Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
AzcUEl PETERS IN SPOTLIGHT
Former Failures Produce
By the Associated Pres.

Necessity, the mother OF in
vention, has showed two Of her
step-children into the Amer
lean League spotlight - Jose
Azcue and Gary Peters.
Azcue. who failed to hold q
Job with Kansas City, stole
home for Cleveland's first run
and scored the other after
stroking a double to pave the
way for a 20 victory last
night over Baltimore in which
batterymate Dick Donovan
pitched a ee-hitter.
It was the first steal Of the
season for the 23-year-old
catcher, acquired from the AS
along with his .213 major
league batting average and i'm
mediately handed the No. 1 job
at Cleveland when John Ro-
mano was sidelined.
At the time, Azcue was the
only available receiver. Now
Romano's Is hard pressed to
regain his job, with Azcue hit
ting a creditable .279, with eight
homers and 20 runs bated in.
Sixth Straight
Peters. who produced an OIL
record in four previous shots at
a major league berth, suddenly
has developed into one of the
hottest pitchers In the league.
Last night he won his sixth
straight for Chicago, beating
Kansas City. SIS.
The 26-year-old lefthander,
kept In the starting rotation
by Manager AL Lopez, who has
been casting about for reliable
pitchers. despite q slow start,
has posted an lis record and
produced an eye-opening 2.07
earned-run average.
His latest triumph kept the
second-place White Sox eighth
games behind the first-place
Yankees, who beat the Sena-
tors, 81.
Third-place Minnesota kept
pace with a 30 victory over
the Los Angeles on Dick Stig-
mans six-hitter, while Detroit
belted Boston and Dick
Radatz, 6-5, in 10 innings.
Azcue singled and came
home on the front end Of a
double steal in the seventh
and scored the only other run
off Steve Barber, 1879, on Tito
Francona's double in the ninth.
Donovan, 7-10, allowed a first
inning single by Luis Aparicie,
Russ Snyder's bunt single in
the fourth, and a double in the
eighth by Jackie Brandt, the
only Oriole to reach second
base.
Twins Tag FOytack
Peters was touched for three
runs in the first three innings,
but settled down and permitted
only two AS to reach base the
rest Of the way. Dave Nichol-
son hit a two-run homer to get
the White Sox started and Al
Weis cracked q two-run double
in the sixth inning to put Chi
cago ahead to stay, 4-3.
The Twins picked up their
seventh victory in eight games
by tagging Paul Foytack for all
their runs in 21s innings. A
two-run furry in the second
on Earl Battey's triple, a single
by Zoilo Versailles, q sacrifice
by Stigman and Rich Rollins
single put it away. Stigman
now is 1910.
The Tigers built q So lead
in the eighth inning as Norm
Cash hit O three-run homer,
but the Red Sox tied it in the
ninth when Gary Geiger hit his
second homer Of the game and
fourth in two days. In the 10th
Billy Bruton singled, stole sec
ond, raced to third on q wild
pitch and scored on Rocky
Colavito's single off Radatz.
The loss was only the fourth
for Radatz against IL victories,
but it was his third in six days.
In his last four appearances
the burly reliever has given up
10 hits, six walks and six runs
In 61s innings. His earned-run
average has gone from 1.13 to
l.59.