Evening star., 1942-06-07
1riumphby11-3,
Hudson Helping
In Relief Role
Bridges 4-Hit Feat
Makes Detroit o-3
Victor in Opener
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Humiliated by Tommy Bridges
four-hit job as they dropped a 9-3
decision In the first game of a
double-header yesterday at Grifith
Stadium, the Mats bounced back
with a 12-hit assault on Harold
Newhouser and Hal Manders to
snatch the nightcap from Detroit,
11-3, as Sid Hudson made his 1912
debut In the role Of relief hurler.
Hudson stepped in at time when
Rookie Hardin Cathey was permit
ting a comfortable lead to evaporate
in the sixth inning, promptly
checked the threat by pitching a
double play ball to Dixie Parsons.
then restricted the Tigers to one
hit IN the three remaining innings
as Washington displayed a rare
scoring punch.
Detroit hammered Bill Zuber and
Jack Wilson for 16 hits in the
opener as Bridges registered his
seventh triumph of the season.
Mickey Vernon contributed three
Of the four hits off the veteran
right-hander with a double and two
singles.
Cathey Credited With Win.
Cathey received credit for the
second game win as Hudson pro-
tected 5-3 lead that was threaten
ing to vanish. The Mats sub
sequently produced two runs In the
sixth inning of Newhouser, then
poured four runs across the plats
against Manders in the seventh.
Detroit enjoyed a brief lead in
the nightcap as Ned Harris single,
Pinky Higgins infield out and
Jimmy Bloodworth's single fetched
run in the second inning. but
Washington came up with. run in
its half of the round. Bruce Camp
bell beat out a smash off New
houser's glove and Bobby Estalella
walked. The bases were loaded as
AL Evans, who made four hits in
the second game, beat out a bunt.
Bob Repass popped out, but Jimmy
Pofahls fly to Doc Cramer scored
Campbell before Cathey grounded
to Rudy York at first.
Mats Roll Up Score.
Singles by Campbell, Evans and
Repass presented the Mats a 81
lead in the fourth, while singles by
Cathey and Spence, plus Vernon's
double, highlighted three-run fifth
inning. The Mats parlayed Pofahls
single, an error by Shortstop Muir
ray Franklin and long flies by
George @Case and Spence into two
runs in the sixth after Detroit had
succeeded in chasing Cathey from
the premises.
Detroit mustered its final two
runs in the sixth on walk to
Barney McCosky and singles by
York and Harris. 1t was in that
inning that Hudson entered the
game with the Mats leading 5-3,
two men on base and one out and
retired Parsons on one of those rare
neutrality-suspicious. double
plays.
Washington then proceeded to
maui Manders for four runs in the
seventh as the Tigers inserted three
errors in the inning. The Mats
only hits in the inning were Evans
bunt and Repass' double, in fact,
but errors by Bloodworth and Hig-
gins figured in the scoring.
Tigers Win Quickly.
Zuber had prepared the 1000
customers for a flrst-game loss as
early as the third inning, when
the Tigers grasped 40 lead. He
baked home run in the first in
ming and singles by Cramer, Nc
Cosky, York and Bloodworth netted
three runs in the third.
Vernon doubled with one out in
the fourth. moved to third as Blood
worth fumbled Chartaks grounder
and scored as Estalella forced
Chartak. A walk to Spence. Ver-
mons single and Estalellas double
produced the Mats final two runs
against Bridges in the sixth, but
by that time the Tigers had nicked
Wilson for single runs in the fifth
and sixth.
Doubles by Franklin and York.
coupled with Cramers single, netted
the Tigers two runs in the eighth
and they tapered off with another
in the ninth on Higgins double and
Bloodworth's single.