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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1957
Page
4
Detroit's Frank Lary, coming off a 14 15 record, battles to rebound from early losses as he aims to spark the Tigers. Washington breaks a drought. Pedro Ramos and Don Drysdale star for Baltimore and Brooklyn in tight wins.
Walter Alston cites strong Dodgers pitching led by Don Drysdale Johnny Podres and Sandy Koufax as they defeat the St Louis Cardinals 104. ERA stands at 2.99 with Drysdale unbeaten and Koufax 2-0 while Podres sits at 2-2 with two shutouts. Koufax 21, Podres 24, Drysdale 20 all post strong numbers.
American League leaders include Chicago 18 7 and New York 17 10. Cleveland 17 10 and Detroit 16 15 chase 2 and 5 games back. National League shows Milwaukee 18 10 and Brooklyn 17 10 atop. New York 13 17 and Chicago 7 22 trail. Tonight's games feature Cleveland at Boston, Chicago at New York, Kansas City at Washington, Detroit at Baltimore, plus multiple NL games and late doubleheaders.
Batting leaders include Williams of Boston with 34 hits in 75 at bats and Furillo of Brooklyn with 29 RBIs. Aaron of Milwaukee tops runs with 31, while Musial and Aaron share doubles at four and a half. Pitching leaders include Trucks KC 5 0 with 1 000 and Labine Drysdale 3 0 1 000.
New York Yankee outfielder Hank Bauer was summoned to the District Attorney's office after a brawl at a Night club. Edward Jones a delicatessen store operator said Bauer beat him in the club Bauer denied the charge. If Jones presses a complaint it will be a civilian arrest with a detective present. Jones had not decided on any action though he remained fond of Bauer and did not plan to make a case of it.
In Minneapolis the Charleston Senators meet the Millers in the second game of a three game set. Veteran Gene Bearden starts for Minneapolis against Charleston’s Chuck Daniel. Tsitouris, A year old, lost a rain soaked 1-0 decision to Minneapolis as Pete Burnside notched his first win. Burnside fanned nine over six innings as rain halted play for 22 minutes.
In the ninth inning Rahul? de Ss Batting Ed Fitzgerald, Sena tors-hit a pinch single with the bases loaded and one out to score Pele Runnels and give Washington a 2-1 win over Detroit. Connie Johnson pitched a two hitter as Baltimore shut out Kansas City 2-0.
Boxscore details show Brooklyn and St Louis scoring 7 to 0 in a game with pitchers Drysdale and Wehmeier active. Key players include Gilliam Musial Hodges Furillo Walker and Cunningham contributing RBI. Attendance listed as 13,724 with a 3:02 official time.
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