BOMBERS WIN, 3-2, ON UNEARNED RUN Yanks Down Indians Before 52,009 at Stadium—Ford Hurts Ankle in Slide By JOHN DREBINGER Published: June 20, 1965 The Yankees grimly continued to cut down the front-runners in the American League last nicht, Before a crowd of 52,503, the largest gathering of the season at the Stadium, the Eombers tripped the Indians, 2 to 2, in the opener of a four-rame series, The victory, coming on top of; the three-game sweep over the White Sox, moved the Bombers to within two and a half games of the still-leading Clevelanders. However, the fourth-place Ti-| fers won, too, and the Yanks remmiined fifth. Joe Gordon's Tribe, with their young right-hander, Gary Bell, gfoing all the way, fought hard for this one. They routed Whitey Ford with two runs that tied the score in the sixth, They missed going ahead by an eye- lash when a daring bid to steal home by Minnie Minoso failed. But that was as far as Cleve- land got. In the last of the! sixth, Casey Stengel’s crew, capitalizing on an error, pcored an unearned run. Hank Bauer Grove it in with a single. A brilliant turn of relief pitching by Jim Coates made that tally stand up to the end, Ford's departure was partly brought about by an ill-starred slide into second base in the fifth inning. Bell, after blanking the Yanks on one hit for the first four innings, yielded two runs in the fifth when his control slipped. Ford opened with a single but was forced al second when Bauer attempted a sacrifice. It was here Ford injured his left ankle but insisted on coptinuing in the game. In the dressing) room the injury was diagnosed) as a Slight sprain, atin". “tee ani _ eh ge te,BES LOMO! Slips Nexl came a pass to Norm Siebern, Mickey Mantle flied out but Yogi Berra singled to right, scoring Bauer. Then Bell hit Bill Skowron with a pitched ball, filling the bases. A mo- ment later came a wild pitch that enabled Siebern to seore. Ford, still insisting he was all right, started the sixth by walking Vic Power. Whitey managed to collect two outs be- fore singles by Rocky Colevita, Minoso and Dick Brown seored two runs, Coates then took over. He gave Billy Martin an inten- tional pass, filling the hases. Coates got one strike on Bell. On the next pitch Minos streaked for home. Umpire Charley Eerry called him out on a close play, and Minoso al- most jumped cut of his shoes. An infield hit by Bobby Rich- ardson, to whith the Indians’ shortstop, Woody Held, added a Wild peg that put Bobby on sec- ond, sel up the Yanks’ winning tally in the same inning. Bell held off the next tun batters but Bauer hammered a hit to left that sent Richardson home, Coates, in gaining his second victory of the year, allowed only one hit, a single by George Strickland that opened the ninth, Gordon sent up three pinch-hilters without advancing the runner. MeDourald Honored In ceremonies before the game. Gil McDougald, the Yankee sec-| ond baseman, received the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award from) representatives of Phi Delta’ Theta Fraternity, to which Geh- rig belonged at Columbia. The bronze plaque is voted annually to the major league player who best exemplifies the character of Gehrig.Taking part in the exercises! at home plate and receiving al L ovation was Mrs. Eleanor ehrig, the widow of the Yankee first baseman who games before a fatal illness ended hig career in 1929, The Presentation was made by H. L, Stuart, malional president of Phi Delta Theta, Previous winners were Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reese and Alvin Dark, A replica of the award also will be displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N, ¥, Gordon had intended to pitch Herb Score last night in his regular turn. However, since it is a matter of record that Score does not show at his best at night, the skipper decided to| hold him back for today’s game, The tall lefty was the victor in the only game the Tribe took! from the Eombers in that four- game series in Cleveland earlier this month, Duke Maas, who was shelled by the Tigers in his last start but was one of the victors in the Cleveland series, will start for Stengel, CLEVELAND (A) NEW YORK CA.) ab. rhurbl ab, Rurbi Hardy, of....4 000) Bauer, rf... #111 Power, ib....410 0) Sieber, if... 200 Held, S4.....4010) Pisoni, U....0 000 Colaite, A...4 110 Mantle, f....3000 fHinose, If... O17 Cred OL Strickland, 36.40 20) Skoaron, 1b,.2 01 6 Sea ‘aiain a a ont Leper, ese ee Ee wees a bart ab. 2 016 Bich'd/an tb. th 124 eaiaen wooed O00) Kubek, g..4 Go 8 Bell, p.ewene 4000) Ford, p.....2010 clones... 1000) Coates, p..... 2000! Telal , ‘ath 282! Tota _... i 2! ra veceeeeeeee OO O02 000-2 New York ........0... 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