Show I Homer Horier by Vie Wertz Sours Lemon Otherwise He Had Perfect Game By Joe Associated Pre Sport Sports Writer r One swipe of oC the bat by Vic Vie Wertz cost Bob Lemon an opportunity opportunity opportunity to join the s six x pitching immortals who have hurled perfect perfect per per- feet big league games The ace Cleveland right right-hander spun a brilliant 2 1 victory over Detroit in Tuesday only action preceding Wednesdays Wednesday's holiday double headers But that circuit clout by cost Lemon 1 a perfect game 2 a no hitter 3 i ia I a shutout The fhe homer came in the eighth inning the only Tiger hit lilt Wertz I was the only Tiger base runner Lemon did not walk or hit a bat bat- ter The Indians made no errors behind him hini I Until Wertz came to bat Lemon had mowed down 21 consecutive ve batters He threw a strike past i ithe the Tiger slugger first to face him in the eighth The next pitch landed in the upper right field stands I Was as Just Right It HIt was as a slider Lemon groaned after the game ame It wasn't high It wasn't low It was just right right for for him I The last spotless pitching performance performance performance per per- was turned in by Charley Charley Char Char- ley Icy Robertson of the Chicago White Sox who whipped the Tigers on April 30 1922 1022 The score was 2 Other perfect game pitchers were John Richmond Worcester 1880 John Montgomery Ward Vard Providence 1880 Cy Young Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Red lIed Sox 1904 Addie Joss Cleveland eland 1907 1007 and Ernie Shore Red Sox 1917 Although hundreds have hl come within one safety of pitching a il hitless game only nine have lost their hitter r by tossing a home run ball List of Spoilers Here is a list of or the pitchers with the spoiler spoilers in m parentheses July 4 1919 Jess Tess Barnes I Giants vs Phillies Cravath Cravath Cray Cray- I ath May 24 1933 Tom Bridges Tigers vs Senators Joe Kuhel July Tuly 8 1934 Jim Deshong Yankees vs Athletics Jimmy j I Foxx i June 30 1937 Lefty Gomez Yankees vs Athletics Bob Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son June 5 1943 Carl Hubbell Giants vs s Pirates Elbie Fletcher Fletch Fletch- er j Au Aug 11 1943 Steve 1943 Steve Sundra 1 I Browns Brons vs Yankees Charlie Keller Sept 10 1946 Kirby 1046 Kirby Higbe Highe Dodgers vs s Phillies Frank McCormick Mc- Mc Cormick April 26 1951 Conrado 1951 Conrado Marrero Marrero Mar Mar- rero Senators vs Athletics BarI Barney Barney Bar Bar- I ney McCosky l I May 29 1951 Bob 1951 Bob Lemon Indi Indians Indians In- In di ms vs Tigers Vic Wertz I Lemons Lemon's one-hitter one was the fifth of oC the season in the majors It was as the first Bob ever hurled although he pitched a hitter no-hitter against the same Tigers in Briggs Stadium June 30 1948 In winning his fourth game against five fi defeats Lemon fanned seven Tuesday Of OC the theother theother theother other 21 batters who faced him 13 grounded out six flied to the outfield one lined to the infield Al Rosen batted in both Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land runs one with a double The Tribe got six hits 0 off Bob Cain and Hal White hite It was Cains Cain's fourth loss against tw two Wi wins n Lemons Lemon's last previous victory came on May 2 He lIe lost three straight starters before Tuesday |