After missing 15 games with a torn rib cartilage, Ted Williams is 2 for 4 to help the Red Sox down the White Sox, 13 – 1. Bobby Doerr collects his 18th homer and adds a double and single to back Mickey Harris. Boston has now won nine straight to pull within a game and a half of the first-place Indians.

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After missing 15 games with a torn rib cartilage, Ted Williams is 2 for 4 to help the Red Sox down the White Sox, 13 – 1. Bobby Doerr collects his 18th homer and adds a double and single to back Mickey Harris. Boston has now won nine straight to pull within a game and a half of the first-place Indians.

Larry Jansen’s five-hitter gives the Giants a 5 – 0 win over the Cubs. Johnny Mize’s 1st-inning homer off Russ Meyer provides all the scoring the Giants need.

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Larry Jansen’s five-hitter gives the Giants a 5 – 0 win over the Cubs. Johnny Mize’s 1st-inning homer off Russ Meyer provides all the scoring the Giants need.