The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Tribe PI0SterS
Orioles To Keep
american Lead
By Ed coRRIGAN
AP Sports Writer

One series, any major league
manager will tell you, does not
make a season, so why get so ex-
cited about the current set between
the New York Giants and the
Brooklyn Dodgers?
But going into tonight's second
game of the three-game series, the
Giants were 41s games in front of
the Brooks and if they 60 on to
sweep the series, Walter Aston
and his team will be up against a
mighty tough problem in their
quest for third straight pennant.
Consider the Brooks plight:
1. The pitching has been wobbly
and, worse, only Bob Milliken
among the BELIEVERS has been eff
fective.
2. Their pinch hitterS have been
futile. In last nights So setback
by the Giants, they loaded the
bases with none out in the ninth
only to have George Shuba and
Rube Walker, two pinch hitters, go
down ANONYMOUSLY.
2. They can't seem to shake the
injury jinx. Pee Wee Reese, Duke
Snider, Roy Campanella and
Jackie Robinson among the first
liners have been having miseries.
The Giants, on the other hand,
are sitting pretty. They have con-
fidence. They've had fantastic good
fortune with pinch hitterS. When
they're behind, they don't worry.
With relief pitchers like Hoyt Will
helm and Marv Grissom, who took
over for Sal Maglie against the
Brooks last night in the ninth with
none out and three men on base
and got away unScathed. they have
two firemen they can trust.
AL Dark, Willie Mays and Monte
Irwin hit home runs last night, &C
counting for four of the Giants
runs. Starter Preacher Roe was
the victim of two and Bob Mill
ken, one. Maglie weathered a two
run first inning, then settled down
until he ran into trouble again in
the ninth and required the services
Of Grissom to pull it out.
Two other National League
games produced shutoutS. Gerry
Staley blanked the Cincinnati Red
legs for the st. Louis Cardinals
60, and Curt Simmons of the Phil
adelphia Phillies whitewashed the
Pittsburgh Pirates 80. In the other
National League encounter, the
Milwaukee Braves bombed the
Chicago Cubs 1913.
The Cleveland Indians held their
3A-game lead over the New York
Yankees in the American League.
The Tribe plastered the Baltimore
Orioles 11-3 and the YankS turned
back the Boston Red Sox Al.
Virgil Trucks, the veteran right
handler of the Chicago White Sox,
pitched his second one-hitter of the
season as his injury-riddled mates
whipped the Detroit Tigers 40.
Johnny Schmitz Of the Washington
Senator's also was stingy with the
base hits, allowing the Philadelphia
AS only half dozen as the Mats
hung a SO defeat on Eddie Joost's
men.
Staley was tapped for nine hits
by the Redlegs, but kept them we'll
scattered. The Cards made only
seven, but they were aided by
three Cincinnati errors.
Simmons, who has had indiffer-
ent success during the first half of
the season, was hit hard, but had
good support to win No. 8 against
six losses.
The in-and-out Braves scored II
runs in the first three innings in
handing the Cubs their fourth
straight licking. Gene Conley had
no trouble coaSting to his seventh
straight victory.
The IndiarS scored all II of their
runs against the Orioles in the first
Inning to make Early Wynn's task
easy.
Frank Sullivan, the 6-foot-7 Red
Sox rookie Highlander, hurled
creditably until the eighth when
the Yanks scored twice. Their first
two runs were the result of homers
by Joe Collins and Andy Carey.
Whitley Ford got the triumph.
Trucks one-hitter was his 18th
victory, but his club is six games
off the pace and with its rash of
injuries - 10 members of the team
have been forced from the lineup
this season - is beginning to show
the wear and tear of the grind.
Only Harvey Kuenn's single in
the third inning kept Trucks from
recording the third no-hitter of his
career.
Eddie Yost and Mickey Vernon
each got three hits in Washington's
assault on the assorted offerings
of Bob Trice and Al Sima.