Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-18
Jansen Gives
Reds Another
Lift in Race
Ex-Giunt Star Stops
Braves as PhiIIies
Spoil Dodgers Bid
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
Another effective pitching job
by Larry Jansen, a happy re-
turn to homer hitting in Crosley
Field and a bases-loaded walk in
Philadelphia formed a three
way parlay that again gives Gin
Icinnati's Redlegs a chance to
make hay in the National League
race this week end.
Jansen, a 36-year-old re-
claimed Highlander with eight
kids at home. performed his
once-a-week chore for the Red
legs on a seven-hitter that
knocked off the front-running
Braves. 80, last night-with the
help of three Cincinnati home
runs and a six-run eighth inning.
The robust Redlegs, who hit
only four home runs in that en-
tire four-game series they lost
81 at Milwaukee last week end
latter Jansen had won the
opener on his return from the
minors. thus scrambled back
into second place, just 21a games
shy of the Braves with single
games remaining tonight, tomor-
row and Monday.
Dodgers 3 Points Back
The victory hoisted Cincinnati
three percentage points ahead of
Brooklyn as the Dodgers, who
figured to benefit by anything
Cincinnati happened to do to
the Braves in the series, skidded
to third on a walk by reliefer
elem Labine that forced in the
winning run for Philadelphia s
80 decision.
st. Louis defeated the Cubs,
81, on Wally Moons two-out
ninth-inning single, and the
Giants, with Willie Mays hitting
his fifth home run in five games.
defeated Pittsburgh, 5-3.
In the American League, a
grand-slam home run by Dick
Williams gave Baltimore a Ga
victory over New York. However,
the Yankees retained their 91a-
game first-place lead as Kansas
City ended a six-game slump
with a go victory over runnerup
Cleveland. Washington trimmed
Boston, 6-5, leaving the third
place Red Sox only IL games
ahead of the White Sox, who
beat Detroit, 4-3, on Nellie Fox's
ninth-inning single.
Big Klu Blasts No. 20
Jansen. who walked only two
and struck out seven in his first
appearance since last Fridays
victory at Milwaukee, gave up
Ed Mathews 26th home run,
with a man on, in the first inning.
The Redlegs tied it with Ted
Kuszewski seeking his 28th
homer in a two-run fourth. then
mopped up as Wally Post and
|pinch-hitter Smoky Burgess con-
Injected in the eighth to beat Tay-
lor Phillips, rookie southpaw. !
Three years ago Jansen could
hardly throw the ball from the
pitchers mound to the plate.
Today, the former Giants star
looms as that insurance" pitcher
the pennant-hungry Redlegs
have been searching for all sea-
son.
For the second consecutive time
since he was purchased from the
Seattle club in a desperation
move about a week ago, the vet
Ieran Highlander turned in an
impressive mound performance.
Jansen's performance amazed
even his manager. Birdie Teb-
belts, who admitted he never
expected him to be that good.
What surprised me most
about that guy" Tebbetts said.
lis his staying power. / hon.
estly figured him to be a flve-
inning pitcher for me. But in
both games, he got stronger as
he went along.
Maybe he's the guy I've been
looking for all along. Beating
the Braves once might be con-
sidered a fluke. But beating
them twice in eight days is
something else again. Certainly
/ no victory ever counted more for
U.S."
! In 1858, only two years after
helping to pitch the Giants to
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