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Icin Notches \ ictorl f *elave aineedged'fhe'chica”; Cubs. V^fodaT. ul'a homl?™ sU^fitaematch, with pinch hitter Bob Thurman s three-run cfraSt Thurman *e U*(T00*”^ • ‘^o-run Chicago lead.homer this season as a pinch hitter, landed in the empty right field bleachers. Most of the bleachers fans and other customers had left during an hour and 30 minute rain storm which halted the contest in the seventh frame.Wally theegs.alsowhileCubsforBobFourth Straight.. AT CINCINN ATICHICAGOBoiger, cf Baker,Miksis, rfJackson. 3bFondy hit round tripper*.started for the Reds, but was knocked out in the sixthinning when the Cubs exploded forfive runs. Corky Valentine and Bob Hooper followed Fowler to the mound, with Rudy Minarcin getting credit for the win. After he entered the contest in the seventh. Jackie Collum finished for the Red-iegs.The Reds opened the scoring with two runs in the fourth inning on back to back doubles by Ted Kluszewski and Ray Jablonski, a long fly and an error. Kluz's two-bagger was smashed down the leftfield base line and Jabbos high fly into rightfield fell for a cheap double in front of Eddie Miksis.Smokey Burges*' sacrifice fly brought in Klu, and the second run tallied when Wally Post's grounder was fumbled by Rand-sorn Jackson.The score was tied in the fifth on Fondy « homer. Then the Cubs exploded for five runs in the sixth on two homers, two triples, a double and single.Banks, ssFondy, lbmmc !Pollet. pJeffcoat, p Davis, Pa-CooperTotalsCINCINNATIfHermon, 3blThurmanBridges, 3bBell, cfKluszewski, lbJablonski. If Burgess, c■ T'sspppc-Palysd-BaiieyMinarcin, p e-AdamsCollum. p Totalsa-Struck out for Davis in__b-Homered for Harmon in Mil c-Announced as batter for Hooper1 m _»ABRH0AE5133103000101110000000104005005119003222ft02015I041120041116020001000000000001000000000000000000001000f)000000338102712•inI*[yCubt* starter Howie Pollet collated a single and a pair of dou-|«-Waiked for Paly* inMm but he got into trouble in the j°'wa!ked for Minarcin in g£|of the sixth when Post Chicago (mrt n-e ^homered with one aboard. A third Cincinnatirun was scored in the frame whenj! ____ * — - ^ i*j|Roy McMillan s aingle was follow- * MJkSmtf* ♦ • ^°n(,v 2- Chiti-[ed by a walk and the second of 1 f *s ‘ ’Th urm »n pl e ’ Bup* Johnny Temple', three angles Ktuiuw.kl. ”hLS ~.Po°«.t 2‘The Red s victory, coupled with Fondy. HR—Chiti J? SjNfW klyn s 6-3 defeat of Phila-1 Post, Thurman oFoo#,delphia, moved Cincinnati out of “ “ -W ** BurW«.the National League celler and into seventh place by a half-gameovw the PhiiUes.f*luya i5m—MuellerPirate StreakOwn,NEW YORK May 7 *-Streak-DP — Baker, Banks and Fondy. l^eft—Chicago 3, Cincinnati 8. BB ■2, Jeffcoat 2, Minarcin 1, Davis 2 SO—Fowler 4. Collum i. HO—Fowler 7 in 5 ‘faced 2 batter* in 6th», Valentine 3 in 2-3. H»8|WiP 1 in 1-3. Minarcin 0 in 2, Pollet 6 In 5 2-3, Jeffcoat 1 in 1-3. Davia 3 in 2, CoTTufti......0 in 1.R-ISR#Fowler 4-4. Valentine 3-3, HoopOf 0-0 Minarcin 0-0, Pollet 5-4. Jeffcoat 0-0, Davis 2-3. Collum 0-0.WP—Fowler. W—Minarcin (1-1). jL—Davis 12-1). U—Barlick, Jack-ng Don Mueller ran his bulging A_3 ygK dlitM iff t* ifJIa 1/1? ^ V H- ? th ' 'owski. Landes, Biilanlit 3a.
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Middletown Sunday News Journal
Middletown, Ohio, US
Sun, May 08, 1955
Page 25
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