Evening star., 1945-08-04
Whip Jinx Pitchers
To Capture Pair
From Red Sox
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


Three successive double-he
victories may not make pennant
team, but they certainly make the
Mats solid contenders again.
Tottering as they were after a
sorry home stand and a brief visit
to Boston, the Mats have come back
in a determined way to trail the
leading Detroit Tigers by only three
games once more and to run up g
championship temperaturein Wash
ington fans again.
There still remain two more twin
bills to be disposed Of before the
Washington club sets out on a final
swing of the West that more than
likely will make or break it's bid for
a flag, but it is over "the hump" so
far as the current heavy schedule Is
concerned.
There seemed little likelihood of
any great amount of success for the
Mats today as they we're forced to
match strong Red Sox pitching, with
Dave Ferriss one of the hurlers to
be used by the opposition, with what
their reserves might produce. But
tomorrow, Manager Os Bluege will
come back with pair of Washing
ton topnotchers in an effort to send
the Mats on their Western trip still
in the runnerup slot.
Whip Pair of Jinxes.
Last night, after delayed start
brought about by an early evening
rain, the Mats went on to their fifth
and sixth straight wins-their Sec
ond such streak of the season-the
hard way. For their 7-3 and 81
triumphs they beat couple of Bos-
ton pitchers who had been moving
them down regularly. And they did
it with couple of pitchers who had
been conspicuous mostly for their
lack Of success.
Emmett O'Neill and Jim Wilson
we're the victims of Washington at
tacks, marked more by keenness
than sheer slugging. AL Carrasquel
and Johnny Niggeling were the
Washington moundsmen, who hurled
surprisingly steady games to down
twice their clubs most troublesome
foe of the campaign.
1t was the first defeat for O'Neill
by Washington, an outfit he had
beaten four times this year. Also
it was the Mats first win over Will
son, who had trimmed them three
times. For Niggeling it was his first
win in four starts and for Carrasquel
it was only his second start of the
year and only his third victory.
The Mats were not long in bagging
the first game last night. Binks'
insistence upon holding the ball
after a catch of Johnson's fly let
Lake score from second in the OPEN
ing inning, but after that the game
was all the Mats.
O'Neill Wild on Mound.
g They got just three hits off
O'Neill In the less than four innings
he toiled, but they also got six
passes and he hit a batter. With
three of the passes and one of the
hits, backed by an error, four runs
were made of O'Neill in the third
With Carrasquel hurting a five
hitter, that was enough, but the
Mats got two more markers in the
fourth to bring Randy Hef1in to
O'Neill's relief. Heflin yielded three
bits and held the Mats until the
eighth, when George Case stole home
In double-theft with Joe Kuhel.
It was Cases Goth steal and pulled
him up to league-lead tie with
his teammate George Myatt.
In the second game, Niggeling
limited the Bosox to six safeties
while the Mats c6mbed Wilson for
10. The visitors managed to make
it IL tie in the third inning, but
the Mats broke that in the fourth
and added their last run in the
fifth. The first two runs were driven
over by Niggeling. He singled after
Binks and Ferrell had hit in the
second inning and backed a double
by Torres and a single by Ferrell
with a long fly in the fourth.
Wildness still bothered Niggeling
with his six passes dotting the bases
with Red Sox, but he also hurled
nine strikeouts. And those helped
plenty.