Evening star., 1943-04-11
Muffed Fly Ball.
Helps Gritfn1en
To Telling Run
Big Leoguers Shoky
In InfieId, !, But Are
Capable on Slab
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

A Baltimore brother act rushed to
the ninth inning rescue of the Mats
yesterday at Griffith Stadium and
in full view of 1000 fans presented
Washington Sd victory over the
Orioles, thereby extending WASH
ington's winning streak to six
games.
1t wasn't an achievement the Mats
will be boasting about, for the game
was the outright gift of Right
Fielder Franny Mueller, who made a
miserable muff of Gerald Priddy's
easy fly ball with the score tied and
one out in the ninth. This tumble
led to a defeat charged against
Pitcher Gordon Mueller, Franny's
brother.
The Mats were threatening to be
charitable about the game them
selves, incidentally, for they came
up with their shoddiest infield play
of the year to permit Baltimore to
whittle their 80 lead and finally
lock the score at A with a tWo-run
outburSt in the ninth.
Mickey Vernon launched the Mats
ninth with meek pop to Shortstop
Ted Sczepkowski and Pitcher Muel-
Ter seemed set to hurl the Orioles
into an eXtra-inning game when
Priddy lifted a long and lofty fly
bali to Outfielder Mueller, who, it
developed, had exclusive ideas about
working overtime.
Brother Franny permitted the ball
to slip through his outstretched
glove, much to the chagrin of
Brother Gordon and the other ORR
oles, and by the time he retrieved
the ball Priddy had pulled up at
third. Jake Early purposely was
passed, but Johnny Sullivans short
fly to Center Fielder Hal Selling
served the purpose of getting Priddy
across with the winning run after
the catch.
The Mats parlayed singles by
Stan Spence and Bob Johnson. plus
trio Of walks. into two runs in the
first inning and added another run
in the third on singles by Vernon,
Early and Sullivan off ROLAND Van
Slate, who Travelled eight innings
for the Orioles.
The anemic-hittin Orioles. who
recently went 40 innings without
scoring, meanwhile were at the
complete mercy of Ewald Pyle. the
slim southpaW newly graduated
from Toledo of the American Asso-
citation. Pyle labored five innings
and left the premises with a 80
lead after scattering six hits and
lmpresslng the customers with his
coolness with men on base.
Pyle Steady in Pinches.
In the second inning Ed Sudol
and Sam Lamitina Whacked Pvle
for singles, but with one out Pyle
proceeded to strike out Alb Tied
mann and Franny Mueller. In the
fourth inning Sudols single. an
error by Third Baseman Ellis Clarv
and walk loaded the bases with
one out, but Pyle wiggled his way
out OF that predicament by tanning
Franny Mueller and Van Slate.
Again IN the fifth inning PYLE
was in trouble, with Sieling and Bel
Jones on first and second as the re-
suit of singles with one out. Sulli-
van, Priddy and Vernon collab-
Grated on double play to prevent
Baltimore scoring on that occasion,
Mickey Haefner, the stumpy left
haEder who won l8 games for Min
neapolis last year, replaced Pvle
starting the sixth inning and
promptly was nicked for a run.
Mickey clipped John Pare with
pitched ball and John arrived
safely at second on Lamitina's sim
gle to center.
Orioles Get in Game.
Iledmann's grounder should have
! been transformed into double
play, but Priddy's throw pulled YER
non OFT first after Lamitina had
been forced at second and Pare
thus shifted to third Pare scored
as Sullivan threw wild past Vernon
after Tiedmann was forced at sec
ond when Franny Mueller hit a
grounder that also should have
been converted into a double plav.
That situation existed until the
eighth. Then Sudol walked and
was safe at second when Priddy
dropped Sullivan's throw after
scooping up Pares grounder. Lam
ltinas infleld tap moved Sudol to
third and he scored as Sullivan
| whipped out Tiedmann.
Washington boosted it's advan-
tage to AZ in its portion of the
eighth when Clary doubled to left
and moved around on outfeld flies
by George Case and Spence, but
Baltimore bounced back with two
runs in the ninth when Pinch-hit-
ter Newt Tryon singled, Sieling
doubled and Jones singled before
Sudol drilled into a double play.
Then came the brother act and
there went the ball game. In alb
| sorbing its sixth defeat in seven
games. Baltimore outhit Washing