Detroit evening times., 1945-04-24
Dir Trout Starts
Shopping Early
Gets I'd Victory
Be atine Tribe
By LEO MACDoNELI.

season. is Oft 10 more suspicious
start this spring.
When he pitched the Tigers 20
victory over thes indians, 3 TO ;,
at Briggs Stadium yesterday, ii
marked the big right handlers
second triumph in as many starts
in the current schedule.
The victory also gave the Tig-
erS the edge over the Indians, two
games 10 one, the second series
in as many played 10 he bagged
BY the Steve q, Neili elan. The
Tigers took the set with the
Browns IN 81. LOUIS, two games
to one.
The victory put the Tigers into
tie for third place with the
Athletics.
Braving chilly weather, crowd
OF 23,063 paid customers wit
messed the first Sunday game Of
the year in the local ball yard.
Trout yielded six hits, three OF
which were punched in one in
ming with two out for two earned
runs. The other marker was un-
earned. the product of DiZzy's own
error. a wild throw past first base.
Trout walked two bstsmen.
When Trout blanked the Indians
in the first two innings. il ran
up TO IL the Tiger pitcher score
less innings this year. He shut
out the Browns. His own error
broke the spell yesterday.
Hank Ruszkowski. recruit
catcher, started the Cleveland half
OF the third with single. a
blooper into short left field. Rey-
nolds popped TO Red Boron and
Mickey Rocco was tossed out by
Don Ross. 1t looked like another
scoreleSs stanza for Diz when
Myrii fioag grounded TO the box.
But Dir, after making a nice stop
and with plenty of time for the
out. threw wildly past Rudy York,
Ruszkowski scoring from second.
where he had checked in on
Rocco's out. I'd Carnett made
the third out. an easy chance' for
Eddie Mayo.
The other two Indian tallieS
came in the: sixth with two away
Carnett and Lou Boudreau bagged
successive singles and late r
crossed the plate when Pat Seerey
drove a long two-bagger 10 left
center. Paul O'Dea batted for Bob
Rothel, third baseman. and flew
out 10 Jimmy Outlaw.
This was the end Of the Cleve-
land scoring.
GET FLYING START
The Tigers scored two runs In
the first inning. Chuck HoStetler
walked and a little later scored
all the way from first base when
Carnett let Eddie Mayo'S single
slip through him for an error.
Mayo scored on a single by York.
Another Tiger tally was pushed
across the plate in the second
with the help of misCueS. Ross
was given life at second base when
Rothel dropped pop fly and after
Boron flew out to Carnett he
(RoSs) moved up 10 third after
the catch, from where he scored
on an error by AL CihoCkl.
The Tigers also scored run
in the fourth. Doc Cramer led
off with single. He raced around
TO third on two-bagger by
Boron down the right field foul
line after Ross few out TO Seerey
in left. Bob Swift walked. Then
Trout forced Swift and Cramer
scored when an attempted double
play missed Boron took third
on the out and later was nailed
at home on an attempted double
steal.
There were Two away in the
sixth when Carnett singled 10 left
Boudreau followed with a single
in the same field and then Seerey,
a power hitter. came through with
has double that rolled between
Cramer and IoStetler. Carnett
and Boudreau scoring and slicing
the Tigers lead To a lone run
But Trout settled down and held
the visitors in check for the rest
of the contest while his mates
picked up two more markers.
They came I'm the eighth when
Reynolds control failed him. He
walked Jimmy Outlaw and York
10 start the Tiger half of the
frame. And after Cramer fouled
TO Rothel, Ross came up with a
single that brought Outlaw scam
perlng across the plate. York
scored later on a double steal.
Ross taking second where Don
died as Boron fouled TO RuSkow-