Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
Yankees Gain Another Full Game;
Tigers Put Tribe One Behind 81
AL Rosen Gout;;
KoIine Sporks
Attack on Lemon

AIlOCM Ou ISItIUu
CLEVELAND. Sept. II R.--I
Rosen wore the goats horns to-I
day and the Detroit Tigers. forI
| the second time In less than
"a hours. defeated Cleveland. Bel.
/ to dump the desparing Indians
| q full game behind the league-l
leading Yankees.
Cleveland's third succeSsivel
defeat, together with New York'sI
Al triumph over Boston. putt
the Indians two games behind inl
the all-important loss column.
Cleveland has only six games
left. while the Yankees have
eight.
Rosen. in the throes of q dis
NAL batting slump. left five rum
tners on base. four Of them inl
scoring position. In two success
Isive times at bat. He also COM
United a glazing error which led
to Detroit's tie-breaking run la
the nth inning.
Larry Superb In Pinches
In all. the Indians stranded Isl
haserunners as time and again
Frank Larry, q gritty little right
handler with a big curveball,
halted them in their tracks with
men in scoring position. The
broad shouldered rookie pitched
an cratic game. walking six be-
sides giving UP 10 hits. but he
was superb In the pinches toI
post his 14th victory against as
many defeats.
AL Kaline. hitless in his last
rs times at bat before today'sI
game, was the Tiger batting star.
The youthful batting leader Of
the league drove in two runs and
scored the other. seeking a dou-I
bile. two singles and drawing oil
walk in five times at bat.
Bob Lemon. Cleveland's 10
game winner. was charged with
his ninth defeat. yielding II of
the Tigers Is hits before depart
ing for a pinch-hitter in thel
eighth. Lemon was raped
pretty solidly pit times but had
little help from his defense.
Take Lead In Fourth
Detroit wiped out an early 1-0I
deficit in the fourth when Earl
Torgeson and Kaline banged
back to-back doubles. Alters
Charlie Maxwell struck out.
Rosen fumbled Ray Boone's
grounder, permitting Kaline tol
reach third. He scored on Bill
Tuttle's sacrifice fly to put the
Tigers in front. 81.
Detroit picked up an insurance.
run in the seventh. Fred Hat
field blooped a single of George
Strickland's glove In short left.
Torgeson got another bleeder on
Ia bouncer that Ferris Fain
Knocked down but couldn't hold. |
and Kaline smashed his third
hit. a single to right.
The Indians, who have been
held to three or fewer runs inl
six Of their last seven games and
haven't hit a home run In their
last flye. were helpless with men
in scoring position. Five times
they got a runner as far as third,
twice with one out. and in six
innings they had a runner on
second with one or no outs. But
they could score only one Of
fthem-and that on a sacrifice
fly.
That run came about in the
first inning when Al Smith
walked, stole second. reached
third on Bobby Avila's sacrifice
and crossed the plate on Gene
weddings long fly to left.
Repeatedly Frustrated
During each of the ensuing
eight innings. the frustrated
Tribe left at least one man on
base. FANS walk went to waste
in the second. Singles by Lemon
and Avila and a walk to Larry
Dolby filled the bases with two
out, but Rosen fouled out to
Boone. Fain walked and Jim
Hogan singled with none out in
the fourth, but Larry bore down
and retired the next three bat
tiers without a score.
Singles by Woodling and Dolby
put runners on first and third
with only one out in the fifth,
but Rosen again fouled out and
Fain flied out. Again in the
sixth. Cleveland had runners on
first and second with one out on
|Strickland's double followed by
la walk to Lemon. But Smith and
Avila both were retired on easy
fly balls.
Cleveland's last big chance
came in the eighth. Manager AL
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