Evening star., 1945-09-10
Lee, Caldwell on Slab;
Griffs Snatch Pair
To Narrow Gap
By JOHN b. KELLER.

Of the baseball season here, the
Mats take on Chicago's White Sox
this evening in twilight-night
twin bill, and the Mats hardly can
afford beating in either game
If they would remain solid contend
ers for the American League cham
pionship.
While the Washington club was
only a game away from the leading
Detroit Tigers after knocking off
the White Sox yesterday, to 2
and 5 to 4, and showed one more
win than the pace-setters, it still
had lost three more games.
An increase in the losing differ
ence even Of one game would cut
down to a great extent the Mats
chances of overhauling the Tigers,
for after tonight the Mats will
have but IA games to 60 to COM
plete their schedule.
For the pitching in one of the
games, Dutch Leonard will get back
to the hill. The 15-game winner
believes the right shoulder that
had been bothering him for weeks
is sound again, following intense
treatment since he had to leave a
game against the st. Louis Browns
last Wednesday night. The other
Washington starter will be Marino
Pieretu.
Face Two Tough Hurlers.
The White Sox are to fire couple
OF troublesome hurlers at the Mats
Left-handed Thornton Lee, who
shows a 500 mark for four starts
against the Washington outfit, and
Earl Caldwell, elderly right-hander
who has beaten the Mats twice
and lost to them once this season,
are Manager Jimmy Dykes selec-
tions.
Still off in their hitting, the Mats
had time of it yesterday taking
two games. They got Just six safe
ties in the first encounter to beat
Johnny Humphries, right-hander,
and the left-handed Frank Papish
was no bargain before he was re-
lieved in the eighth. Eight hits were
yielded by him, then the Mats hop
ped on Orval Grove in the ninth for
three more and the ball game.
Mickey Haefner rolled along to
his 10th triumph in the initial tilt.
giving up eight hits and one pass
and striking out six. AL Carrasquel
started the second game and to the
23,602 in the stands it looked as
though AL would be out of the ball
game at any time.
For five innings, the Venezuelan
pitched as though throwing batting
practice. Over that span the White
Sox got just six hits, one pass and
one run. but only five balls were hit
on the ground. At other times, the
Chicagoans teed off on AL and had
the Washington outfield making a
lot of fancy catches.
Then after two good innings, Car
rasquel blew in the eighth to give
hit and two walks to fill the bases.
So the game was put up to Santiago
Ullrich, and he went on to win after
the White Sox had gone ahead in
the eighth.
Twice Trail In Second.
The Mats, trailing, Ia, got control
In the first game in the fourth
frame, when three walks, one of
these intentional, and a single by
Joe Kuhel were clustered for two
runs. The hit did not drive across
a tally, though. One went over as
Cecil Travis rolled out and the other
as AL Evans drilled into a force
play. A single by Buddy Lewis, an
error and Travis long fly brought an
extra score in the sixth.
In the second encounter, the Mats
trailed twice. A single and a double
got the White Sox a run in the
fourth inning, but Washington came
up with two in the fifth. Rick Eel
rell doubled, so did Gil Torres and
Carrasquel singled. Two were out in
the sixth when Harlond Cliff
doubled and Vaughn singled for
another score.
| But Carrasquel could not stand
prosperity. At the end of the visi-
tors eighth, WaIly Moses singled,
then Floyd Baker and LIE Roy Schalk
walked. Guy Outright, first to face
Ullrich, topped ball down the third
base line that went for hit when
Cliffs throw was beaten to the
plate by Moses. Baker took over
the tying tally as Luke Appling
forced out Outright. AS John Dick
shot rolled out, Schalk counted to
put Chicago in front.
The Mats came right back for a
deadlock when Mike Kreevich dou-
bled and Cliff singled. Grove came
on to curb the Mats, but not for
long. Ullrich opened the ninth with
a single and after going to second
on George Cases single gave way
to Pinch-runner George Myatt.
i Lewis rolled out to move Myatt
along and the big run got over
when Kreevich beat out grounder
back of second.
FIRST GAME.
Chicago; AB. H. Q. A; Wash. ABB. H. o. A
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