Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-13
Rookie Raydon
May BE Fourth
Pirate Starter
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Righthander Curt Raydon
was one or three kid pitchers
picked up by the Pirates along
with Max Surkont, Sid Cor
don. Sam Jethroe and $4,000 |
from the Braves in exchange
for Second Baseman Danny
O'Connell in 1858.
Now, with the Pirates hurt
ing badly for a fourth starting
pitcher to go along with their
Big Three of Bob Friend. YER
non Law and Ronnie Kline,
the 24-year-old Raydon has
moved into solid contention.
Raydon, a stringbean type
with a whiplike motion, posted
his first major league victory
after two losses yesterday as
he pitched two-hitter in Civ
ing Pittsburgh a three-game
sweep over the Giants, 2-l.
Cards Drop to Fifth
The victory lifted the Pirates
into fourth place in the Ma
tional League-virtually tied
with Cincinnati for third-as
the Redlegs beat the Cardinals
SO, and showed them back to
fifth. Pittsburgh and Cincin-
natl are just 81 games behind
league-leading Milwaukee. but
the Redlegs are two percentage
points up on the Pirates.
The Braves beat the Cubs,
5-4, yesterday to increase their
lead over the second-place
Giants to Ia games, and the
seventh-place Phillies kept Los
Angeles in the cellar with a As
victory over the Dodgers.
The Giants got their only
run off Raydon in the fourth
inning on Orlando Cepeda's in
field hit, two walks and a wild
Pitch. The only other hit off
the 6-foot-4 rookie was a single
by Daryl Spencer in the second
as Raydon struck out five and
walked the same number.
Mays Error Hurts
A lapse of control by Paul
Giel, former Minnesota half
back, and an error by Willie
Mays gave the Pirates their
runs. Mays let Dick Greats
line single get through him for
a two-baSe error in the fourth
and Groat scored on Frank
Thomas single. Then in the
sixth Giel hit Bill Virdon with
a pitched ball and walked Bob
Skinner. Virdon was forced at
third, but Thomas filled the
bases on an error by Jim Day.
export and Giel walked Bob
Clemente to force home the
winning run.
1t was the fifth straight loss
for the Giants and their 18th
setback in their last is games
Mays average dropped to 1898
as he went hitleSs in four trips
to the plate. Willie has had
only an infield single in his last
% attempts. f
The Braves achieved their
victory despite committing four
errors and Lew Burdette's fail
ure to go the route-the 10th
straight such failure by Mil
waukee starters.
The Braves everhauled a Al
Chicago lead with two runs
in the sixth, Ed Mathews 18th
home run in the seventh and
Del Crandall's run-produclng
single in the eighth. Burdette
bowed out after a two-run Chi
cago fourth and Humerto Rob-
inson was the winner in relief.
Lawrence Tough
Brooks Lawrence's five-hit
pitching was enough to stop
the Cardinals for Cincinnati.
Lawrence, once "The Bull"
of the Cardinal staff, didn't
walk a man while tanning five
of his old mates. The big right
handler (4-3) now has three
consecutive complete game vic
tories-after going without a
complete game in 10 starts
since last September 10. Wilmer
Mizell lost his sixth. He had
"a four-hit shutout until the
Reds scored two in the sixth
on a walk and singles by Frank
Robinson, Don Hoax and Gus
Bell. Ed Bailey and Frank
Robinson homered for the
other runs.
Stan Musial was held hitless
by Lawrence. Musial now has
gone 10 times at bat without
a hit.
Harry Anderson drove in
three runs for the Phils, crack
ing a 3-3 tie with a ninth
inning single. Stan Williams
DID. who beat the Cubs with
a two-hit shutout for his first
major league victory, extended
his scoreless-inning string to
IA before Anderson's two-run
double in the fifth. Dick Far
rel t3-2l won it in relief.