SOX GRAB FIRST WITH COMMANDING 13-7 WIN.
Boston, May 1- The Boston Red Sox won their fourth straight game, second straight over the New York Yankees, with a 13-7 pasting of the pinstripes before 32,720 at Fenway Park. Vern Stephens hit his second home run of the season in the fifth to give Boston a lead it would not relinquish. Jack Kramer made his Red Sox debut after being acquired from St. Louis with Stephens in the winter. The Yankees jumped on a rusty Kramer for three runs in the first, but Boston raliled with a four run, six hit assault on Ed Lopat in the bottom of the frame. Joe DiMaggio tied the game in the third with his fourth home run. Both teams collected 17 hits on the afternoon, but wildness by Joe Page and Frank Hiller blew the game open as Boston scored six runs in the 8th.

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
New York             3  0  1  0  0  0  1  1  1 -  7  17   1
Boston               4  0  0  0  1  2  0  6  x - 13  17   1


New York              AB  R  H BI  Avg  Boston                AB  R  H BI  Avg
P Rizzuto SS           5  0  1  0 .172  D DiMaggio CF          4  2  1  0 .333
T Henrich RF           6  2  3  0 .233  J Pesky 3B             3  1  1  0 .220
C Keller LF            5  1  3  1 .360  T Williams LF          4  3  2  2 .364
J DiMaggio CF          3  2  3  2 .410  V Stephens SS          5  2  3  2 .389
Y Berra C              5  0  1  0 .308  B Doerr 2B             4  2  2  2 .357
B Johnson 3B           5  0  2  1 .231  J Jones 1B             5  1  3  2 .400
G McQuinn 1B           4  2  2  1 .222  S Mele RF              5  1  2  3 .293
S Stirnweiss 2B        5  0  1  1 .333  B Tebbetts C           5  0  3  2 .344
E Lopat P              3  0  0  0 .273  J Kramer P             3  0  0  0 .000
 B Brown PH            1  0  1  1 .444   D Galehouse P         1  1  0  0 .000
 J Page P              0  0  0  0 .000
 F Hiller P            0  0  0  0 .000
 S Lollar PH           1  0  0  0 .000
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                43  7 17  7       Totals                39 13 17 13


New York                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
E Lopat (L 2-1)           6.0  14   7   7   2   5  32   0   3   0   1  3.00
J Page                    1.0   1   4   4   3   1   7   0   0   0   0  9.81
F Hiller                  1.0   2   2   2   1   1   6   0   0   0   0 10.80
Totals                    8.0  17  13  13   6   7  45   0   3   0   1

Boston                     IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
J Kramer (W 1-0)          6.2  13   5   4   3   1  36   0   4   0   1  5.40
D Galehouse (Sv 1)        2.1   4   2   2   1   1  11   0   2   0   0  2.84
Totals                    9.0  17   7   6   4   2  47   0   6   0   1


Left On Base: New York 13, Boston 8
Double Plays: New York 0, Boston 2
Doubles: P Rizzuto (1); D DiMaggio (3); T Henrich (1); C Keller (2);
     J DiMaggio (2); J Jones (2); G McQuinn (2); S Stirnweiss (1);
     B Tebbetts (4)
Triples: none
Home Runs: J DiMaggio (4); V Stephens (2)
RBIs: C Keller (3); T Williams 2(9); J DiMaggio 2(8); V Stephens 2(10);
     B Doerr 2(12); B Johnson (3); J Jones 2(4); G McQuinn (6);
     S Mele 3(7); S Stirnweiss (2); B Tebbetts 2(5); B Brown (3)
Stolen Bases: none
Caught Stealing: none
Hit by Pitch: none
Ground into Double Play: Y Berra (1); S Stirnweiss (1)



In other action...

• Minus some of their early season vim and vigor, the Washington Senators suffered their fourth straight today. Philadelphia trounced the Nats, 13-6, with the help of four hits off the bat of LF Barney McCoskey. The Mackmen capitalized on four Senator miscues to tally ten runs off Early Wynn over seven innings.
• Detroit took advantage of an extra inning error by Cleveland 2B Joe Gordon to outlast the Tribe, 5-4, in front a Ladies Day crowd of 34,624 at Muncipal Stadium. Gordon's throwing error to SS Boudreau on a potential double play grounder opened the door for the Bengals who scored two runs on a passed ball in the eighth to tie the score. With the bases loaded in the 10th, PH Neil Berry squeezed home the go-ahead run. Larry Doby hit his first two career home runs to give Cleveland an early 4-1 lead.

BRAVES OUTSLUG OTTMEN FOR SHARE OF LEAD
New York, May 1- Bill Elliott broke out of a season-long slump with his first circuit clout of the year as the Boston Braves defeated the New York Giants, 12-9. Bill Voiselle became baseball's first three-game winner despite surrendering eleven hits in six innings. Earl Torgenson drove in three runs on three hits. Alvin Dark also collected three hits, and Bill Salkeld also homered for Beantown. Walker Cooper homered twice in the losing cause for New York. Billy Southworth's troops have won eight of the last ten games to knot themselves with his former club, the St. Louis Cardinals, atop the senior circuit. Boston dropped their first three games to Philadelphia to open the season.

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
Boston               0  2  0  2  0  0  8  0  0 - 12  17   1
New York             1  0  3  0  1  0  2  2  0 -  9  16   1


Boston                AB  R  H BI  Avg  New York              AB  R  H BI  Avg
E Stanky 2B            5  1  0  1 .293  B Rigney 2B            5  1  1  0 .333
J Russell CF           3  2  2  0 .246  W Lockman CF           5  3  4  1 .306
 C Shoun P             0  0  0  0 .000  S Gordon LF            5  1  2  1 .432
 D Litwhiler PH        1  0  0  0 .300  J Mize 1B              5  1  1  0 .214
 B Hogue P             0  0  0  0 .000  W Marshall RF          5  1  3  2 .370
E Torgeson 1B          5  1  3  3 .346  W Cooper C             5  2  2  4 .400
B Elliott 3B           5  1  2  1 .100  B Kerr SS              4  0  1  0 .231
J Heath LF             5  1  1  2 .311   J McCarthy PH         1  0  0  0 .400
T Holmes RF            4  2  1  0 .400  J Lohrke 3B            4  0  1  0 .195
B Salkeld C            3  2  2  1 .333  B Newsom P             2  0  1  0 .400
 P Masi PH C           2  1  1  1 .242   D Koslo P             0  0  0  0 .000
A Dark SS              5  0  3  2 .417   K Trinkle P           0  0  0  0 .000
B Voiselle P           3  0  0  0 .000   R Rhawn PH            1  0  0  0 .133
 M McCormick PH CF     2  1  2  1 .364   A Hansen P            0  0  0  0 .000
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                43 12 17 12       Totals                42  9 16  8


Boston                     IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
B Voiselle (W 3-1)        6.0  11   5   3   0   1  30   0   1   0   1  3.91
C Shoun                   2.0   5   4   4   0   1  10   0   1   1   1  6.00
B Hogue (Sv 1)            1.0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  3.00
Totals                    9.0  16   9   7   0   2  43   0   2   1   2

New York                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
B Newsom (L 0-2)          6.1  11   7   5   2   4  32   0   2   0   2  6.39
D Koslo                   0.0   2   2   2   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  4.15
K Trinkle                 1.2   3   3   3   1   1   8   0   1   0   0 13.50
A Hansen                  1.0   1   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   0   0  0.00
Totals                    9.0  17  12  10   4   6  47   0   3   0   2


Left On Base: Boston 8, New York 7
Double Plays: Boston 1, New York 0
Doubles: B Rigney (1); W Lockman (3); E Torgeson (4); J Heath (3);
     B Salkeld (2)
Triples: W Lockman (1)
Home Runs: W Cooper 2(3); B Elliott (1); B Salkeld (2)
RBIs: E Stanky (4); W Lockman (4); S Gordon (8); W Marshall 2(12);
     E Torgeson 3(8); W Cooper 4(10); B Elliott (4); J Heath 2(6);
     B Salkeld (6); P Masi (6); A Dark 2(9); M McCormick (3)
Stolen Bases: T Holmes (1)
Caught Stealing: E Torgeson (1)
Hit by Pitch: none
Ground into Double Play: J Mize (1)

Notes:
W Marshall has hit in 12 straight games, his longest of the season
 

In other action...

• Forty year old lefty Fritz Ostenmuller made his first start of the season by going the distance in Pittsburgh's 6-3 victory over Cincinnati. Wally Westlake hit a three-run homer in the third inning, his second of the year, in support of Ostenmueller.
• Philadelphia takes its second consecutive game at Ebbets Field with a 6-1 win today. Walter Dubiel limited the Brooks to three hits, and Andy Seminick hit his third homer for the Blue Jays. Philadelphia had dropped seven in a row before visiting Flatbush. A Johnny Jorgensen home run, his first, accounted for the sole Dodger run.
• Brooklyn prospect Roy Campanella had a forgettable debut on April 27 in a 5-4 loss to Boston. Campanella committed with two errors, but he did collect his first major-league hit in the contest. Campanella was welcomed to the big leagues in the first by Bob Elliott who collided with the catcher on a play at the plate. Campanella dropped Arky Vaughan's throw for his first error, and then was charged in the third inning with catcher's interference in the third after Earl Torgenson struck his mitt on third strike.