In today's ball game, it will be Johnny Padres for Brooklyn and Brooks Lawrence for Cincinnati.

Lawrence, making his 20th start, has completed eight and appeared 12 times in relief.

His record 11 wins and 6 defeats.

He is 2 and 0 against Brooklyn, and lifetime six wins and 5 defeats.

He appeared, you might remember, briefly pitching the ninth inning of Friday

night's game in release. Johnny Padres for Brooklyn making his 16th start has completed seven

ball games and appeared three times in release. John, eight wins and three defeats. He is two

and one against Cincinnati, and lifetime eight and four. Johnny has had an exceptional success this year on the road.

He lost his first road game to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and since then has fit five complete

road game victories, allowing only one run in his last 45 innings on the road. He fits shut

out to the polar ground, then won here six to one at Cincinnati when

Ed Bailey hit a home run in the second inning of that game, and he then followed with three

consecutive road shutouts at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and you remember that terrific

ballgame the other night when he bested St. Louis one to nothing.

The Padres, as he warms up right now, has a string of 34 consecutive scrawler

innings on the road since allowing that home run by Bailey on May the 21st.

Johnny, by the way, leads the majors in shutouts with five.

Jim Wilson had four.

It came very close to number five, but Billy Pierce had to help him out.

So dodge your lineup today, Charlie Neal opens up at shortstop and Jim Gilliam at second base.

Duke Snyder batting third in center field.

The field has dried out considerably since yesterday, so there is no danger now of loose topsoil giving way

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