Evening star., 1962-08-24
Situation Same
In nj as Three
Leaders Win
By the Assoeiated Presa

IlOO NdIIOudl League pSnlanL
race. thanks to Johnny Rose
boro's first hit in 29 at-bats,
Ernie Bowman's first major
league homer and game-win-
ming single and six-hit pitch
ing by three castoffs..
RoSeboro, hitless in % trips
to the plate, lashed a triple
| that propelled the first-place
Dodgers to a four-run eighth
inning uprising and q Az vic
tory over Philadelphia last
night after the leaders had been
shut out on four hits by Den
mis- Bennett.
Bowman, rookie second base
man substituting for Chuck
Hitler, tagged his first home |
run in the fifth inning, then
stroked a single in the 10th in
Mining that scored Johnny Or
sino with the clincher as The
|second-place Giants edged the
Nets, 81.
The castoffS-Joe Nuxhall, |
Johnny KlippStein and Ted
Wills-combined for a Six-hit |
performance against Chicago
while Vada Pinson and Gordie |
Coleman each homered and |
drove in four runs, carrying the
third-place Reds to a 1913 rout
Of the Cubs.
Law Pitches Our-Hitter
! When it was all over, the
Dodgers still we're 31a games in
front of the Giants and four
games ahead Of the defending
champion Reds, who made it
16 victories in the last 10
games. 1t was only the fourth
triumph in IL games for the
Dodgers and the Giants Sec
ond in eight.
In other MI action, fourth
place Pittsburgh used a two
run homer by Bill Virdon and
the four-hit hurting of Vern
Law to beat Houston. 40, and
Milwaukee tied st. Louis for
fifth place by edging the Card
inalS, 80.
Bennett (5-9 had a 10 lead
going ino the eighth on a.
homer by Tony Taylor in the
third inning off Dodger start
er Johnny PodreS u0-10.
Roseboro got things started
with his triple. Pinch-hitter
Daryl Spencer struck out, but
Maury Wills singled. Jim Gill
liam walked and Willie Davis
singled. Tommy Davis then
struck out before Frank How
ard dumped a two run double
over first base for the decisive
runs. Don Demeter homered
for the PhilS' other run.
Bowman's tie-breaking sin
gle, following Orsino's third hit |
and a single by Jose Pagan,
won for Juan Marichal Q6-9,
who allowed only five hits over
the 10-inning distance. The
Nets got to Marichal for an
unearned run in the third when
Richie Ashburn walked and
Felix Mantilla followed with a
single that got by Rookie Out |
fielder Carl Boles and enabled
Ashburn to race home. The
loser was AL Jackson (6-1O,
who also went the route.
Pinson, Coleman Connect
Pinson and Coleman paced a
a 21-hit attack with three hits
and four RBI each. PinSon hit
ting his goth homer and Cole
man getting No. 26. Nuxhall
started for the Reds, but pulled
a thigh muscle and had to
leave after pitching two-hit
ball for four innings. Klipp-
stein and Wills, who like Nux-
hall last pitched in the Amer
ican League, finished up.
George Altman accounted for
two Cubs runs with his 2lst
homer.
Law lo-6>, posting his fifth
triumph and second shutout
over the Colts, allowed only
singles-one in each Of the first
four innings. He also scored
twice. coming in on Virdon's
homer in the third off Ken
johnson (6-1D and scoring on
Dick Groat's single in the
eighth. Dom Clendenon drove
in the other Pirate run with a
fourth inning single.
The Braves overcame a 2-l
Cardinal lead in the eighth on
an infield hit by Frank Boil
ing, Roy McMillan's double, al
wild pitch by Ernie Broglio
(10-6) and an infield out.
Claude Raymond. getting his
10th save in 20 relief appear