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lpn Jer by fey iell i a a rza J? him lim cut cut again ain av- Ifth _ was **f and the , New V iger ibly an an . Di Di ;en- k. Yanks Blast Browns, 17-3; Score Eleven Runs in Ninth ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 3 UP.— The New ew York Yankee bats exploded today into a a . 17_3 victory over the St. Louis Browns in a game in which the Yanks set a league record for ninth-inning runs scored, Allie Reynolds, making his first start 0f of the season, coasted to the win in the first rst of a three -game series, The Yankees gathered 17 hits against rist five St. Louis pitchers and 10 of the blows »ws went for extra bases. They hit their peak in the ninth inning when they blasted nine ine hits, seven for extra bases, to push 11 runs ins across the plate. Gil McDougald, rookie infielder, and md Jackie Jensen, rookie outfielder, each hit t a a home run and a triple in the big ninth in-S? in- ning. McDougalds homer was a grand tnd slammer. Mickey Mantle, who had three hits, its, doubled to open the big ninth. After Phil hil Rizzuto bunted safely, McDougald tripled, ied, knocking out Irv Medlinger. Jensen followed d- with a triple against Sid Schacht, ;ht, and after Yogi Berra was retired, Joe Col-tees !ol- lins hit his first home run of the season, on. Bill Johnsons double, a walk and Reynolds Ids hit knocked out Schacht. Then against nst Procopio Herrera, Mickey Mantle walked I to to fill the bases and Billy Martin, batting for for 1 Rizzuto, struck out. McDougald and Jensen sen rist blows »ws peak nine ine runs ins and md t a a in- grand tnd hits, its, Phil hil ied, d- ;ht, !ol- on. Ids nst I to to for for sen hit successive homers. Berra then was re-;ak tired for his second out of the inning, Earlier, the Yankees tallied five runs in the fifth with Berra walloping his second homer of the year with one on. That came against Stubby Overmire who was knocked out during the round, The ninth inning explosion was the most runs ever scored by an American League record for a single inning. McDougald also tied a record when his triple and homer drove in six runs in the ninth inning, The score by innings: R.H. E. YANKEES 000 150 0011—17 17 1 BROWNS 001 100 100 — 3 5 4 Reynolds 1-1 and Berra; Overmire, Kennedy 6 Medlinger 8 Schacht 9 Herrera 9 and Moss. Losing pitcher, Overmire 0-1. Home runs — Berra 2nd, Collins 1st, McDougald 1st, Jensen 3rd.
