Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26
SLAM FTER WEST
HITS TYING HOMER
Score on Stewart, Braxton
as Marberry HurlS His
Eighth Win in Row.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ MAPPING out of batting
slump that had done much
to bring about a losing
streak of three games the
Nationals yesterday smacked
smartly once they got the range
of the left handed Walter
Stewards pitching and handed
the Browns a 7-to-1 trimming.
The invaders picked up their
run off Fred Marberry in the first
round, but were virtually helpless
before him thereafter. The Ma
tionals were rather helpless, too,
until Sam West with a homer IN
the fifth deadlocked the game.
Then they stepped out in the
sixth for big inning to clinch the
affair.
Despite their victory, however, john
sons charges lost ground to the league
leading Athletics. Playing a double
header with the Indians and taking
both games the AS advanced from 1912
to IL games ahead of the Nationals.
But the Nationals remain three games
ahead of the third-place Yankees.
In scoring his tenth victory of the
season and his eighth in succession
Marberry limited the Browns to five
hits and one base on balls. 1t was
cheap triple by Oscar Melillo that paved
the way to the Browns lone score.
Goose Goslins single followed it, but
after that first inning the aliens never
got more than one hit in an inning.
Stewart, not so formidable against
the Nationals this season as he was
last. was quite effective in the first four
frames. although over that stretch he
was nicked for three hits. Two more
we're made off him in the fifth, Joe
Kuhel singing after West had driven
that homer over the right-fleld fence,
and in the sixth five more Safetles got
the Nationals four runs.
Stewart Out After Seventh.
Stewart retired after going seven
rounds, in which he had yielded II hits,
and our old friend Garland BraXton
ft-handed his way through Washing
tons eighth batting turn. Of Braxton
the Nationals got just one hit to raise
their total for the game to an even
dozen, but the hit happened to follow
TWO passes and meant more markers.
That cheap triple of Melillo'S in the
Browns first inning was a measly loft
to short right that would have been
nothing more than a single had not
the ball bounded oddly and gone by
Dave Harris. who rushed in for a stop.
AS it was Melillo got around to the far
corner and romped home when GoSlin
poked the ball to center.
With the Nationals so weak against
Stewart at the outset that run doomed
larger and larger as the game went on
to the fifth inning. Then with OSSie
Bluege out of the way West socked that
homer and it was a ball game again
for Johnson's charges.
Grab Game in Sixth.
They made the game all theirs in the
sixth. bunting attack playing an i'm
portant part in the four-run rally.
Buddy Myer began the offensive with
a single to left Then Heinie Manush
dumped the ball in front of the plate
and busted to first ahead of Stewards
throw. Joe Cronin followed with bunt
down the third-base line that looked so
much a hit all the way that Lin Storti,
who picked up the sphere, made no at
tempt to throw.
Here Harris lofted deep one to Fred
Schultz in center and Myer crossed
with the tally that put the Nationals
ahead. Bluege smacked a single to
center and Manush denied the counting
block. West then rammed single
through the box to the middle field and
Cronin crossed, while Bluege got to
third base. Joe Kuhel sent Tom Jen-
kins far back in right field for catch
and that got Bluege to the final base.
Passes Lead to Runs.
In the eighth BraXton walked two
and each walk meant run. Harris
led off the inning by strolling to first
base Bluege popped out, bat West
drew a pass. Kuhel grounded to Jack
Burns, but Roy Spencer dropped the
ball in short right near the foul zine
for a double that sent over the pair on
the runway.
With Spencer's hit every member Of
the Nationals lineup had crashed the
safety column in the box score.