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Pinch-Hitter Eddie Robinson came in for Silvera and flied out. Mickey Mantle, hitless all day, slammed a screamer off Dropo's foot and raced all the way to second. It seemed a wasted effort. Joe Collins flied out, and Hank Bauer walloped a long fly to left. Minnie Minoso had a bead on the ball, got both hands on it-and suddenly it was bouncing behind him for another unbelievable error. Mantle was home, and the Yankees were still alive...
Rejuvenated Del. It was the Braves, not the law, that caused the biggest trouble in Milwaukee. After twelve innings of tied-up (1-1) ball, Braves Captain Del Crandall, hitless for almost two weeks, brushed the bench splinters out of the seat of his pants, stepped to the plate and walloped a game-winning home run. Next afternoon, in his very next time at bat, rejuvenated Del Crandall lofted another one into the stands. But it was too much to expect the Dodgers to run up a losing streak of more than two. They ran off with the game...
Although tall John McGrath held the varsity hitless for 4 and 2-3 innings, allowing only five safeties in all, a few misplays by Tufts' fielders gave the Crimson its sixth straight triumph...
...middle part of the batting order was off yesterday, as it has been in several other games. Besides Butters, who stranded seven runners in three times at bat, clean-up man George MacDonald and fifth batter Cleary went hitless. When this part of the attack starts to produce, the Crimson's occasional fielding lapses should go unnoticed...
Shepard plans to follow Kessler with southpaw Joe Bernstein and right hander Ken Rossano, but when they go in will depend on the course of the game. In his best game last year, Kessler pitched eight and a third hitless innings against Columbia, before he was relieved by Ned Felton, who completed the game without allowing...