Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16
Leonard Quickly
Nailed, Haefner
BEATING
OutfieId Errors Help
Greatly in Scoring
Of Bengal ToIIies
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Pennant hopes of Washington's
Mats were all but blasted yesterday
in the first two games of what had
been hailed the crucial" five-game
series with the Detroit Tigers.
The Mats were beaten in both ends
of the double-header, IA and 7-3,
and though still comfortably in sec
ond place they are 21s games off
the league-leading Bengals and four
games back of the hard-driving De-
troit club in the loss column.
For the Mats, with only eight more
games to play, while the Tigers have
IL, the outlook is more than gloomy
The Mats had neither the pitching
nor the hitting to cope with the
blazing Bengals. The Griffith Sta
dunn invaders got Dutch Leonard,
heretofore the Mats best bet against
them, out of the box in the first
game before the second inning was
over and in the second encounter
they gave Mickey Haefner a good
going over.
Rain Hats Contest.
Rain stopped the first game in the
second inning when the Tigers were
at bat and there was wait of an
hour and six minutes before play
was resumed. Then, to the dismay of
the 22,946 at hand, the Tigers
routed Leonard with a three-hit
attack back of a base on balls.
Al Carrasquel followed on the hill
for the Mats. but took a two-run
pounding in the fourth inning, then
after the Mats had pulled up to a
tie in the sixth, Carrasquel blew sky
high to yield three more hits and as
many markers. The Tigers had the
game.
All told, the Tigers collected IL
hits off Leonard, Carrasquel and
Marino Pieretti The last named
had rushed to Carrasouel's relief in
the seventh to give two hits and one
scored a runner the Venezuelan had
left on.
Hal Newhouser, who had beaten
the Mats five times this year, was
forced out by an ailing back after
one inning, and it was Stubby
Overmire who came on to yield the
four runs to the Mats in the sixth.
The Mats got eight hits, but only
two useless ones off George Caster,
who took over from Overmire and
got credit for the win.
Binks, Lewis Make Errors.
Muff of fly ball by George Binks
helped the Tigers to two of their
flrst-game runs and an error
charged against Buddy Lewis in the
second game when he failed to check
Jimmy Outlaws ground hit let in
three runs in the second setto. Out
law got all the way around when
the ball rolled to the angle back of
rieht-center field.
But the Tigers already had beaten
the Mats. Off Dizzy Trout, the
Washington Club had made two runs
IN the first inning, but an attack
on Haefner in the sixth, spear
headed by Rudy York's nome run
driven into the open stand back of
left, was good for three scores. The
Mats Immediately pulled up to a tie
but that was their last gasp.
Haefner was hit for another score
in the eighth, then in the ninth the
Tigers got the benefit of Lewis
error behind a single and a pass
issued purposely.
The Mats in the second game
were outhit, 10 safeties to nine.
In both games the Washington
Club showed plenty of spunk in
pulling up to even terms only to
have their pitchers lose control of
the situation.
Chase Leonard in Second.
Leonard found the Tigers easy in
the first inning of the opener, but
had little to bother them in the
second. After completing the pass
to York begun before the rain came,
he gave UP three hits. Cullenbine
beat out a bunt down the first base
line, then Outlaw, trying to sacrifice,
forced York at third. But Mayer
singled to score Cullenbine and Out
law got over when Richards hit.
Here Carrasquel took over Green
berg batted for Newhouser to drill
into a double play.
Two more Tiger runs were rackeo
up in the fourth. Cullenbine singled
and pulled up at third when OUTLAW
doubled. Maier drew an intentional
base-filling pass, but the strategy
failed to work Binks muffeo
Richards fly in short center to lei
Cullenbine and Outlaw race to the
plate.
Richards made third on the errol
and Overmier's sacrifice. Then
the squeeze" sign was hung up, but
Hoover failed to met Carrasquel's
pitch. So Maier, tearing homeward
was an easy out for Terrell. Their
Hoover skied out.
Griffs Rally with Two Out.
There was no real threat by the
Mats until the sixth and then they
got themselves back into the bal
game. After two were out, too
With one down Lewis and. Kuhe
drew passes, but Cliff, swinging fol
Travis, let a third strike go by
Binks, though, got his second hit tt
tally Lewis. Terrell drove a doubl,
through Outlaw in left and two NOR
runs got in. Torres dropped singh
into short center and Terrell go
over with the tying score. Caster
! lSee MATS PAGE A-18l