Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18
Giants, 5Ga1les
Behind, Search
For Lost Script
Durocher Misses
"a Magic; Red Sox
Futten on Orioles
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
A world championship team
doesn't figure to get panicky
over an opening week slump.
but Manager Leo Durocher of the
Giants. already five full games
behind the high-fiying Dodgers.
hopes his lost script turns up In
today's game with the winless
Pirates.
Last years tricks haven't
worked for Leo so far. Whenever
the 1-2-3 combination of Sal
Maglie, Johnny Antonelli and
Ruben Gomez failed to clinch a
1854 series. Durocher beckoned
to the bullpen and either Hoyt
Wilhelm or Mary Grissom turned
on the heroics. When his sluggers
failed. he called on the likes of
Dusty Rhodes and the pinch
hitters came through with magic
success.
The Giants have played six
games now and only Pittsburgh's
0-5 record keeps them out Of the
cellar. Leo's men are hitting .205
as q team. And the only pitcher
who has won a game is Jim
Hearn, once regarded as ready
for the junkheap.
Roberts. Dickson Hot
Robin Roberts of the PhillieS
repeated his Az opening day
conquest of Antonelli yesterday
and aging Murry Dickson stopped
the champions on two hits to win
the nightcap, also by Az. It
was the first double loss for the
Giants since September. 1858.
Roberts had to go IL innings
to win the opener. Stan Lopata's
two-run homer decided it and
Leo called on Grissom too late.
Rhodes, with a chance to win the
game in the ninth. popped up.
Rhodes and Grissom together
couldn't bail out Maglie in the
nightcap, with Dickson allowing
only two singles and the Phillies
staging a four-run outburst in
the second inning.
Boston Grabs Lead
The Red Sox, fattening up on
the luckless Orioles, caused most
of the talk in the American
League. Mike Higgins club has
hit ii homers in winning five of
six games and is batting 800.
The Red Sox yesterday pound
ed eight Baltimore pitchers for
80 hits, sweeping a double-he
er. las and 1873, to leap past
Cleveland and New York and
grab full-game lead on the
field.
Faye Throneberry. 23-year-
old excl filling in for Ted
Williams in leftfield. has done
the most toward easing the big
guys ABSENCE The Memphis
sophomore, hitting 400. is tied
for the league lead with IL
runs batted in. His 10 hits in
clude four doubles and three
home runs. He rapped four hits
yesterday, including q double
and home run, drove In four
runs and scored six times.
Catcher Sammy White, an
other 400 hitter. drove home
seven runs with five hits, in
GLIDING a double and home run.
Jackie Jensen, batting ass,
knocked in four runs with six
hits. including a double, triple
and homer. Ted Lepcio collected
four hits to boost his average
to .348 and Billy Goodman is
hitting 1854.
Kaline Ties Record
Young AL Kaline hit three
home runs. two of them in the
sixth inning to tie a major
league record, as Detroit romped
to 1910 rout of Kansas City.
Steve Gromek yielded seven hits
for his second victory, both
against the Athletics.
The 20-year-old Kaline also
singled to drive In six runs, Civ
ing him IL for the season. The
young outf1elder. the 18th play
er to hit two homers in an in
ming. currently leads the Ameri-
can League with a $50 batting
average on IA hits in Is times
at bat.
The Indians and White ,Sox
split. the Indians winning Az
behind Bob Lemons five-hitter
after southpaw Jack Harshman
had pitched the White Sox to
O. 81 triumph in the opener.
And Johnny Schmitz and Spec
Shea combined to pitch WASH
ington to a TO victory over
their former Yankee teammates
Vic Wertz' two-run homer in
the sixth off Virgil Trucks pro-
yided Cleyeland's winning mar
gin in the second game in
Chicago. A home run by Bob
Nieman of. Art Houtteman--his
third in three days--snapped a
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