Evening star., 1961-07-06
Tiger Pitching
ShowsDefinife
Lack Of Depth
Boston Beuts Bruce
To Cut Leud After
Burning Wins 9th
BY the Associated Press

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Detroit's chain of thought
about winning the American
League pennant it's the lack of
depth among starting pitchers.
And because of it, the Tigers
lead is down to only a half
game over the New York
Yankees.
The big S1z of the staff
Frank Larry CPD, Don Mossi
(9-2), Jim Burning (8-6) and
Phil Regan (7-4)-have ac-
counted for SO of Detroit's 81
victories, and Regan nailed two
as reliever. OF the other is
victories. the bullpen has COL
lected IL. ....
Bunning won his third in a
row yesterday as Detroit took
the opener of a day-night
double le-header at Boston, 6-2,
but the Tigers then lost the
nightcap, 8-3, as Manager Bob
Scheffing turned to sometimes
starter Bob Bruce when con-
fronted with his second twin
bill in two days.
The split, coupled with the
Yankees 60 victory over third
place Cleveland behind the
four-hit pitching of Rookie
Roland Sheldon, also put the
Tigers one behind New York
in the 'lost" column.
COlavitO Has Big Day
Baltimore closed within a
half game of Cleveland by
beating Washington, 20; the
Los Angeles Angels beat Min
nesota, 6-2, and Kansas City
spilled the Chicago White Sox,
8-3, in a game called after six
innings because of rain.
Righthander Bill Monbou-
quette $50, out for two weeks
because of a virus, and Re-
lever Mike Fornieles checked
the Tigers on five hits in the
nightcap. Dick McAuliffe and
Rocky Colavito, who drove in
five runs in the opener,
homered for Detroit before
Fornieles nailed it with 31a
innings of perfect relief, re-
tiring all 10 men he faced.
The Red Sox, climbing back
into fifth place after losing
six in a row, collected IL
hits, including homers by Jim
Pagliaroni and Gary Geiger.
But they got the clincher off
Bruce Old in a two-run
fourth inning on a squeeze
bunt by Monbouquette. That's
the weapon Detroit used to
beat New York Tuesday.
Colavito collected his five
RBI with a home run and a
single in the afternoon game.
Burning gave up seven hits
and struck out six while beat
ing Billy Muffett (8-6) and
had Boston shut out on two
singles for six innings.
Fifth Straight Win
Sheldon (5-2) won his fifth
in row for the Yankees with
his first major league Shutout.
He started at his own request
in self-anger after giving up
a steal of home while working
one inning of relief against
Detroit Tuesday. Yogi Berra's
two-out single gave Sheldon
the edge with a first-inning
run off Gary Bell (5-9). Roger
MariS closed the scoring with
a solo seventh Inning home
run. his 32d, and stayed II
games ahead of Babe Ruth's
record go pace of 1927.
The Indians now have lost IL
of their last II games, and have
scored just one run in 27 in
ningS.
The AS tagged Chicago with
a fifth straight loss, dropping
the White SoX back to sixth
place, on four-run bursts in the
first and second innings. Half
OF the runs were unearned.
Juan Pizarro (4-2) lost his Sec
ond in a row, while Bob Shaw,
ex-White Sox highlander, won
his 9th against Z defeats.
Steve Bilko drove in the
Angels first three runs with a
pair of doubles, bringing them
from behind for their first five
game winning streak with a
two-run double in the seventh
inning. Ken Hunt also drove
in three runs, with a ninth-in-
ming homer. Jim Donohue
(3-2) was winner in relief.
Jim Kaat (3-4) lost IT,