Evening star., 1945-05-20
Haefner Is Prey
Of Bad Inning
In Second TILT
Torres Triple Scores
Three Runs to Cinch
Opener in Eighth
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star STAFF Correspondent.
DETROIT, May 19.-Enjoying
sunshine for the first time in six
days, the Mats stepped out to win
themselves a ball game today, but
the glare got 'em before the double
bill with Detroit's Tigers was over
After helping themselves to a
6-to-2 triumph in the opening half
of the program, they fell back into
their customary punchless state to
take 3-to-0 beating. AS a result
they still are settled in fifth place
IN the American League race.
Their win, which snapped a two
game losing streak suffered at Chi
cago before they ran into five con-
secutive days Of rain, was earned
behind the eight-hit pitching OF
Roger Wolff. But to get it the Mats
needed triple hit to the right-field
corner by Gil Torres when the bases
were loaded in the eighth inning.
The defeat was taken despite q
seven-hit performance by Mickey
Haefner. Mickey was scored on In
only one round, the fourth, when
Roy Cullenbine hit his second homer
of the season, and Hal Newhouser,
who got the pitching decision, sin
gled with the sacks thronged to
send in two more TALES.
Wolff, in hurting his fourth win
and fifth complete game, was master
Of his opposition all the way. Six of
the hits off him didn't come until
the last three innings, and but for
Joe Kuhel losing hoist in the sun
in the last round Roger would have
scored a shutout.
Griffs Win on Six Hits.
The Mats got just six hits for their
victory. Two of the hits and two of
their three passes were cleaned of
Dizzy Trout, one of Detroit's two
wonder pitchers" last season. The
second of the hits came in the sixth
session when Trout had to retire
after wrenching muscle in his left
side. He yielded one run before he
left and one of the two runners he
left on scored before the relieving
Arthur Houtteman could retire the
side.
That was enough to make Trout
the loser, although the Mats pasted
Houtteman for four more runs to
seal the game in the eighth. Trout's
injury was reported as not serious,
although it probably will bench him
for four or five days. 1t was suffici-
emily severe, though, to send him to
his third defeat of the season.
For Haefner, the loss of the Sec
ond game was tough to take. In his
three previous defeats, the Mats got
him few runs. Today they got him
nothing at all as he bowed for the
fourth time this year. He pitched a
good game against the Tigers out
side OF the fourth inning, but that
one lapse was too much.
Fill Bags, Fail to Score.
AS in the first game, the Mats got
six hits of Newhouser as he left
handed his way to his third win,
but outside the third they never got
more than one an inning. In the
third, single by Rick Ferrell, a pass
to Haefner and a bunted single by
George Case filled the bases with
none out. But Kuhel forced out
Ferrell at the plate and Fred
Vaughn started double-play with
liner to third baseman Bobby
Maier. The Mats never had another
chance.
For five innings of the first game,
it looked as though the s,94s who
paid their way into the park might
see the clubs 60 into overtime. The
batters went out just about as fast
as they came up to the plate. At
the outset of the sixth, though.
Trout felt twinge in his side as
he pitched to Case, lead-off batter.
Dizzy had to retire for repairs, then
came back to walk Case. Kuhel
followed with a double to right
center and Case scored. Trout. then
fumbled Mike Guerra's sacrificial
tap as another twinge got him. This
time, Dizzy went out for good.
George Binks promptly hit Houtte-
man for a long fly and Kuhel got
home.
Torres Hits Big Triple.
Two were out in the eighth when
singles by Binks and Vince Ventura
and Harlond Gifts stroll jammed
all stations. Here Torres got his
triple and Gil tailed as Jimmy
Outlaw muffed Vaughn's hoist to
left. That brought on Joe Orrell
to hurl hitless ninth.
Only two Tigers had reached Sec
ond base in the first eight innings
and one was out in the ninth before
Rudy York doubled to left. Doc
Cramer flied out, but when Outlaw
put up an easy pop Kuhel lost the
ball in the sun-he hadn't seen old
Sol for sol long it was entirely ex-
cusable-Outlaw was safe at first
and York rumbled to third. Here
Joe Hoover doubled and two runs
went over. .
That would have been annoying
but for that fine hit by Torres the
inning before.
In the second setto, after Cullen
Dlne led on with his homer driven
into the lower left field stand York
rolled out. Cramer, though, was
hit by a pitched ball and Outlaw
singled. It looked as though Haef-
ner might get of the spot when
Skeeter Webb forced Outlaw, but
after Webb made a delayed steal of
second Mickey filled the bases by