Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-16
Yankees and Tigers Building Up
To September Showdown Series
Detroit Plans
To Stuy Close
In AL Race

If anyone scratched Detroit
from the American League race,
forget it. The Tigers look like
they mean to stay close enough
to pounce on their first pen
nant in Is years in their final
two showdown encounters with
the first place New York Yam
KEGS September 1-3 in New York
and September 1917 in Detroit.
It's strictly a Tiger-Yankee
race-with Detroit's Frank Larry
pressing Yankee Whitley Ford
as the Ais top pitcher, Tiger
Norm Cash battling New York'S
Elston Howard for the batting
title and Cash, Rocky Colavito
and AL Kaline in the running
with Yankees Mickey Mantle
and Roger MariS for the Most
Valuable Player Award.
Those four big men in De-
troit's pitch for a pennant kept
the Tigers on the prowl with a
double-header sweep over Balti-
more last night. Larry won his
18th with a four-hit Shutout
and 18th complete game, tops
in the majors, in a 20 first
game victory decided by Cash's
two-run homer. And Kaline
then delivered the payoff single
in a three-run ninth that won
the nightcap, 80.
Maris Hits No. 46
Southpaw Juan Pizarro
knocked off the Yankees, 81,
meanwhile, by allowing just
four hits, one Maris' 46th home
run, as the Chicago White Sox
ended Ford's winning streak
at IA games and shaved New
York's lead over Detroit to two
games.
In the other AL. games, Bos-
ton banged Cleveland, 30, with
five home runs, Los Angeles
defeated Washington, 81, and
Minnesota defeated Kansas
City, ga.
Larry Q7-6) gave up nothing
but singles while hanging up
his third shutout. He struck
out five and walked only two
in a double four-hit duel with
loser Chuck Estrada cd and
Hoyt Wilhelm. Cash, who has
a two percentage point lead
over Howard in the batting
race at ,357, settled it by SOCK
ing his seth home run, with
Colavito on base, in the
seventh inning.
The Tigers then battled back
from the brink of defeat in the
nightcap for their sixth Sue
cess in eight games, coming
from behind on four consecu-
tive singles off loser Hec
Brown cd and believers
Billy Hoeft and Yves Stock
with two out in the ninth.
Chico Fernandez started the
rally with a one-out double
before Reno Bertota, pinch
hitters Bubba Morton and
George Alusik and Kaline
singled. 1t was Alusik's first
major league hit. Gerry Staley
90 was the winner in relief.
Malzone Scuttles Indians
The White Sox handed Ford
(20-3) his first defeat since
May 20 on Camilo Carreon's
two-out, two-run single in the
second inning. Pizarro $50
struck out 10, twice tanning
Mantle (0-for-4, and didn't
have any trouble except for
Maris' fifth home run in five
games in the fifth inning. That
broke a tie between Mantle and
Maris and sent Roger IA
games ahead of Babe Ruth's
record-60 pace of 1927.
Frank Malone had five hits
and walloped two of Boston's
solo home runs against the
Indians, who slipped into a
fourth-place tie with Chicago.
Gene Conley G-10) also
homered while banking the
Tribe on six hits. Gary Bell
(8-12) was the loser.
Bob Allison, Billy Martin and
Harmon Killebrew hit homers
good for seven of the Twins
runs in support of Jack Kra-
lick q1-8). Martins three-run
belt wrapped it up in the
fourth against Jim Archer
(8-S). Killebrew's homer was
his 35th, Allison's his 25th.