Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
Miller Makes
Grade as Met
Without Delay
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b the Associated Press
It took only one pitch for
Robert q. Miller to prove he's
. true New York Met.
Robert q. Miller Is q left
handed pitcher. The Nets also
have q Robert L. Miller, who Is
righthanded, and thereby lead
the National League in Robert
MiIlers.
Robert LIS record Is q OF.
Robert G.. had never thrown a
bali for the Nets before last
night.
Then he threw one. Now he
Is OIL.
Del Crandall hit the pitch for
. home run In the bottom Of
the 18th to give the Braves q
ga victory over the Nets. It
was the ninth straight loss for
the Nets, who are only one
game over the $50 mark.
Mays Hits Two More
Up at the other end Of the
league, Willie Mays continued
his hitting rampage with
homers No. 80 and 81 to lead
the Giants to q 3-t victory
over the Colts. The triumph
moved the Giants to within q
game Of the league-leading
Dodgers, who were edged by
the Cardinals, 80.
joey Jay got his 18th VIC
tory as Cincinnati won over
Pittsburgh, GA, and the Cubs
beat the Phillies, 5-3.
Houston highlander Dick
Farrell, who admitted last Sat
urday that he occasionally
mixed q wet pitch into his re-
pertoire, couldn't find any way
to stop Mays until it was too
late. He served up solo homers
to the majors home run leader
IN the first and fourth innings.
In the sixth he hit Willie |
with o pitch. That didn't work,
either, since Mays went on to |
score the Giants final run on
Orlando Cepeda's single and
Felipe Alou's sacrifice fly.
Jack Sanford got his 18th
Victory-and seventh in q row
for the Giants with help
from Don Larsen, who came
on in the seventh after the
Colts scored their only run.
The Dodgers, who meet the
Giants In q three-game Sc
ries in Los Angeles starting |
Friday, again got power hitting |
from Frank Howard, but their
vaunted baseline speed was
missing.
The Cardinals twice threw
out Ron Fairly at the plate as
he tried to score from first on
doubles by Howard. Fairly was
first erased in the fourth in
ming with the Dodgers lead
ing, 2-1, and again In the
ninth to end the game.
Stan Musial tied the score in
the fifth with an RBI double.
It gave him 1850 runs batted
in and tied Mel Otis National
League record.
The Cards got the tie-breaker |
in the sixth when Catcher John |
Roseboro made q two-base er-
ror on Ernie Broglio's bunt,
and Curt Flood doubled him
home. Broglio held the Dodgers
to four hits. The victory gave
the Cards a 6-5 edge on the
Dodgers for the season. Stan
williams took the loss.
Musial also singled to boost |
his batting average to 1851, tops |
in the league. Tommy Davis Of |
the Dodgers slipped to .346.
Cubs Snap Streak
The Cubs snapped their |
third seven-game losing streak |
of the season in beating the |
Phillies. Workhorse Art Mahaf- |
fey had a 81 lead for the |
Pills in the sixth when his
right shoulder stiffened and
he had to leave. The Cubs
got three runs in the seventh |
inning off Billy Smith and
Jack Baldschun, with Ron
Santos double the big blow.
Casey Stengel left the Nets
in the hands Of Coach Cookie |
Lavagetto as he went to Kan
sas City to attend the funeral |
Of his brother, but the story |
was the same.
Inc NETS got three runs in |
the first inning, on a two-run
homer by Felix Mantilla fol-
lowed by one by Frank Thomas. |
The Braves got two back in the |
same inning off starter Jay
Hook, who then held them in
check until he left with a pulled |
side muscle in the sixth.
Jim Hickman made it AL
with a homer in the fourth. The |
Braves got a run in the eighth |
and tied it in the ninth on Ed
die Mathews single after Lee
Maye's double.
It stayed that way until the |
18th when Miller came on to |
make his Met debut. The left |
handler had worked 5h innings |
earlier in the year for Cincin- |
natl, compiling an earned run
average Of 23.40.
After the pitch to Crandall it |
was $500.