Evening star., 1945-04-08
Triple by Evans
Scores Vaughn
With Big Run

Hurler Just from cuba
Takes Hoefner's Place
After Griffs Gain Tie
BY JOHN b. KELLER.
Ballplayers receive no salary in
spring training, but the Mats must
think they are getting time-and-a-
half for overtime. For the third
day in succession yesterday they
toiled beyond the regulation nine
innings, driving into the tenth to
beat Boston's Braves before 1875 at
Griffith Stadium, to 4.
The victory put the Mats one up
on the Braves in the five games the
clubs have played in the series that
ends on the Washington outfits lot
this afternoon.
Going into the tenth with the
score A through a three-run
eighth-inning rally, the Mats took
the game with one away Gil Tor
res opened the inning with his
fourth successive single, only to be
forced out when Fred Vaughn at
tempted to sacrifice. But Al Evans
lined to right and the ball bounded
by the Braves Garden Gillenwater
for triple, ending everything.
Winning pitcher was unheralded
Armando Roche, a Cuban who
checked in at the Nat front Office
only Friday. The 2O-year-old Rojo,
as the Cubans dub him. pitched only
to six batters in his two innings after
succeeding Mickey Haefner He
walked the third man up in the
ninth after striking out Schacher,
but the runner was cut down in an
attempt to steal.
Mats to Look Roche Over.
Roche is an odd type of Cuban
having reddish hair and blue eyes
He was with Kingsport, Chatta-
nooga subsidiary, last year and won
II games while losing five. He still
belongs to Chattanooga, but the
Mats may keep him around for a
time
The Mats didn't get into the bal
game until the fifth inning wher
they did their first hitting and scor-
ing off Johnny Hutchings, big Bos.
ton righthander. Then although
three hits, one a double by Harlonc
Cliff, were made, only one run re.
suited
In the meantime, the Braves hac
collected three runs of Haefner ir
the first two rounds, one an inside
the-park home run by Tommy
Holmes in the first, and they added
another tally in the sixth. In all
they got five blows of the lefthand-
ed knuckler before he gave way to
Pinch-batter Hills Layne in the
eighth.
Then the Mats took advantage OF
Hutchings' wildness to pull up to q
tie after two were out. It was a
pass to Layne that forced over the
first of three runs. A single by
George Case brought in the others
and forced Hutchings to give way
to Hal Schacher, one Of Boston's
Hartford farmhands.
Schacher took the beating in the
tenth when the two hits he allowed
ran the Mats total for the day to II
Holmes Homers at Start.
The Braves quickly got a lead
After Holmes homered with two out
in the opening frame, they got two
more markers in the second with
only one hit. Joe Mack walked anc
was safe at second when Vaughn
dropped a throw from Cliff, wht
had shared Phil Masi's roller. Eddie
Joost sacrificed, then pass to Steve
Shemo crowded the bases. Hutch
ings' deep hoist got Mack to tht
plate and Dick Culler's single sem
in Mast.
In the fifth, the Mats finally got
to Hutchings for tally. Cliff
opened with drive down the left
field line for two bases and crossed
when Torres drilled to left for q
base. After Vaughn looked at g
third strike, Evans walked anc
Haefner hit to jam the sacks. Case
though, popped out and Joe Kuhel
rolled softly to the first baseman.
The Braves picked up their last
run after one was out in the sixth
Mast cracked two-bagger and
scored as Joost bounced hit of
Haefner's gloved hand. Had Vaughn
who retrieved the hit, been a trif1e
more alert in throwing home, Masi
would have been nipped, for he
barely got in under the heave.
In this inning the Mats filled the
bases again, but with two gone, and
got nowhere. Cliff and Torres
singled and Vaughn walked. Evans
best was a foul to the first sacker.
Mats Pull Up to Tie.
It was different in the eighth
when the Mats once more loaded
the stations with two out, two singles
and walk turning the trick. Layne
picked up Haefner's bat and strolled
to force George Binks home and
Case singled Torres and Evans to
the plate, tying the count. Here
Schacher relieved Hutchings and
all Eddie Butka could do against the
new pitcher was hoist to left.
That was all until the happy
ending in the 10th.
Torres not only had hot day at
bat with four hits, but also a big
day at short He took care o1
10 of II chances His catch o1
Maisi's liner in the eighth was 6
WOW Cliff and Chipple also con.
tributed fielding gems, the thire
baseman with a leaping grab o1
Ramsey's liner in the second anc
the center-fielder with a long run.
ming catch of Wentzel's deep one
| in the sixth Ben Cardoni, 8
Boston pitcher, did the base umpir-
ing-and well Running out his
homer so upset Holmes he had to
give way to Gillenwater in right
field Arch Mcdonald will col
laborate with Russ Hodges In
broadcasting the Mats games this
year It'll be Arch's 10th sea-
son at the mike with the Washing
ton club.