Evening star., 1961-09-20
Maris Has One More Shot
At Ruths 6O-Homer Mark
Yankee SIugger
Still Needs Two
For Official Tie
By the Associated Press

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Held to an infield single
while the Yankees clinched at
least a tie for the American
League pennant last night by
splitting a double-header at
Baltimore, MariS must hit two
home runs in his next game 10
tie Babe Ruth's home run rec
ord officially.
The Yankees and Orioles
were slated for the third game
of their series tonight at Bal
timore'S Memorial Stadium,
but Hurricane Esther was kick
ing up such a fuss with wind
and rain that it appeared ques-
tionable that the game would
be played.
Light rain began falling in
Baltimore at midmorning but
stopped before noon. The FORE
cast was changed to occasional
rain.
They are scheduled to play
again tomorrow afternoon in
Baltimore, and both teams
have an open date Friday.
II MariS doesn't connect for
those two needed homers in
his next game, he'll have eight
more regularly scheduled games
in which to tie or surpasS the
Bambino's 60-homer record of
1927, but will have to take the
aSterisk along with any record
under the edict handed down
by Commissioner Ford Frick.
Daley Clinches Tie
The honor of clinching the
tie for the Yankees 26th pen,
nant, their 18th in the past 13
years and the first under
Rookie Manager Ralph Houk,
went to lefthander Bud Daley,
who beat the Orioles, 81, in
the nightcap with a five-hitter.
Steve Barber won the opener
for the Orioles, 10, with a
four-hit job for his eighth shut
out. tops in the majors. The
whitewash also checked Maris,
who walked in the first, then
failed to get a hit in three other
at-bats. He fouled out, ground
ed out and flied out.
In the second game, MariS
fouled out in the first, got his
infield single in the third,
grounded out in the fourth, hit
a long foul in the seventh be-
fore flying out to center and
struck out in the ninth for a ]
3-for-26 performance at Balti-
more this season. Memorial
Stadium is the only park in
which Maris has not hit a
homer this year.
Mickey Mantle, who has
blasted SO homers for the
Yankees, was out of the start
ing lineup with a severe head
cold. He pinch hit and struck
out on % pitch in the ninth
inning to end the first game
and didn't see action in the
nightcap. He was replaced in
centerfield in the opener by
Jack Reed, recently recalled
from Richmond, and in the
second game Maris moved into
centerfield with Catcher John
Blanchard replacing Maris in
right.
Bill Skowron took up the
homer slack for the Yankees,
cracking his 9th, with one on
in the fourth, for a 81 New
York lead that stood up and
reduced their magic number to
one over the second-place De-
troit Tigers.
The Tigers, who play an aft
ernoon game against Los An
geles today and can wrap it
up for the Yanks if they lose,
maintained a mathematical
chance for a tie by beating the
Angels, 60. Cleveland and
Kansas City split, the AS win
ming the opener, 60, and the
Indians taking the nightcap,
6-2. Chicago whipped Boston,
5-1, and Minnesota defeated
Washington, 81.
Ford Loses Fourth
Skowron's homer, with Elston
Howard on base against Balti-
more starter Skinny Brown (10-
g.. gave Daley his 18th win
against II defeats. The lone
Baltimore run came on Ron
Hansen's homer leading off the
third.
In the opener, Barber (17-1D
had Yankees completely in con-
troll while Baltimore'S first-in-
ming run stood up and made
Whitley Ford (24-4, the loser.
The Orioles scored when Brooks
Robinson singled, reached sec
ond as the ball got by Hec
Lopez and scored on Jerry
Adair's double.
The Tigers scored four in the
first inning on singles by Billy
Bruton and Norm Cash, doubles
by AL Kaline and Rocky Cola
vito plus two wild pitches by
Ken Mcbride Q2-14 and an
error. That was enough for
Don Mossi Q5-D, although he
was tagged for homers by Eddie
Yost and Steve Bilko in a four
hit pitching performance.
Jim Archer (9-13), loser of
six in a row, beat the Indians
and Dick Stigman (2-5) with
a six-hitter in the opener. Tito
Francona's bases-loaded single
in the second off Bob Shaw
Q1-l3 and a run-scoring tri-
pie by Ty Cline and Francona's S
squeeze bunt in the fourth gave
the Indians Gary Bell (11-15l
all the margin he needed to
subdue the AS in the second.
Juan Pizarro (14-6) hurled a
three-hitter against the Red