Evening star., 1943-07-08
Strain Of Extra Work
Tells as Carrasquel
Bows in Detroit
- ! stair Correspondent Of The star.

Bows in Detroit
y staff Correspondent Of The star.
CLEVELAND. July S.--As WASH
ington tumbled to the fringe Of the
second division, Manager Ossie
Bluese today was. In the midst Of 4
pitching plight that borders on des-
psrstion. His nine-man pitching
star has consistent performers only
In Milo Candini and Early Wynn,
and % Z result the Mats pitchers are
overwurked.
There are indications, too, the
Mats hurlers were overestimated by
virtually everybody except Manager
Jimmy Dykes Of the Chicago White
Sox, who said when Washington
pitchers were humping of most foes
regularly earlier In the campaign,
Those pitchers simply aren't that
good. With . couple Of exceptions,
Washington simply has fiock Of
throwers."
Washtngton's pitching situation
may improve, but the outlook isn't
rosy. Bluege Is inclined to employ
Dewey Adkins only when games
hopelessly are lost. he'll lose Rae
Scarborough to the Navy in less than
q month and he has seen three of
his original starters, Alex Carras-
quei, Dutch Leonard and Ewald
Pyle, take some brutal beatings.
Carrasquel Is Punished.
How desperate Bluege is becoming
over his pitching is reflected in his
maneuvering Of the last several days.
He started Carrasquel against the
Browns in the second game of q
double header Sunday and because
his relief hurlers were weary and
the game beyond recall, he per-
mitted the big Venezuelan to remain
on the mound for the route and
absorb a 1913 shellacking.
That game was called at the end
of seven innings to permit the Mats
to catch q train, but Alex had a
hard days work. He pitched to SO
batters, only two less than Wynn
pitched to in beating the Tigers the
other day at Detroit.
Bluege stuck Carrasquel back on
the mound with only two days of
rest yesterday, the flrst time in many
seasons q Washington pitcher has
been asked to start two games in
four days after travelling as long as
seven innings in the initial effort.
After four innings of scoreless. one
hit pitching, Alex lost his effective
ness and Detroit pushed over four
runs in the fifth en- route to a 9-1
victory.
For the first time in more than
three weeks, Bluege planned to re-
store Pyle to the status Of starter
here today as the Mats and Indians
collided in . morning game in open
ing q five-game series. Bluege was
promoting Pyle on the strength of a
recent fine relief appearance against
st. Louis.
Hitting Sinks Sadly.
Washington is hoping to improve
on its feeble Western trip record at
Cleveland's expense. The Mats have
won only ; Of 10 games on this
journey. dropping successive series
to Chicago, st. Louis and Detroit as
their pitching sagged badly.
The Mats hitting isn't enthusing
Bluege either. Gerald Priddy has
gone plateward ~ successive times
without obtaining hit and the
Mats in general suffered q slump
yesterday as Harold Newhouser lin
ited them to five hits. Washington
produced its only run in the sixth
inning on Mickey Vernon's single
and Stan Spence's double.
Carrasquel invited his downfall In
the fifth by walking Jimmy Blood
worth to start things. Paul Rich
ards then singled to center, Blood
worth stopping at second, and when
Newhouser put down a bunt, Alex
stabbed futilely at the ball three
times and saw an easy force play at
third evaporate on the error.
Bluege Sticks to Lineup.
Vernon took Doc Cramer's bound
er and whipped the ball to Catcher
Angelo Giuliani. forcing Bloodworth,
but Don Ross then singled to CEN
ter, scoring Richards and Newhouser.
Dick Wakefield's double fetched
Cramer across and Wakefield scored
later on an error by Third Baseman
Bob johnson.
After Washington obtained its run,
the Tigers got four more in the
sixth of Jim Mertz as Cramer
walked, Bloodworth, Ross and Wake
field singled and Newhouser doubled
Detroit scored its final run in the
seventh on Ned Harris triple and
Richards double. Ross and Wake
field each collected 3 of the Tigers
II hits.
Washington made the trip here
last night by boat. the first time in
more than 20 years that the Mats
had travelled from Detroit to Cleve-
land other than by train.
Bluege plans to stick to his altered
lineup that will find Gene Moore
playing in the outfield against right
handed pitching and Red Marion
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