Evening star., 1942-07-21
Tigers Hold 5-to.4
Edge on Mats in 9Th
Despite Weird Play
Four Errors Help Griffs
In Scoring Two Runs
In Third Inning
Lineup.
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.
DETROIT, July 21.-The De-
troit Tigers were leading the
Mats here today in the first game
Of Washington's Western inva-
sion.
The score was to 4 going into the
eighth inning
After the Mats spotted the Tigers
four runs in the first two innings
they got back in the ball game with
some help from Detroit. Washington
got two runs back in the third when
the Tigers made four misplays-
Shortstop Hitchcock making two of
them on one play.
The Mats tied the score in the
fourth with two more runs, helped
along by Pitcher Harold White s
failure to touch first base on an
easy infield out.
But Detroit went ahead again in
the fifth when Rudy York. first man
up, tripled and scored on Cullen
bine's tumble.
FIRST INNING.
WASH1NGTON-Case flied to
McCosky. White tossed out Spence.
Vernon lined to McClosky.
T-McCosky doubled OFF
the right-field screen. Cramer
walked. Harris tripled to left, scor-
Ing McCosky and Cramer. York
walked. Higgins fouled to Ver-
non, Harris scoring and York taking
second after the catch. Bloodworth
walked. Tebbetts popped to Sulli-
van. Hitchcock fouled to Vernon.
Three runs.
SECOND INNING.
wASHINGTON-C Cullenbine flied
to Cramer. Estalella struck out.
Early also struck out.
DE1ROIT-White struck out.
McCosky walked. Cramer forced
McCosky. Sullivan to Clary. Harris
again tripled to left, scoring Cramer.
York popped to Vernon. One run
THIRD INNING.
WASHINGTON-Sullivan struck
out. Clary was safe at first when
White threw wild past first. New
som hit to Higgins and, when Hig-
gins threw wide past second, both
runners were safe. Case hit to
Hitchcock, who fumbled the ball,
and then threw it past first into
the dugout. Clary scoring. Newsom
going to third and Case to second
on the double error. Spence
grounded to Bloodworth, Newsom
scoring. Vernon struck out. Two
runs.
DETRo1T-Higgins grounded to
cullenbine. Bloodworth lined to
Case. Sullivan rnalffed Tebbetts' line
drive. Hitchcock flied to Case.
FOURTH INNING.
WASHINGTON Cullenbine was
safe at hrst when White failed to
touch first base after taking Yorks
toss Estalella singled to left. Early
singled to center. scoring Cullen
bine and sending Estalella to third
Higgins threw out Sullivan, Esta-
leila scoring with the tying run.
ClaFy fouled to Tebbets. Newsom
was called out on strikes. Two
runs.
DETROIT Campbell now play
ing right field for Washington
White singled to left. McCosky, hit
into q double play, Clary to Sulh-
van to Vernon. Cramer singled to
left. Harris flied to Estalella.
FIFTH INNING.
WAsfIINGTON-Campbell was
out. York to White. who covered
first. Spence singled to right
Bloodworth drew out Vernon
Cullenbine popped to Hitchcock.
DETROIT-York tripled to cen
ter. Cullenbine fumbled Higgins
grounder. York scoring. Blood
worth flied to Estalella. Sullivan
threw out Tebbetts. Hitchcock flee
to Spence. One run.
SIXTH INNING.
wASHINGTON-Estalella flied tt
CrAmer. Early was out, York t
White. Sullivan walked. Clary
walked. Newsom fouled to York.
DETROIT-White struck out. Nc.
Coeky lined to Spence. Cramel
grounded out, Vernon to Newsom.
SEVENTH INNING.
WASHINGTON-Campbell pop.
ped to Bloodworth. Spence singlet
to right. Vernon forced Spence
York to Hitchcock Cullenbin
doubled to right, sending Vernon t,
third. Estalella was called out OF
strikes.
DETROIT-Clary threw out Har
ris. York was safe when Sullivan
fumbled his grounder. Cullenbin
threw out Higgins. Bloodwortl
grounded to Cullenbine.