Evening star., 1945-09-02
Carrasque| Star
On Slab, Mates
Bang Ruffing
Venezuelan Gets Sixth
Straight Win, Second
Successive Shutout
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

Their long-idle bats beating a
merry 10-hit tattoo on the deliv-
cries of Red Ruffing in the late
innings yesterday, the Mats regis
tered 3-to-0 win over New York's
Yankees in Griffith Stadium and
broke a three-game losing streak,
to the great entertainment of the
ll,03l Ladies Day crowd.
1t also was the Mats first win in
their last seven games with the
Surging Yanks, a most heartening
one to Washington club that ap-
peared ready to fall out of the flag
fight.
The victory served to keep the
Mats within y games of the Tigers,
who beat Cleveland, to 4.
This time the Mats not only lifted
themselves out of a batting slump
that had engulfed them for more
than week, but they also came up
with a hot pitcher.
From his reserve Os Bluege
plucked Alexandra Carrasquel and
he could not have made a better
selection than the Stolid Venezuelan.
CarraSquel limited the YankS to
five hits, spread over three innings,
and three walks, and while the Mats
accorded him support that at times
was spectacular, he was strong par
tlcularly in pinches. In the late
innings, two Yanks got to third
base, but Al was right on the job.
Sixth Straight for Alex.
1t was the sixth win in a row
for the Venezuelan, who ran into
three defeats before crashing the
victory column and his second sue
cesSlve shutout. Maybe the Mats
have found in CarraSquel a pitcher
to get them over the hump in the
heavy late-SeaSOn schedule.
Only last Sunday, Rufflng had
subdued the Mats in New York, but
this time they were much more
than a match for Big Red. The
hefty hurler, who came back ,o
the YankS from the Army last
spring, granted only one pass that
did not help the Mats and the
lone Yankee error, a boot by Short
stop frankie Crosetti in the second
inning, had no effect on the out
come.
But after wasting four singles
in the first four frames, the Mats
broke Rufflng down in the sixth
Joe Kuhel opened the round with
a one-baSer and raced home when
George Binks rif1ed a rousing triple
to left. Hills Layne could not
help, but Rick Ferrell lofted a foul
to the Yankee bullpen along left
field and it did help.
Charley Keller persisted in run
ming far for a catch and Binks
sped in with the second run. The
relay to the plate did not come
close to heading off the Nat.
Three Griffs SINCE in Row.
One was out in the seventh when
the third run came. 1t was pro-
duced by successive singles by
George Case, George Myatt and
Buddy Lewis.
After a single and a pass put
two on in the first, the YankS again
troubled Carrasquel in the third
when Snuffy StirnWeiss walked with
one gone. StirnWeiss stole second
cleanly but was nipped trying to
steal third before Bud Metheny
walked, only to be forced out.
Not another Yank got on until the
seventh. but three did then. Nick
Etten singled with one out and
moved to third as Aaron Robinson
hit for base. Here Carrasquel got
himself out of trouble He took
Ossie Grimes bounce, and Etten
was trapped off third and run down.
Then Crosetti lofted what looked to
be a certain hit to left, but Case
came tearing in to dive and come
up with the ball
Ruff1ng opened the eighth with a
single but was tagged out on the
line when Stirnweiss bounded to
Myatt. Metheny forced Stirnweiss
then made third as Tuck Stainback
singled. But Lewis backed against
the right-fleld wall to haul down
Keller's high one.
Keller's hoist would have been a
homer in Yankee Stadium, but il
was nothing more than a pop-ur
here.