Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-06
Baseball
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In one game. Rhodes Of the
Giants and Ted Lepcio of Boston
also hit two homers. one in each
game. Glynn, Lepcio and Roy
SieverS Of Washington had
grand-slanimers.
Only nine Of the 80 starting
pitchers went the distance, but
four Of them turned in shutouts.
The fiashiest performance was
exhibited by George Zuverink of
the Tigers. A member of the
Indians in 1851, zuverink
blanked his former teammates
with three hits and was rewarded
with the victory when Kuenn
homered.
The split. which snapped an
eight-game winning streak for
the Indians. trimmed their lead
over the Yankees to 31a games.
The Yankees beat the Athletics
twice, IA and 11-2, to win their
first double-header in almost a
year. They had split the last
three twin bills in 1853 and their
first 10 this season. Successive
homers by Joe Collins and
Mickey Mantle and q run-scor-
ing double by Gene Woodling
provided the margin of victory
in the opener. Noren drove in
five runs with his two homers in
the nightcap. Bill Wilson hit
Philadelphia's only homer.
Johnny Antonelli won his 18th
game for the Giants with a
three-hit, 100 slN1tout over the
Phillies in the opener. Rhodes,
subbing for Monte Irwin in left
field, homered and doubled in the
f1rst game. In the second game
he hit two singles and a homer
with two mates aboard that gave
the Giants an uphill 4-3 tri-
umph.- Willie Mays hit his 26th
homer in the second game.
Dodgers Also Slug.
Rookie Walter Moryn, playing
In place Of the slumping Jackie
Robinson. cracked four hits, in
Guiding a homer, to help Brook
lyn down Pittsburgh, 8-6, in the
first game. Duke Snider banged
his goth four-bagger in that
game, too. Junior Gillian hon.
cred for the Dodgers in the Sec
ond game, but it was Carl Fu-
rillo who drove in five runs to
account for the To victory.
Milwaukee won two smuggling
matches from the Cardinals,
8-6 and 1914. as each team
slugged four homerS. Besides
Mathews pair, Nos. II and 10,
Bill Bruton and Del Crandall
homered for the Braves while
the Cardinal homers were hit
by Solly Hemus, Rip Repulski,
Ray Jablonski and Rookie Joe
Cunningham.
Jim Wilson needed help but
registered his sixth victory for
Milwaukee without q defeat in
the first game. Warren SPAIN
went the route for his ninth vic
tory in the second. Red Schoen-
dienst hit safely in his 23d and
gath successive games for the
Redbirds.
The RedlegS defeated Chicago,
6-5, in the opener despite two
homers by jackson. Bobby
Adams drove in the winning run
in the 10th with a single. The
Reds also took the nightcap,
81. on Hobie Landrith's home
run. Ted Kluszewski hit his
2lst homer in the first game.
The Red Sox walloped WASH
tngton, 14-0. behind Willard
Nixon's six-hitter. Washington
took the second. I'll, behind
Chuck Stobbs' flve-hitter.
Only one homer was hit in
the Chicago-B Baltimore double
header, won by the White Sox.
80 and 2-1. Billy Pierce hurled
q four-hit shutout in his first
complete game since May 10. The
lone homer was hit by Ron Jack
son. 20-year-old bonus player,
subbing at first base for Chi
cago in place Of the injured
Ferris Fain and Phil Cavaretta.
Jackson's blow came in the
seventh aiming and broke up a
scoreless pitching duel between
Baltimore's Duane Pillette and
Harry Dorish. Cass Michaels'
single in the eighth scored Min
ME Minoso all the way from first
to provide the winning run.