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Show Seattle Seeks Share of Lead BAN FRANCISCO, Mey II Off The day of reckoning has arrived for the first place Beraphs of Los Angeles, who abused their Pacific Coast league opponents the first four weeks of the season. Seattle beat them last night, ., and bad a chance to tie the leaders today. Seattle's right-hander, Hal Turpi Tur-pi n, atopped the Angels with four-hit four-hit pitching, and his mates came from behind with scores la the eighth and ninth inninga to ruin the hard work of Southpaw Ray Prim. Joyner "Jo-Jo" White's home run in the eighth tied the score at S-all, and in the next Inning Outfielder Bill Lawrence singled to score Third Baseman Dick Gyselman from second. It was Los Angeles' fourteenth rasa In It games after winning It straight. San Diego fought lta way Into the first division with an 11-inning 8-4 victory ovsr Hollywood. Catcher Catch-er George Detore'e big club did most of the damage. He hit four out of six. and batted in Outfielder Hal Patchett with the winning run. Almost unnoticed In the heat of the Los Angeles-Seattle rivalry haa been the march of the San Francisco Fran-cisco Seals, who won again last night from Portland, (4. The Seals are only two games behind ths Angela, An-gela, one behind 8eattle. The Seals' Big Bill Shores struck out 11 Beavers with his knuckle ball and didnt let a Portktnder get past second base. Harvey Storey, Sto-rey, Seal shortstop, homered In the seventh. The Oakland-Sacramento game was postponed because of wet grounds at Sacramento. |