Evening star., 1939-06-11
Griffs Drop Two
ToJunga|eers,
6.5, us
HurIers Are Bumped;
Greenberg CIouts
Pair of Homers
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Sboi S'oh Soii iSSpoiibchts
DETROIT, Mich, June TO- - The
Nationals patented process of evap-
Grating leads twice was illustrated to
$4,000 Detroit fans today as the
Tigers dealt Washington a double
dose of defeat. They bumped the
Mats, 65, with photo finish in the
first game and in the second session
staged a bombing party to register
a 17-5 victory.
A recapitulation revealed the Tig-
ers collected some 80 safetieS, includ-
ing eight doubles and five home runs.
They embarrassed several members
of what is referred to as Washing
tons pitching staff.
The Mats snatched a SO lead in
the first game, but Dutch Leonard
wilted after hurting seven shutout
innings and the Tigers produced
three runs in the eighth and another
trio in the ninth. Washington man
ufactured 20 lead on Buddy Lewis
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the second game, but that also was
misleading which Detroit wasted lit
tie time in demonstrating.
Griff Pitchers Pounded.
They pounced on Alexandra Car
sation, for six solid hits when they
came to bat In that first inning and
before Relief Pitcher Jimmy De
Shong could get warmed up five runs
had crossed.
De, Shong was no improvement.
Hank Greenberg, who had sWatted
homer No. IA in the eighth inning
of the first engagement, nicked him
for his seasons 18th. Shortstop
Frank Croucher clipped him for a
brace of successive circuit clouts and
Pinky Higgins added another.
De Shong was comparative ball
Of fire in the seventh inning of the
nightcap, for he pitched a shutout
inning with the aid of a double
play. Otherwise he kept the Ma
tionals fairly busy chasing hits, for
The Tigers scored off him in every
inning except that.
The Tigers tailed nine runs in
he first two innings and then settled
down to peck away at De Shong's
Ineffective offerings. They cracked
out 13 more hits to add to the half
iozen they collected off Carrasquel.
Greenberg Griffs' Nemesis.
The Mats were sailing along
smoothly in that first game until a
;quall disguised as Greenberg upset
heir unsteady craft.
Leonard was silencing the Tigers
guns and the Mats stalking him to a
SO lead as the game progressed to
Oetroit's half of the eighth inning.
At this juncture. though. Washing
;on suffered a severe case of jitters
and the Tigers reduced that margin
% 5-3.
Barney McCosky led off in the
Eighth for the Tigers and was safe
when First Baseman Sammy West
,umbled his grounder. He proceeded
20 second on Catcher Rick Ferrelrs
passed ball and scored when Charley
Jehrlnger drilled a single to center
after Pete Fox had popped to Short
stop Cecil Travis.
Up stepped Mr.. Greenberg and
pumped his 14th home run of the
year into the upper tier of the left
leld stands, scoring Gerhinger ahead
of him.
Croucher touched off the Tigers
nlnth-lnnlng rally, slaShing a single
to left. Roy Cullenbine batted for
Pitcher George Coffman, who had
relieved Tommy Bridges, and popped
to Travis, but McCosky singled to
center, sending Croucher to third.
and Manager Bucky Harris waved
Pete Appleton to the mound.
Appleton Lasts Two Pitches.
Two pitches later Harris was wav-
Ing Appleton from the box, for Ap-
pletons second Offering was bounced
off the left-fleld screen by Pete Fox.
scoring Croucher and McCosky to
tle the score. Joe KrakauSkas re-
placed Appleton and retired Gehr-
niger, but he still had the elongated
Greenberg with whom to cope.
That, it developed. was dis
tressing order, for Hankus Pankus
raped a game winning double off
the right-field screen to register
Fox.
The Mats had spurted into a 20
lead in the fourth on successive
singles by Lewis, Wright and Travis
and a sacrifice fly by West. They
built their lead to rather comfort
able SO proportions in the seventh
on singles by Case and Lewis, a
double by Bobby Estalella and an
error by Gehringer which allowed
Lewis to score.
But all they got out of it was the
exercise.