JUNE 6
Clippers 4 Naturals 3. 11 inn.
Clippers 4 Naturals 1. The first place Clippers remain red hot, having took both games of a doubleheader against the Naturals, to give them ten straight wins. In the first contest, Ted Williams homered in the top of the eleventh inning, his second of the game, against Mark Melancon, who lost for the first time this year. WP-Red Ruffing(5-3). LP-Mark Melancon(5-1). HR-Ted Williams 2(18); Miguel Cabrera(19).
Stan Musial played in the B squad game and had a homer and a single. Dom DiMaggio belted his first for the Clippers. Hal Newhouser limited the Naturals to just three hits, but tired in the ninth, loading the bases with one out. Lefty Gomez got the final two outs, to put out the fire. WP-Hal Newhouser(2-1). LP-Adam Wainwright(3-2). HR-Stan Musial(15), Dom DiMaggio(1).
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