The Key West citizen., 1954-06-18
Cleveland Wins
Eighth Straight
To Keep Lead
BY BEN PHLECAR
AP Sports Writer

II the Chicago White Sox intend
to be pennant contenders the next
time the New York Yankees come
to visit, they better figure some
way to beat the champs in the
four-game set starting tonight.
The Yanks won't be back in Chi
cago until July q and by that time
it may be too late. In fact, the
way Cleveland has been going, it
just might be too late for either
the Yankees or the White Sox.
This is especially true since the
Indians figure to fatten up on the
hapless Boston Red Sox while sec.
ond-place Chicago and third-place
New York are tangling with each
other.
So far, Paul Richards hasn't had
much luck In keeping his "go-go''
Sox going against the Yankees.
They won their first game with
the Yankees this season, then lost
six in q row before salvaging the
finale of the four-game series in
New York last weekend.
All three American League lead
ers won yesterday. Cleveland ran
its winning streak to eight games
with Ga triumph over Washing
ton. The White Sox outlasted Phil
adelphia ga and New York breezed
over Bltimore 90. Boston lost its
ninth game in its last 10 starts,
2-1 to Detroit.
In the National League, the New
York Giants pulled two games in
front of the Brooklyn Dodgers by
shading Cincinnati 2-1. Brooklyn
lost to Milwaukee Ga. Philadelphia
and st Louis played the longest
game of the season-15 innings
before the Phils won 3-2 with Robin
Roberts going all the way. Chicago
was rained out at Pittsburgh.
Cleveland jumped away to a
three-run lead in the first inning
against the Senators as Frank Shea
walked two men and hit one. Vic
Wertz doubled and Wally Westlake
singled. The Washington runs came
in the seventh when, Early Wynn
walked the bases loaded and in the
ninth on Mickey Nefnon's two-run
homer. rsel
Gus Zernial, who had been feud.
ing with Manager Eddie Joost Of
the Athletics, came, off the bench
to deliver a three-run, pinch-hit
homer at Chicago. His blast fol-
lowed bases-empty homer by Bill
Wilson. But the AS were trailing
by six runs by the time they found
the range and they couldn't catch
up.
Baltimore's defense fell apart as
the Orioles lost their third straight
to the Yankees. New York wrapped
it up with five runs in the sixth
inning with the help of Baltimore's
errors in fielding and judgment.
George Zuverink had his sinker
ball working to perfection against
the last-place Red Sox. He walked
nobody, stuck out nobody and didn't
allow a hit in the last 2-3 innings.
The Giants beat the Redlegs
without hit. They got two singles,
an hour apart, but their two runs
came on a pair of walks, two errors
and a force play.
Jim Wilson Of the Braves, a no.
hit winner his last time out, ran
his string of hitless innings to 10
and scoreless innings to "a before
the Dodgers broke into the scoring
column. They pounded him hard,
once they started. getting seven
extra.base hits. But Milwaukee
was hitting for distance too, and
Wilson stayed on top.
Roberts scored the winning run
in the marathon at Philadelphia.
He opened the. 18th by walking,
moved to second on a sacrifice,
to third on an infield grounder and
scored on a single by Del Ennis.
The PhiIadeInhia right handler