Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-07
Mantle, Mariis
Share Honors
With Gomez
N Boys Each Slam
Poir; Tribe 1st as
Angels Drop to Sd
BY the Associated Press

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Healthy Roger Maris and
hobbled Mickey Mantle have
detonated a homer explosion
for the Yankees. But the worlG
champions sluggers had to
share some of the spotlight to-
day with a former National
Lacquer who led Cleveland into
first place in the American
League.
While the MSM boys each
hammered two homers in a Us
bombing of Minnesota, 35-
year-old Ruben Gomez won his
first game in the AL as the
Indians extended their longest
winning streak of the season
to five games by beating the
White Sox, SIS.
Gomez triumph enabled the
Indians to break a deadlock
with Los Angeles for the top
spot. Belted by Boston, 1877,
the Angels tumbled into third
place, a game back, while the
Yankees moved into second
place, a half-game back of the
leaders in the tight race.
81 HOmers for Maris
Maris and Mantle were the
story again for the Yankees.
Maris hit his first homer with
two on in the first inning and
Mantle followed with his 10th.
Mantle tagged another in the
third, tying a major league rec
ord with homers in four con-
secutive at-bats, before Maris
wound it up with his 2lst in
the fifth inning.
The homerS were the eighth
and ninth in II games for Maris
and the fifth in five games for
the 61-homer hitter while Man.
tie, still slowed by leg injuries,
has hit eight in nine games
and seven in the last five. The
Yankees now have a team total
of 100.
A pinch-hit homer by Vic
Wertz in the bottom of the
ninth gave Detroit a 5-4 deci-
sion over Baltimore, and Kan
saS City used a seven-run
eighth inning outburst to whip
Washington, 1873, in other
games.
Maris drove in four runs with
his homers and Mantle &C
counted for two, but Ralph
Terry G1-D needed Luis AFRO
yo's no-hit relief for the final
21s innings to post the victory.
Terry left after a pinch-hit
homer by George Banks in the
seventh. The loss, dropping the
'ourth-place Twins three games
off the pace, was charged to
Pascual 12-5.
Belinsky VictimiZed
Gomez DID, formerly with
the Phillies and Giants in the
MI, was picked up by the
Indians from Jacksonville of
the international League. The
veteran Highlander scattered
IL hits before the White Sox
caught up with him in the
ninth and Gary Bell came on
to get the final two outs. John
Romano's sacrifice fly and
Bubba Phillips grounder drove
in the clinching runs for the
Indians in the seventh. Early
Wynn (4-6) was the loser.
No-hit Pitchers DO Belinsky
of the Angels and Earl Wilson
of the Red Six started. Belin-
sky left after walking four men
as Boston scored five runs in ]
the first inning and Wilson de-
parted in the fourth as Los
came up with five. Pete
RunnelS drove in four Red Sox
runs with a homer, single and
sacrifice fly while Jim Paglia-
roni knocked in three with a
homer and two singles. Arnold
Farley (3-D was the winner {
with Belinsky C7-4 the loser.
Wertz cracked the first pitch {
served by Orioles knuckleballer :
Hoyt Wilhelm $3.50 for the
game-winner after Wilhelm
had checked the Tigers on two
hits after taking over for Robin
Roberts in the fifth. Wilhelm
singled and scored the tying
run on Jackie Brandt's single
in the seventh. Billy Bruton
also homered for Detroit in sup
port of Jim Burning (9-4
while Hobie Landrith connected
for Baltimore.