opening game
by Milwaukee'S Bob Buhl, who
won his first game of the season
after seven defeats.
Eddie Mathews slammed two
homers, his goth and 21St of the
season, for the Braves. His first
came in the seventh of the opener
with a mate aboard to break up g
Scoreless duel between Bull an0
BrooNyn's Bob Millikin. His sec
ond also came with man on base
to furnish Milwaukee's first two
runs.
Pitcher Don Liddle and catcher
Yves WeStrum combined their tai
ents to down the Cardinals. Liddle,
the tiny southpaw, limited the Red
birds to five hits while Westrum
walloped home run and a single
TO drive in three runs.
Home runs by Andy Seminick
and Jimmy GreengrasS enabled
Art Fowler to win a pitching due
from Philadelphia's Curt Simmons
in the opener Of their twin bill
Gus Bells bases-loaded single n
the eighth drove in the tying and
winning runs in the nightcap.
Early Wynn tanned the Athletics
with four hits for his 18th victory
as the Indians snapped a four
game losing streak. AL RoSen dou'
bled in the first Cleveland run ano
Wynn participated in the three-run
rally later with a run:Scorlng SIN
gle off loser Alex Kellner.
The Yankees scored a run on
each of two passed balls by catch
er Les Moss and added another
on Irv Noren's homer. Their vic
tory string is now 10 straight.
Veteran Southpaw j o h n
Schmitz pitched five-hitter and
outfielder Tom Implicit drove In
all three Washington runs with a
single and triple in their SO victory
over the White Sox.
Outfielder Bill Tuttle's two-rur
double in the ninth snapped q
tie and gave the Tigers the night,
cap victory over the Red Sox. Tee
Williams ninth homer helped vii
lard Nixon pick up his eighth vic
tory in the afternoon game.