Evening star., 1960-07-09
Giants Topp|e
To Fourth as
Attack Fails
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
It appears the Giants. who
can't play cards for high
stakes and can't stay up late.
now can't win ball games
either.
They've won only six of 19
since Mid-June, when Tom
Sheehan replaced Bill Rigney
as San Francisco manager.
And they've lost four in a row
since Sheehan, who chewed
'em out about the card games
and late hours, was named
skipper for the rest of the
season by owner Horace Stone
ham.
The Giants were second,
four games out of first, when
Sheehan took over. But they're
tied with st. Louis for fourth
place, eight and one-half
games behind, after last
nights I'll humping by the
Cardinals.
First-place Pittsburgh split
a twi-night doubleheader at
Philadelphia, winning 8-3 aft
er a SIS, 10-inning loss. That
shaved the Pirates lead to
five games over Milwaukee,
who beat Cincinnati 6-3. Los
Angeles moved into third place
with a So victory over Chi
cago, the Dodgers fifth straight
and 10th in IL games.
Giants Drop to Fourth
The Giants, scoring just five
runs in their last five games,
managed only four singles off
rookie Ray Sadecki (3-4, a
19-year-old lefthander. They.
They got two of them in the
first inning, with Orlando
Cepeda getting the RBI, while
dropping to four place for the.
first time since May Is of last
year.
The Cardinals broke up Jack
Sanford's shutout string at 81
innings with three runs in the
third on singles by Sadecki
and Joe Cunningham and Stan
Musial'S two-run homer. 1t was
Sanford'S sixth loss in IA deci-
sionS.
The Phillies beat Pittsburgh
for the third straight time in
the opener, ending the Pirates
winning string at four as Ruben
Amaro doubled and slid home
under Roberto Clemente's peg
on single by winning reliever
Dick Farrell. The decision at the
plate, giving the Phils their
seventh consecutive extra-in-
ming victory, touched off a
storm of Pittsburgh protests.
Fred Green (4-3) was the loser
in relief, while Farrell, now TO,
blanked the Pirates on one hit
for 31s innings.
VirdOn Has Hot Hand
Bill Virdop, who homered
along with Don Hoax in the
opener, raped two doubles and
a triple in the second game.
A walk, and one-out singles by
Hoax and Bill Mazeroski broke
a 3-3 tie in a four-run fifth
against Dallas Green Q-3 e.
Bob Friend, winning his 10th
on the fourth try over two
weeks, checked the Phils on
seven hits, walking just one
and striking out six.
Hank Aaron and Wes Cow
ington each drove in two runs
for the Braves, with Aaron's
oath home run wrapping it up
in the third inning off Jay
Hook (7-8). 1t was the fifth
straight loss for the Reds, who
had only two hits, one Wally
Posts home run, before chas-
ing winner Juan Pizarro (5-2)
in the ninth. After three con-
secutive extra-baSe hits for two
runs, Ron Piche came on and
saved it by striking out Frank
Robinson and getting Jerry
Lynch and Harry Anderson on
flies.
The Dodgers twice came
from behind. then broke a 3-3
tie in the sixth on a walk and
Duke Snidef's two-out triple
off Bob Anderson (2-6). Wally
Moon tagged reliever Don
Elston for a homer in the
eighth. Ed Roebuck CID won
his sixth in a row with 625
innings of four-hit, Shutout
relief. He now has allowed
just one run in the last 25
innings, reducing his earned
run" average to 200. Roger
Craig was the Dodger starter.