Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-19
BASEBALL


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Yankee deal. and Virgil Trucks
beat Washington, 20.
Trades figured in the National
League race, too. Righthander
Ray Crone beat his ex-Milwaukee
mates. ga, with a neat relief job
for the Giants. The Braves kept
q one-game lead. however, as
Pittsburgh belted st. Louis, 81
Philadelphia gained a share OF
second with the Cards, defeating
the Cubs, 7-6.
The Dodgers also moved within
a game Of Milwaukee. three
points behind the Cards and
Phils. by swapping Cincinnati
TO.
Richardson Leads Attack
Shantz. now 80 VS.. Detroit
since 1850. tossed a seven-hitter,
struck out six and walked only
two in winning his seventh in a
row. Second Baseman Bobby
Richardson. given a vote Of con-
fidence when the Yanks sent
Billy Martin to the AS last week
end, drove in both runs of Billy
Hoeft. who lost his fourth. The
25-year-old southpaw, a 20
game winner last year. defeated
the Yankees, Al, for his only
1857 success.
Jim Busby. acquired in a trade
with Cleveland last week, was
credited with batting in both
Oriole runs and had two of the
four singles given UP by loser
Billy Pierce, now 10-4 with his
second successive defeat. Pierce's
wild peg to second on a force
out try set UP Busby's RBI single
in the first inning. and Billy
then walked Busby with the bases
loaded in the seventh. George
Zuverink won his seventh in re-
lief as the White Sox lost their
sixth in the last 10. They led by
six when the skid started.
Chico Carrasquel. Vic Wertz,
Rocky Colavito and Roger Maris
homored for the Indians. who
won their eighth in the last II
games. Jackie Jensen smacked
a three-run homer in the ninth
for the Red Sox, who have lost
four in a row. Ray Narleski
saved a fourth victory for Bob
Lemon, making his first start
since a May "a leg injury.
The Braves managed only
three hits in Crone's six-innine
shutout job. Warren SPAIN lost
his fourth in a three-run sixth
inning. Walks to ex-Brave
Danny O'Connell and Willie
Mays started it. then Billy Bru-
tons error enabled one run To
score. Daryl Spencer's single
the only hit Of the inning
counted the other two.
Swanson Stops Cards
Highlander Art Swanson
who had worked only "a innings
since signing a bonus contract
with the Pirates in 1855. had {
two-hit shutout for eight in.
nings and finished with a four
single job on the Cards for hi
first major league start anC
victory. Virdon drove in thre,
runs with his homers, both of
loser Larry Jackson. Stan Mu'
sial, who had one Of the Card
singles. tied Washington's Eddie
Yost for fourth place in the all
time consecutive-games-playe
list with 829.
The Phils got all their run
on Rip Repulski's three-rur
homer and rookie Harry Ander'
sons major league grand-slam
mer. Jim Hearn won it-hiI
Tooth in the majors. but frs
since last August--in relief o
Jack Sanford.
Don Newcombe had himself {
night at Cincinnati. gaining hi
sixth victory and third shutou
with five-hiter-while drivinI
in two runs with three Of tn,
Dodgers Is hits and swattinI
his first 1857 homer. Gil Hodge
drove in three runs for tn
Dodgers, who battered Hal JEFF
coat and four BELIEVERS as tn
birthplace Redlegs lost theil
eighth In the last nine.