Bosox take 3 of 4 from Tigers to claw back to mediocrity

GAME 1: Boston 15, Detroit 2 (Tiger Stadium): The slumping Sox traveled to Detroit and finally came out of their hitting coma. Tiger starter Jim Bunning gave up 7 runs (6 earned) in just 3 innings of work. Boston continued hitting and posted 15 runs on 16 hits. Starter Chuck Stobbs tossed a complete game after losing his shutout bid in the 8th. The "Splendid Splinter", Ted Williams banged out 2 homers and had 6 RBI's on the day. Dom DiMaggio was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's and a homer.

GAME 2: Detroit 12, Boston 13 (Tiger Stadium): Not to be ou

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Tigers returned the favor and blew out the Sawx and earned "rabbit ears" Don Mossi his first win of the season. Detroit was clinging to a 4-3 lead when the floodgates opened up in the 7th and 8th innings where they scored 5 and 3 runs respectively. Rocky Colavito broke out and hit hist first homer of the season to key the attack. Rocco had a 3 for 4 / 4 RBI day as Boston starter Ellis Kinder again self imploded and his era ballooned to 6.29. Norm Cash was 4-4 on the day. Interestingly every starter in Boston's lineup had at least one hit, but the Sox failed to control Detroit's potent offense.

GAME 3: Boston 3, Detroit 0 (Fenway Park): After 2 straight blowouts the

fans were treated to a good old fashioned pitcher's duel. Boston's Mel Parnell, fresh off his hard luck 15 inning loss, rebounded to shutout the Tigers and toss a 5 hitter in an economical 95 pitch outing. Detroit's Frank Larry scattered 11 hits and yielded only 3 runs, which on most days would be more than enough for victory. Backup catcher Matt Batts was Boston's hitting star as he went 2 for 3 with a 2 run homer over the Green Monstah in the bottom of the 8th to give the Sawx 2 valuable insurance runs.

GAME 4: Boston 7, Detroit 1 (Fenway Park): Boston capitalized on Detroit's poor fielding to win this one in blow out fashion. Foytack (DET starter) only yielded 3 earned runs. Chuck Dobson of Boston yielded only 1 and that was the difference. In the bottom of the 8th the Bosox plated 4 runs to remove all doubt. Johnny Pesky set the table well going 3 for 5 and scoring 2 runs. Al Kaline had 3 hits in a losing cause. The game did end in controversial fashion as Ike Brown led off the top of the 9th for Detroit with a double off the Monstah. The clouds then opened up and a rain delay ensued. After waiting 2 hours the umps called the game and awarded Boston with the win.