Evening star., 1943-05-14
Gene Griffmen's s
Best in Crisis
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WoI|ops at .555 Clip
In Clutches; Double
Nips Tribe in 18th

Burly Dave Harris was swinging
lot Of lumber for the Mats of dec
ade ago has Washington possessed
as valuable a pinch hitter as Gene
Moore. He didn't thrive on regu-
lar play when George Case was
suffering with sinus earlier in the
season but there since has been
nothing wrong with his batting
when the chips are down.
| In six games as q regular, while
Case was being treated, Moore could
muster nothing more terrific than
a PA batting average but as a
pinch hitter his labor has been as
tonishing. He is humping at .555
pace as a pinch hitter with his five
hits In nine attempts.
Twice Moore has figured promi-
nently in Washington wins with his
pinch-hits and on two other occa-
sions it wasn't his fault the Mats
ultimately lost after he gave 'em
| what they wanted. He has earned
the unqualified praise of Manager
Ossie Bluege with his clutch hitting.
Almost Licked Yankees.
THAT is one of the tougher jobs
in baseball" says Bluege. TITS ask
ing lot of fellow to come off the
bench and deliver hits in tight sit
uations but Moore has been doing
it for us and he's been giving us
some lifts when we've needed them"
In his second appearance as
pinch hitter, Moore sWatted a sin
gle with two out in the ninth against
the Yankees at New York. His
blow tied the game and the Mats
later grasped 4-3 lead in the in
ming only to lose to the Yankees.
Moore came through with sim
gle to prolong batting rally when
Washington came up with 4-run
ninth inning against the Yankees
to tie the score in the ninth inning
in q game at Washington, too, but
the Mats lost that one in the
eleventh.
Against the Red Sox at Wash
ington Sunday, Moore stepped to
the plate in pinch and fetched
Gerald Priddy home with seventh
inning single that locked the score
at IL. the Mats finally capturing
that decision.
Blow Defeats Indians.
Here yesterday Moore personally
attended to administering a 3-2
walloping to the Indians. He in
serted a twelfth inning double into
the proceedings at a time when
Bob johnson and Priddy were on
base. He scored both runners and
the Mats survived a Cleveland
counterattack that netted the In
dians run and placed the tying
run on third in their half of the
inning.
Moore's payoff sock never would
have been necessary if Catcher
Angelo Giuliani hadn't misjudged
foul fly with two out in the
ninth and the Mats holding a 10
lead behind the 3-hit pitching of
Ewald Pyle Giuliani permitted
Otto Denning's foul to fall un-
touched near the batters box and
Denning then singled to left. scor-
ing Ken Keltner from second with
| the tying run.
The Mats had mustered a run off
AL Smith in the fourth inning when,
Stan Spence singled Mickey Vernon
sacrificed and Bob Johnson doubled.
Not until the eighth did the Mats
obtain their third hit off Smith, but
meanwhile Rookie Pyle was out
pitching him and. incidentally,
hurting the Mats back into the first
division.
Carrasquel Rushed In.
With two out in the fifth, Pyle
permitted his first hit, when Smith
singled to center. Hank Edwards
single in the seventh was the only
other safety off Pyle as he entered
the ninth, when Keltner clipped
him for a single with one out. jeff
Heath walked and after Edwards
flied to Spence in short center
Denning, through the courtesy of
Giuliani, singled to left.
Ray Poat, who had taken over
Cleveland's pitching in the ninth,
walked johnson and Priddy with
one out in the twelfth, at which
point Bluege summoned Moore to
bat for Johnny Sullivan and Gene
came through with lusty double
of the center-field fence.
Edwards and Denning singled
successfully of Pyle in the In
dlans' twelfth and Alex Carrasquel
was rushed to the mound Russ
Peters sacrificed and Edwards
scored and Denning took third as
Carrasquel tossed out Ray Mack,
but Pinch-hitter Chubby Dean
lined to Shortstop George Myatt to
end the game.
Washington obtained only five
hlts, while Pyle won his third vic
tory OF the season, yielding seven
hits.