Evening star., 1961-05-10
Gentle, Score
ProVePoints
In Grand Style
Jim Grund-SIums
Twice in Row and
Herb Has 2-Hitter
BY the Associated Press

things to prove, Jim Gentle
and Herb Score have put their
points across but good in that
American League pennant race.
Gentle, a sluffed-off slug
ger who made the grade last
season but figures he has TO
prove he isn't a one-year WON
der. became the first major
Lacquer ever to crash two con-
secutive grand-slam homers
yesterday in Baltimore's 1875
romp against the Minnesota
Twins.
And Score, the southpaw who
has been trying to come back
since that tragic injury of 1857.
pitched a two-hitter last night
as the Chicago White Sox de-
feated Cleveland, 4-2, and es-
capped the cellar after losing
seven straight.
Detroit padded its first-place
bulge to three games, although
splitting a twi-night double
header with Washington. The
Tigers won their sixth in a row.
To, in the opener, but lost the
nightcap. 5-4. Second-place
New York blew a three-run
lead at Kansas City and lcSt.
5-4. And the Los Angeles
Angels beat Boston, 81.
Gentle. 26, a lefthanded hit
ter who walloped 81 home runs
last season after his conditional
purchase from the Dodgers
farm at st. Paul. returned to
Metropolitan Stadium at , St.
Paul-Minneapolis and hit his
slams in the first and second
innings. They came off loser
Pete Ramos (2-2) and relievel
Paul Giel.
The two shots. both 4l0-foot
blasts, also gave Gentle A
major league record with eight
RBI in two innings. He fin
ished with nine runs batted
in. taking the AL lead with
30. and tied Mickey Mantle of
the Yankees for the home run
lead with nine.
/ Only three other players, all
American LeaguerS. ever hit
two slams in one game-Tony
Lazzeri of the Yanks. while
setting the AIS one game RBI
record with IL in 1896; Jim
Tabor Of Boston in 1899, and
Rudy York of Boston in 1916.
Sixth Two-Hitter
Ron Hansen also homered
for the Orioles. who had IL
hits. eight for extra bases. Bob
Allison belted two and Hal
Naragon and Harmon Kille-
brew each hit one for the
Twins off winner Chuck Es-
trada (2-D and Gordon Jones.
Score. 27, making his first
start of the season. still had
control trouble but pitched the
sixth two-hitter of his career.
1t was four years ago-almost
to the day-that he was struck
in the eye by a line drive, on
May 7. 1857. A time 20
game winner, he has a l7-24
record since. He didn't allow
the Indians a hit until the
sixth inning. when Jim Piersall
! tripled with one out, but they
already had their runs on
walks and Vic Powers two
sacrifice flies.
The White Sox got only four
hits off Jim Perry (2-2), but
got the job done on the hit
ting Of Jim Lands. He had
two hits, one a tie-breaking,
| two-run homer in the eighth,
drove in three runs and scored
two.
Mantle Hitless Again
The Athletics. held to one run
and four hits for seven innings,
chased Whitley Ford and beat
Reliever Luis Arroyo Q-D with
four runs in the eighth. Singles
by Pinch hitter Don Larsen and
Hank Bauer, both ex-YankS.
and an infield out brought
them home. Ray Herbert (2-D
won 1t with a no-hit mopup by
Jim Archer in the ninth. Tony
Kubek and Bill Skowron hom-
cred for the Yankees. but
Mantle 10 for 49, was hitleSS
for the fourth straight game.
The Angels won four in a
row for the first time with an
unearned run in the ninth on
an error by Rookie Carl Yas-
trzemski of the Red Sox. Bos-
ton. twice coming from behind
and blowing a AZ lead in be-
tween, had tied it Tall in the
ninth on a two-run double by
Jim Pagliaroni. Eli Grba (3-2
won it and Ted Wills Q-D'lost
it, both in relief.
Starting Pitcher Jerry Casale,
Leon Wagner, Earl Averill and
Gene Leek homered for the
first seven runs by the Angels,
who have belted 26 in their l3
games at Wrigley Field. Yas-
trZemSki's first major league
home run made it total of AZ
an average Of four a game
for the coZy home OF the Angels.