Evening star., 1961-08-30
Pitching Staff
Giving Reds
Surprise Lift
By the Associated Press

There was no pennant fever
among the Cincinnati Reds or
their fans early in the season,
but things weren't so black
that Manager Fred Hutchinson
was without hope.
1--WE could do all right
Hutch said, "if we could get
some pitching. We need it, be-.
cause we don't score many
runs"
That will give you some idea
Of just how much of a surprise
team the Reds are in that Ma
tional League race. Not only
are they second in run totals
with 610 to San Francisco's
62D, but the pitching staff
leads the league in shutouts.
With Southpaw Jim O'Toole
and Reliever Jim Maloney
combining for Cincinnatis 10th
whitewaSh job of the season,
the Reds knocked off Pitts
burgh, 80. last night and re-
tained a 31a-game lead over
Isecond-place Los Angeles. The
Dodgers, after splitting a four
game series at Cincinnati,
stayed close with a 81 victory
at Chicago as Sandy Koufax
limited the Cubs to a pair of
singles.
Braves Take Third
Milwaukee replaced San
Francisco in third place, seven
caves behind, by beating the
Giants, 7-6, in 13 innings on
Mathews home run. 1t was the
Giants fifth straight defeat.
st. Louis made it eight in a
row with a 5-4 victory at Phil
adelphia in the opener of a
Itwi-night pair, but the PhilS
took the nightcap, 4-3.
The Reds won their third in
a row with a sixth thinning run
at Pittsburgh on singles by
Vada Pinson, Jerry Lynch and
Gordy Coleman off righthand-
er Bob Friend Q2v1O. Frank
Robinson's triple and an in
field out by Lynch brought in
the other two in the eight
against Bobby Shantz.
Maloney nailed it for O'Toole
(14-9, who gave up all Of the
BUGS six hits, by striking out
pinch-hitter Rocky Nelson with
the bases loaded in the ninth.
The Pirates left IL men on
base while suffering their 18th
shutout of the season. They
were blanked only four times
last year when they won the
pennant.
Leads in StrikeOutS
Koufax 15-9), who leads MI
pitchers in low-hit games with
a pair of two-hitters and a
couple of three-hit perform
anceS, held the Cubs hitlesS
for 625 innings for the second
time this season. Their first
hit. a single by Dick Bartell,
drove in George Altman, who
had reached base on an error
by Koufax leading off the
seventh. Ron Santo singled for
the other hit with two out in
the ninth. Sandy struck out
II, and now has a season total
of 212, tops in the majors.
The Dodgers scored the win
ming run in the top of the sew
enth on a walk, sacrifice and
Frank Howard's single off Don
Cardwell Q1-12).
Mathews 26th home run
came with one out in the bot
tom of the 18th for the Braves
their only hit against Dick
LeMay (2-5) in his five innings
Of relief. Don Nottebart (5-6)
won it, blanking the Giants on
one hit after Willie McCovey's
two-run homer off Lew Bur-
dette had tied it with one out
in the ninth.
An error and Bill Whites
triple won the opener for st.
Louis and Curt Simmons (8-9)
in the ninth as the Cards tied
their longest winning streak of
the year. Chris Short (5-10)
then shut them out on two hits
in 725 innings of relief in the
nightcap. Al Cicotte (2-5) lost
it on a wild pitch and Ruben
Amaro's single in the sixth.
John Buzhardt (5-1N was the
first-game loser.