Evening star., 1954-06-01
Lone Holiday Sweep
Puts RaIIying Club
On Senator's Heels
Byshs Assoeiossd Press

The next 30 days should tell
whether the nightmare is over
for the Red Sox. who were
picked to figure prominently in
the pennant race but languished
in or around the cellar until
they went wild against the Ath-
letics yesterday to post their
first three-game winning streak
Of the season.
After q horrible spring Of in
juries and bad weather. which
forced Lou Boudreau to go with
q make-do lineup. the new
month finds the Red Sox set
tling down In Fenway Park for
an 10-game home stand. Before
they hit the road June Is. they
viii play the AS. White Sox,
Tigers, Orioles and Indians.
BY the time the fortnight is
over. the Red Sox hope they will
be duplicating their winning
surge Of 1913.
On Senators Heels Now.
AT the moment they are in
sixth place, one game behind the
Senator'S and 111a behind the
leading Indians. Exactly six
years ago today they were in
seventh place. 111a games behind
the Athletics, who, believe 1t or
not, were leading the league. In
'48 the Red Sox put on a drive
that carried them into a tie with
the Indians for the pennant, but
Boudreau beat them almost sin
gle handedly in the playoff game
and Cleveland went on to beat
the Braves in the World Series.
Pitching is the big question for
the Sox. They've had route-go-
ing performances from their
hurlers in two Of their last three
games, including a seven-hit
shutout by Bill Henry in yester-
days nightcap with the AS. Mel
Parnell's imminent return will
tighten the load on the younger
hurlers.
Boston was the only club In
either league to- sweep a Me-
mortal Day double-header and
the Red Sox did it in high style
They buried Philadelphia, 2O-10
in the highest scoring display OF
the league season, then mopped
up in the nightcap. 80.
Indians Hold Lead.
The Indians stayed a game
ahead of Chicago by whipping
the White Sox. 6-3. on Jim
Hegan's eighth-inning home run
after losing the opener. Ga. as
Bob Keegan posted his seventh
victory in eight decisions.
The Senator's beat the YAM
KEGS. 10. on Johnny Schmitz' S
three-hitter and pushed the Sec
ond game into extra innings
before bowing. rs.
Detroit rallied in the ninth for
a Us victory at Baltimore, then
lost to the Orioles, AZ.
In the National League rain
cut short the festivities, washing
out Cincinnati's double -heade1
with the flrst-place Braves and
cutting the Chicago-St. Louis
twin bill to a single. seven-innine
contest won by the Cubs, 14-4,
on six home runs. two by Hank
Sauer.
Hodges Beats Phils.
Brooklyn beat Philadelphia,
5-4, on Gil Hodges 12th-innjng
home run in a single game.
Pittsburgh split with the Giants.
As. after losing on
three hits to Ruben Gomez, 40.
The Red Sox' big day included
27 hits, five of them home runs.
Milt Boiling hit two. Ted Will
liams, Jim Piersall and Harry
Agganis got one each. Williams
also got a double and q single
in six official times at bat, mark
ing only the third day since his
return to the lineup that he's
collected more than one hit,
After Is games Williams Is hit
ting .408.
Baltimore outhit Detroit. 14-9
in the first game, but left is
runners stranded. Three runs in
the ninth gave the Tigers the
decision. In the nightcap Vern
Stephens, homer and triples by
Jim Ffidley and Sam Mele helped
offset IL strikeouts by the Tigers
Billy Hoeft.
The White Sox ended Cleve-
lands 14-game home winning
streak in the opener with the
help Of two-run homers by Min
ME Minoso and Ferris Fain.
Hegan's home run broke q 80
tie in the second game, and the
Indians added two more in the
same inning on a single by AL
a double by Bobby Avila
and Larry Doby's long ny.
Ahead 81, the Dodgers sud-
denly found themselves trailing
oy one run in the eighth at
Philadelphia when Smoky Bur-
CESS smashed q pinch homer
with two board. Brooklyn tied
1t in the ninth after George
Shuba doubled. The PhilS threat
ened in the 18th after Hodges
had given Brooklyn the lead,
putting two men on after two
out. But Duke Snider raced UP
he centerf1eld wall and hauled
iown Willie Jones tremendous
irive for the final out.
Willie Mays of the Giants con-
,inued his hitting spree with his