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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C. ** SUNDAY, JULY 19. 1963 C-3 Homers by Mathews and Adcock Help Braves Edge Pirates, 4-3 Injury Forces Liddle, Giants Hit 5 Homers, Homers in Ninth Give Winijing Pilcher, Hammer 5 Pitchers hjjjjMPbISBBUS. Red Sox 5-3 Victory To Leave in Sixth To Beat Cubs, 12-7 BEAT After Trailing Tigers • ¦y )h# Associated Press By the Associated Press By BURTON HAWKINS By tha Associated Prast PITTSBURGH, July 18.—Ed- NEW YORK, July 18.—The DETROIT. July 18.—Blanked die Mathews blasted his 28th Giants hammered five Chicago CHICAGO, July 18. Saul : improve themselves. If they’re for eight innings by young Billy homer of the year and Joe Ad- pitchers and got five home runs Rogovin is the key to the White ( good at hitting, fielding and run- Hoeft, the Boston Red Sox cock connected for his ninth today In game played In Sox pennant aspirations, accord- erupted for five runs in the ninth potfer a wild ning, but weak on bunting, they round-tripper to the Mil- steaming heat to earn a 12-7 ing to Manager Paul Richards, inning today on home runs by waukee Braves to a 4-3 victory victory over the Cubs. who received won’t work on bunts. Some of Hoot Evers and Sammy White to over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Whitey Lockman, Hank the fast fellows don’t learn to beat the Tigers, 5-3. Andy Pafko’s triple and a long eg, flkgTjH JLjm Thompson Bobby day from the last 10 St. and Thomson become good base-runners. They Evers, hitless in his fly by Catcher Ebba Claire hit homers off Warren Hacker, times at bat, hit a three-run produced the winning run in the don’t study it.” the losing pitcher, to build up a just the left field inning. The Braves picked ** * * homer over sixth five-run cushion in the first inn- screen to tie the score. Then, up the third run in the fifth on ing. Richards has no complaints single, of Hacker never retired a man. after Floyd Baker, singled. White Bill Bruton’s a pair Despite early lead, about his muscular outfielder, high wild pitches by Jim Waugh, this wide slammed a two-run homer the Cubs bounced back to chase Orestes Mlnoso. “His only flaw is into the upper left field deck. rookie pitcher, and a double by Jim that he can’t catch a ball while : Johnny Hearn, who started for the It was a bitter setback for Logan. Jansen, running at full speed,” the | to Leave. Giants, and Larry Hoeft, 21-year-old southpaw, Liddle Forced closing gap shrewd manager said, “but I Don Liddle, the Braves pint- the to 8-7 in the guess you who was only two outs away top of before Hoyt can’t ask for every- i sized southpaw, racked up his the seventh thing from posting his first major Wilhelm finally got things un- in a ball player. When we. fourth victory but was lorced got him from the Indians two | league shutout. Instead, he left leave the contest in the sixth der control. the mound with a 6-7 record and to chances a lot years ago. Hank Greenberg told pulled muscle in his right Monte Irvin hit a two-run in- i bit more respect for White and with a better,” Hmwkin*. us he thought that some day a leg. Liddle injured the leg mak- side-the-park homer in the fifth said j Evers. inning Wes opened Richards, who doesn’t attempt Minoso would be killed—that he ing a throw to second base. Lew and Westrum Boston the eighth with a to hide his disappointment at stands too close to the plate. l Scoreless Until Ninth. Burdette finished for the Braves. smash into the Well, he’s been hit Hoeft brought 3-0 into upper leftfield seats Saul’s failure to blossom as a big 11 times this; a lead Waugh, the Pirates’ 19-year- off Dutch year Tigers, Leonard, Cub pitcher. winnef. but he’s still with us, thank the ninth, as the who had old righthander, was charged final goodness. only five hits Ransom Jackson’s three-run Rogovin. breezing along with to Boston’s 12, with his first loss. He allowed a 5-2 today, walked two scored once in the first inning three runs and seven hits before homer off Jansen in the seventh lead “A week after we got Minoso, just about finished the day for Nats successively with one out Willard Nixon hit him in the and twice in the second. being lifted for a pinch-hitter Bolling, the Giant pitcher. After he In the seventh and whs yanked. middle of the forehead with a Milt who stretched his in the fifth. Johnny Hetki hurled hitting to games, way. threw two balls to Bill Serena, It was no new experience, for really swift fast ball. .1 was streak 13 the rest of the Saul has remained the in opened the ninth with his second Mathews Taken 111. he was replaced by Wilhelm, the route dreadfully frightened. I should only three of his 15 starts this have taken him single of the game. He moved to Mathews belted his homer into eventual winner. out of the game, Chicago A.H.O.A. New York A.H.O.A. year. but he asked me to stay in. Next second on Billy Goodman’s sec- the upper deck of the rightfleld Baum'tz.cf 5 14 0 L’kman.lb 5 3 10 0 Rogovin compiled a 14-9 rec- time up, he off ond single, and both trotted in the first inning. He Fondy.lb 42 6 0 Dark.2b 4 14 3 slammed a ball stands Klner.lt 3 0 10 T'pson,3b 4 2 13 ord last season and led the the centerfleld fence in Boston [ home ahead of Evers’ homer, his left game in after Sauer.rf 4 2 3 0 Irvln.lf 4 2 10 I * the the fifth 5 3 2 league a eighth of season. complaining dis- Jackaon.Sb 2 Tmson.cf 6 2 10 with 2.78 eamed-run and it took the dust 30 minutes j j the of a stomach Berena.2b 4 2 14 Mueller.rf 4 2 3 0 average in 1951 while winning After Dick Gernert flied order. Adcock banged his bases- Smalley,si 1 0 0 0 Bpencer.ss 3 0 3 5 to settle after he slid into third 1 I out, Mlksis.ss 512 1 Westrum.c 4 14 0 12 games and losing 8. But base. You have to like a fellow | Baker singled to right and he, empty homer in the fourth. McCul'gh.e 4 14 0 Hearn.p 2 0 0 1 Hacker.p 0 o o 0 Jansen.p 16 0 0 now he has nothing better than like that.” i too. trotted home as White ham- The Pirates picked up one run Pollet.p 10 0 0 Wilhelm,p 110 0 a 5-10 record and when he ** * * [ mered his eighth homer high in the first. Johnny O’Brien was •M'kovlch 1000 and Lown p 10 10 trudges toward the mound Chi- Getting Rogovin, i far into left field, about 370 feet hit by a pitched ball and tallied iCav’etta 0 0 0 0 back to singles by Leonard.p 0 0 0 0 cago fans boo him unmercifully. Richards says Saul’s arm is 1 away. on back-to-back Simpson.p 0 0 0 1 “Rogovin is like a lot of other Red Sox Sweep Series. Danny O’Connell and Frank TOO HOT TO HANDLE—Duke Snider, Brooklyn centerfielder, makes a stab for the ball hit sound. “Whatever is wrong is Totals 38 12 24 8 Totals 37 14 27 12 oall players,” Richards went on. It gave the Red sweep more in Chicago right between his ears,” the Sox a •Thomas. They got two by Enos Slaughter of the Cards, but it got away from him in the first inning yesterday 100 110 310— 7 “When he was having his good . lot the three-game series and the Johnny O’Brien’s New York 500 020 14x—12 manager said, bluntly. "If he sixth on at Brooklyn. Slaughter was credited with a double. Backing up Snider is Carl Furillo (No. 6). •Hit. into force out for Pollet in 4th. years he depended on somebody marked the 13th straight game single, a triple by O’Connell and (Walked for Lown in Bth. straightens out, we’ll be a strong- i The Dodgers went on to overwhelm AP Runs —Fondv (2), Klner. Sauer. to tell him what to do. Now he’s er club and I’ll like our chances in which Tiger pitchers have an error by Sibby Sisti, Mathews’ the Cards. 14-6. Wirephoto. Jackson (2). Cavaretta. Lockman (2), Dark (2). Thompson i2i. Irvin (3). hard-headed. He has it made. of winning pennant. Mean.- given up home runs. • replacement. Sisti threw wild to Thomson, Wilhelm. Runs the Westrum. He’s established. He won’t do while, the best thing that Ivan Delock, * of four first on Thomas’ grounder. batted In Sauer (2). Lockman, could third Thompson (2), Thomson (3), Metkovich. the things he's told to do.” Boston hurlers, was the winner. Pittsburgh (3). happen to us is for something Mllwaakee A.H.O.A. A.H.O.A. Jackson (4). Irvin Westrum. Dark. ** * * Bruton.cf 42 4 0 Abrams.rf 40 0 0 Error—Smalley.