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...that Warren Spahn topped all National League hurlers with an earned-run average of 3.01; this year there are 69 pitchers with lower ERAs than that. Three pitchers-Detroit's Denny McLain (record: 17-2), San Francisco's Juan Marichal (15-4) and Cleveland's Luis Tiant (14-5)-all have a shot at winning 30 games, a feat last accomplished by Dizzy Dean in 1934. Tiant, the All-Star game loser, has an incredible ERA of 1.24; the All-Star winner, Los Angeles' Don Drysdale, is only a few points off that...
...seventh-place Cleveland Indians ambushed Boston's Pennant Express at Fenway Park yesterday, 6-3. A three-run Indian uprising in the sixth--with homers by Chuck Hinton and Chico Salmon--gave a 6-0 lead to Luis Tiant, who fanned eight in coasting to the victory. Red Sox starter Gary Bell suffered the defeat...
Boston and Cleveland each mustered eight hits, but the Sox stranded eight baserunners. In five different innings, they moved men into scoring position, but each time Tiant bore down to retire the side. Boston's biggest scoring threat came in the fourth when it loaded the bases with...
...512th home run of his career, thereby breaking Mel Ott's 19-year-old National League record-and with his own Cleveland teammates. At week's end, the Indians were leading the second-place Baltimore Orioles by two full games. McDowell's fellow pitcher Luis Tiant had yet to lose in three starts, and the entire Cleveland pitching staff boasted an earned-run average of 1.60 -lowest in the majors...
...best of the young pitchers is Luis Tiant, who had a 15-1 record at Portland last year, came to Cleveland at midseason, and won 10 of 14 decisions with a 2.82 ERA. Sam McDowell, who has been touted as the coming Cleveland star of the future for several years, began to live up to his press notices last season with an 11-6 record. Another promising sophomore is Sonny Siebert, who had a 7-9 mark but a fairly good 3.23 ERA. Among the veterans on the staff are Gary Bell 8-6); Jack Kralick (12-7); Ralph Terry...