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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
18
National League results show Baltimore edging Washington 4 to 3 behind strong pitching while Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and New York posted varied scores. American League highlights include Baltimore and Detroit matchups with notable pitchers and standings implications.
Kansas City Athletics built a cushion on five New York errors to beat the Yankees 7 4 despite home runs by Mickey Mantle Yogi Berra and Joe Collins. Par Weatlan urn DIBULUEHUEL Guuadurene earned his third victory against five defeats as Bobby Shantz took the loss. The A's scored four in the first inning and three in the eighth aided by three Yankee errors and four unearned runs. Mantle extended his AL leading average to .407 while fanning twice.
Cleveland pitchers dominated as Bob Lemon earned his seventh win of the season in a 8 4 victory over Baltimore. Earl Averill slugged a homer and six doubles came off Orioles pitching, lifting the Indians to another win against the same team this season.
American Association results show St Paul defeating Charleston 4 to 2 and Omaha beating Wichita 8 to 1. Indianapolis topped Denver 3 to 2 while Minneapolis won 9 to 4 against Louisville. Tonight's schedule lists St Paul at Charleston, Omaha at Wichita, Denver at Indianapolis, and Minneapolis at Louisville for two games.
The Chesapeake Volunteer Fire Dept faces East Bank High School in a donkey baseball game at 3 p m at the Chesapeake ball field. Proceeds fund fire department equipment purchases with donkeys used by most players. Advance tickets, 75 cents for adults and 35 cents for children, available by phone or through fire dept members.
Sam Berman shot 67 to win the President's Cup Golf Tournament yesterday at Southmoor Country Club on medal play. Dan Barrack finished second with 70 and William Nearman third with 73. other finishers included Rabbi Samuel Cooper 77, Stanley Silverstein 78, Mike Margolis 81, and Dick Herman 89.
Detroit defeated Boston 14 to 11 to move into fourth in the AL, powered by Ray Boone and Frank House with five and three RBIs respectively. The Tigers extended their win streak to seven, part of a 9-1 run in 10 games, as they totaled 17 hits. Boston slipped to second division with a rough 14th loss in 14 decisions.
Chicago and boxing fans await Bobby Boyd in a televised all rounder at the Chicago Stadium tomorrow night. Savage beat Boyd by decision last April while Boyd seeks revenge and maintains a string of eight straight wins as the No. 2 contender for Ray Robinson’s 160 pound title.
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