Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
Angels Add
Tight Hurting
To Hot Attack
Shutout by Lee
Latest Turnubout
By Mound Stuff
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSOCIATED Press
For nearly three months the
Angels puzzled the baseball
world by staying in the thick
of the American League pen
nant race despite what must
be rated one of the poorest
pitching staffS ever pasted to-
gether.
1t was plain for all to see
that the hitters and fielders,
with important help from Man.
ager Billy Rigney, were keeping
the Angels soaring on Cloud 8.
Leon Wagner was hitting home
runs, Albie Pearson was getting
on base, Lee Thomas was dliv-
ing in runs, Billy Moran was
fielding like Charlie Gehringer
and Rigney was pulling rab-
bits out Of his baseball cap.
But the pitching was an
other story.
Until a week ago, Rigney
could get only 10 complete
games from his pitchers in IS
starts. During that time he was
forced to go to the bullpen 2O8
times.
Lee Pitches Four Hitter
In the last seven games, Rig
ney has been virtually on nom
speaking terms with his relief
crew as four of seven starters
went the distance and wonder
of wonderS-two of them Gid
it on successive nights.
/ Don Lee, who hadn't won
since June q, pitched a four
hit. SO Shutout over Detroit
last night, just "a hours after
Ken Mcbride had blanked the
Tigers on three hits. This Sec
ond straight Angel shutout
victory enabled them to stay
within 312 games of the first
place Yankees, who shellacked
the Red Sox, 1874.
Minnesota, aided by an H.
run first inning, trounced
Cleveland. 14-3, to tie the In
dams for third place, 51a games
off the pace. Washington took
a 10 decision from Chicago,
sweeping the three-game series,
and Kansas City snapped Bal
timoreS SiX-game winning
streak with So triumph.
Torres Extends Streak
Felix Torres, the latest Los
Angeles batting sensation, drove
in two runs with a single and
double while extending his bat
ting string through is conSec-
utive games. The rookie third
baseman, batting a torrid 1929
during his hitting streak, has
boosted his average to .299.
1t was the sixth straight loss
and the 10th in the last 10
games for the Tigers, who had
two batting practice sessions
before the game but managed
to get only four singles off Lee.
1t was the big righthander's
first maor league shutout.
Home runs by Mickey Mantle,
Yogi Berra and Bobby Rich
ardSon highlighted the Yank-
ees' 16-hit attack against four
Red Sox pitchers. Mantle drove
in four runs and Berra three.
Rookie Jim Bouton yielded IL
hits. including a home run to
Pete Runnels, but coasted to
his third triumph. Bill Mon
bouquette suffered his ninth
defeat.
Grand-slamS by Bob Allison
and Harmon Killebrew fea-
tured the Twins 11-run first
inning during which seven of
the IA batters who faced
Pitchers Barry Latham and
Jim Perry hit safely. Never
before had a team hit two
grand-Slams in an inning.
Earl Battey also homered in
that frame.
Killebrew later added his
second homer and oath of the
season, giving him seven ho-
mers in his last seven games.
The Twins 15-hit attack en-
abled Dick Stigman to breeze
to his fourth victory in his
first start since 1860. He
famed IL of his former Indian
mates.
Bob Giggie, in his first ma
jor league start, not only out
dueled Baltimore's Milt Pap
pas, but scored the tie-break-
ing run that ended the Ath-
letics' seven-game losing
streak. Giggie reached first
on Jim Gentile's seventh-in-
ming error, was sacrificed to
second and scored on Jerry
Lumpe's single.
The 29-year-old righthand-
er needed help in the ninth
when he gave up singles to
Brooks Robinson and Hobie
Landrith.