Bob Friend Near 20-Game Win Pace For Pirates
Pirates veteran Bob Friend, 27, already has 17 victories and 215 innings pitched this season, potentially becoming a 20-game winner as Pittsburgh trails St Louis by one percent in the National League race. In Sunday action he left after seven innings in an 8-4 win over the Cardinals while Elroy Face finished. Milwaukee extended its lead over San Francisco to seven games with an 8-5 win. Cincinnati beat Los Angeles 6-5. Philadelphia swept a doubleheader from Chicago. Mazeroski, Foiles produced two RBIs for Pittsburgh. Musial sparked St Louis with a pinch single. the Dodgers lost despite a Cun ningham RBI. Frank Robinson homered for Cincinnati. Bouchee homered for Philadelphia. Phil Philadelphia rallied in the second game.
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Lary Beats Yankees With Sixth Win In Season
Detroit right-hander Frank Lary outpitched New York for the seventh time this season as the Tigers split a doubleheader with an 8-3 win. The Yankees took the nightcap 3-2 as Norm Siebern homered late to spoil the shutout bid. Detroit widened its lead over Chicago to 12 games behind strong hitting by Charlie Maxwell and Larry Doby drove in three for Cleveland in a separate win.
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Rams and Bears Undefeated in Exhibition NFL
The Rams and Bears stand 2-0 while the Lions are 1-0 in the NFL exhibition season. Bears defeated the Eagles 3-0 in Columbus on a second period 19 yard field goal by George Blanda. San Francisco edged Washington 20-19 in Portland and Baltimore tied Chicago 31-31 in Austin after Gordie Soltan kicked a 32 yard field goal late.
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Braves Extend NL Lead With 10 Inning Win Over Dodgers
The Milwaukee Braves, now seven games ahead in the NL, beat the Giants 10-5 in 10 innings at San Francisco. Hank Aaron delivered a 28th homer with Ed Mathews aboard, Del Crandall added a 3-run shot, and Don McMahon earned his seventh win after a rough day for starter Carl Willey.
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Baseball Scores And Results From The Weekend And Monday Games
Weekend results feature Philadelphia defeating Chicago 13 to 5 and 8 to 3 in an 8 inning second game, Milwaukee beating San Francisco 8 to 5 in ten innings, Cincinnati topping Los Angeles 6 to 5, and Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 1 Saturday. Monday slate lists Pittsburgh at St Louis Cincinnati at Los Angeles and Milwaukee at San Francisco with further Sunday results summarized.
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Ottawa Midgets Stars Beat Rice Hornets 5-2 In Tourney Opener
Terry Davis sparked a sharp three hitter as the Ottawa Midgets edged Rice Hornets 5-2 in Topeka. Ottawa will meet Topeka 178 at Highland Park today. Darrell Jamison to pitch, Stanbaugh took the loss while Ottawa capitalized on walks and four errors for the win. Roger Shoemaker had two hits.
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League Bid To Stanford Opens West Coast Big Five Talks
SAN FRANCISCO AP Stanford invites Stanford to join a new West Coast Big Five with California, Southern California, UCLA and Washington forming the Athletic Association of Western Universities effective July 1, 1959. The move follows the waning PCC, aiming to shape Rose Bowl alignments though no contract with the Tournament of Roses is imminent. Team rosters and partial game box details appear in the messy transcription.
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