New York, Apr. 22.
Lanky Lonnie Warneke, one-time pitching star of the Chicago Cubs, handed his former team-mates their first beating of the 1939 baseball season today, Yielding only four hits to, the National League champions, Warneke pitched the St. Louis Car-clinals to a 9-0 victory. In addition to his masterly' work on the mound, Warneke doubled in the second inning with the bases full, scoring Jenny Mize, Joe Medick and Terry Moore.
Dazzling relief pitching by Bill Lonrman enabled the New York Giants to hand the Boston Bees their first defeat of the season, 6-5. Lohrman took over the mound in the fifth inning to replace Manuel Salvo, a rookie up from San Diego, where he won 22 games and lost 9 last season. Two runs in the sixth inning gave Lohrman all the lead he needed. Mel Ott hit a nomer for the Giants, Buddy Hassett and Ed Miller, a rookie from Knasas City, got circuit blows for the Bees.
Goat of the Game Russ Evans, a rookie pitcher who won 4l games and lost 14 for New Orleans last season, was the goat of tne wodgers-Phillies game in Philadeiphia, With the score tied and the bases loaded, Evans went in to pitch for the Dodgers in place of Freddie Fitzsimmons. Evans was charged with a bulk, scoring the run that gave the Phillies a 5-4 victory.
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Philadelphia n; SrA Batteries: Fitzsimmons, Evans and Toao, Phelps: Hollingswortn, Poindex-Pittsburgh 2 3 6 ter, Burkhard and Hayes.
Cinginnati 410 0 Batteries: Blanton, Sewell, Brown and Mueller; Derringer and Lombardi oe a I
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