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Don Elston, pictured here with his Brooklyn card, tossed a beautiful 2 hit shutout of the Cincinnati Redlegs for his third win of the season for his present club the Chicago Cubs. Don has been roughed up most of the year. He has lost ten times and his ERA after the nine shut out innings dropped to 6.19. Two other shutouts were turned in on this Friday, August 16th, 1957. Both pitchers who turned the trick have been having troublesome years too. Johnny Antonelli surrendered only 4 hits in checking the Phillies, while Lindy McDaniel and his slumping St. Louis Cardinals stopped the front running Milwaukee Braves on 7 hits in their 2-nil win over the now losing three in a row Braves. Their lead stays at 2 and a half over the Redlegs with their loss to the Cubs. The other game for the day would have been a shutout too, but Johnny Podres got careless with Bob Skinner in the top of the ninth with two out and one man on board. Skinner hit a hanging curve onto Bedford Avenue and narrowed the gap to 3-2. Easy Ed Roebuck came on and got the save after issuing a walk for the Flock