Show Tigers Lose Yanks s Face in n Crucial Crucia Game e Tod Ry fly Ralph Hoden Hollen Press Sports Writer The New v York Yankees ees once again are a half hall game ahead in inthe inthe the thc American league pennant battie battIe battle bat bat- tIe tle Saturday thanks to an old alumnus Papa Joe Gordon Gordon in iii one of the most dramatic games of the stretch drive smashed a ninth-Inning ninth home nl ht the Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- run Friday Fliday night to give land Indians a 4 3 victory over the Detroit Tigers The defeat dumped the Tigers out of a first place tie with the Yanks into second tion Papa Joe led off oft the last of the ninth with his winning game blow after alter the Tigers had tied the score at nt 3 on a two-out two two-run two homer by Don Kolloway in the thc top of the thc ninth Yank vs Boso Today The Yanks and the thc third-place third I Boston Doston Red Sox were idle The They opened a two-game two series in the I. I Yankee stadium Saturday Heres Here's the picture in a nutshell V r L Pet GB GL New York 91 53 10 Detroit 91 01 51 tt fr 9 Boston 89 55 2 10 Two of ot the games game's crack left left- handers Mel Pornell of the Red Sox and Eddie Lopat of the Yanks were the opposing pitchers in the Important game ame at the stadium Saturday They boasted identical 8 17 records with Parnell riding the crest of a 0 nine-game nine winning streak Lopat has won four out of I si six decisions from the thE Red Sox I and Parnell three out of four from New York this year A Yankee sweep of oC the two games will virtually knock the Red Sox out of contention as they would then drop four games behind behind behind be be- hind with only eight games to pin play Second Game tamo While the Red Sox and Yanks went at each others' others throats the continued their feud with the Indians with a single game Saturday and another Sunday Art Houtteman 19 10 was as nominated nom nom- mated to pitch for the Tigers against Cleveland's Mike Garcia 10 in the second game of the three-game three series The Indians scored all of their runs in Friday nights night's thrilling encounter encounter encounter en en- en- en counter after two outs Big Dig Luke Easter Enster drove in their first three runs off oU Hal who went the distance for Detroit Easter Enster socked his homer after Larry Doby walked with two down In the first inning to give i Bob Feller a 2 0 working margin The Tigers counted an unearned run in the third but Easter stroked a out two scoring run single in the bottom of the third to restore Cleveland's advantage to two runs Bi Bij Ninth Feller breezed along In great style until two were out In the Johnny Groth then singled and Kolloway followed with his sixth homer to tie the score Joe Ginsberg and kept the rally roIly alive with infield hits hils but Johnny Lipon grounded out to end the threat The he crowd of 29 09 fans had hardly settled in their seats r when hen Gordon began the thc last of the ninth by socking second pitch over the left field Held fence to break up the game The blow was Gordons Gordon's In the only National league game the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Cincinnati Reds 8 7 in 10 innings under the Ii tights lights at Forbes field Pinch-hitter Pinch Wally ally Westlake broke up the game with a two- two run single Bob Usher of or th th sent the game Into a three-run three homer In the ri n The league leading r t Phils returned to action S Sa Slit against the Brooklyn Dodge I two game series at 1 The Dodgers and Boston are tied for Cor second place games behind the Phils An of six Philadelphia tories or six Brooklyn and 1 M defeats will give the Philip first pennant since 1915 r t |