Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Tigers Sweep
Pulls Yankees
Within Range

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first place since June is, 1913
when they shared the lead with
the then Boston Braves. A two
run uprising in the sixth broke
up a tight battle between Face
getting his first start after Is
games in the bullpen. and Mil
waukee's Ray Crone. King f.
nally came in to stop the Braves
in the ninth with men on second
and third and only one out.
Pittsburgh almost pulled out
the second game against Bot
Buhl but finally bowed, 4-3. The
Pirates closed the gap to one
run in the seventh and had two
men on in the ninth with two out
when Gene Freese ground out
The defeat was charged to Law
who gave up all Of Milwaukee,
runs.
8 Elsewhere in the National
League. the Reds remained in
third place by splitting with the
Giants. Two-run homers by
Frank Robinson and Ray Jab-
lonski set up the Redlegs' open
ing victory, 7-3. but the Giants
fought of a late squirt to save the
second, AS, despite two homers
by Gus Bell, who has hit II this
season.
Old teammates took turns
working out on their former bud
dies at st. Louis. hurry Dick
son, an ex-Phil. pitched the Car
dinals to a 2-1 edge over the
PhilS' Robin Roberts, but the
Phils came back for an even
break. go. behind Harvey Had
dix, an ex-Cardinal. Richie Ash
burn had five hits in the second
game and Stan Lopata homered
in each contest. Lindy Mcdaniel,
the Cards bonus baby, was the
second-game loser.
The Dodgers awoke from their
Chicago slumber after losing
three straight to the cellar team
and knocked off the Cubs. 4-3.
Glen Lablne had to bail out
Bonus Pitcher Sandy Koufax in
the ninth. Carl Furillo and Gil
Hodges of the Dodgers and Gene
Baker of the Cubs hit homers.
In the Yankee Stadium twin
bill, which drew 40.911 custom
ers, Whitley Ford was knocked
out for the first time this year
when the Tigers spurted for
four runs and a ST. lead in the
fifth inning of the opener. Ford,
who has seven wins, also took
his only other loss at the hands
of the Tigers. Billy Hoeft scat
tered nine hits in going the route
for Detroit.
The nightcap was a battle
of homers. Yogi Berra hit his
18th in the fifth to tie it. %,
but Charlie Maxwell slammed
his 10th to give the Tigers a
Az lead. The Yanks. aided by
Eddie Robinson's homer, tied it
again in the seventh. Detroit
got three in the 10th on a double
by Harvey Kuenn, who had five
' hits for the day, a walk. Bill
Tuttle's hit, Frank Houses sac
rifice fly and Maxwell's double.
Tom Morgan was the victim and
AL Aber the winner.
Donovan, Wilson Win
Dick Donovan of the White
Sox shut out the Orioles with
seven hits in the first game at
Baltimore and Jim Wilson, an
ex-Oriole, held them to four hits
for the sweep. 1t was Wilson's
third victory since he was traded
to Chicago 10 days ago. Bob
Nien1an ruined his shutout
chances with a two-run homer
in the fourth. Among the White
Sox hits in the opener was Jim
Rivera's homer.
Thompson's winning single in
the 10th for Kansas City was his
third hit of the game. He had
reached base five times Saturday
on three hits and two walks. In
effective relief work by Dave Sis
Ter and George Susce cost Boston
the Sunday game. They blew
the 6-1 lead Willard Nixon held
when rain caused a 43-minute
delay in the eighth inning.