Evening star., 1945-08-14
B|uege Is Well Fixed
With Slab Starters;
|SpIit With Browns
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

| 81. boOlO, aug. Through
with the st. Louis Browns this
afternoon, the Mats plunge into
their most important series of this
Western swing tomorrow and they
will have plenty of ground to make
up as they tackle Detroit's leading
Tigers.
Fortunately, the Mats are well
fortified with starting hurlers for
the four-game series. Dutch Leon
ard, Marino Pieretti, Mickey Haef-
ner and Roger Wolff, top winners
of the Washington corps, are in line
for duty.
Going into today's game. the final
this year for them in st. Louis, the
Mats were three games off the lead
as a result of losing the opener of
last nights double-header to the
Browns, 40 affair.
They got some poor baseball out
OF their systems in the loss, but
came back in the nightcap for an
11-3 triumph through a slashing IT.
hit attack that included a two-run
homer by AL Evans.
The home run, Evans second Of
the season, was hit that landed
on top of the barrier in front of
the left field stand and rebounded
to the playing field. It brought on
furious protest from the Browns
and a pop-bottle barrage from the
left field stand patrons unprece-
dented here.
The blow was the third home run
OF the twin bill In the first game.
Mike Krevich hit one for the Mats
and Vern Stephens for the home
| side.
Haefner Deserved Better.
Mickey Haefner deserved a better
tate in the first game last night.
He did good piece of pitching as
he restricted the Browns to five hits
and three walks, one intentional. in
seven innings, but his support failed
MIN, and sent him down to his
tenth defeat of the year.
AS far as the averages were con-
cerned, there was nothing wrong
with the Mats at bat. They COL
lected II hits off Hollingsworth
one of those Mike Kreevich's third
home run of the year and his first
for the Washington Club. They
also got three passes and Hollings-
worth kicked in with a wild pitch
while Vern Stephens made an error.
But the Mats managed to have u
runners stranded.
Hollingsworth saw to eight Mats
being left on the runwayS with four
OF his six strikeouts.
Stephens error paved the way to
Nat run in the third, but with two
out in the Browns fourth Laabs
walked and Stephens parked the
ball In the left field stand for his
18th homer of the season. After
Mancuso singled in the fifth, Lewis
badly misjudged Gray's liner and
missed with a one-handed stab.
So Hollingsworth's pop made only
the second out instead of the third.
Then Gutteridge got an intentional
pass, but an unmeant one given
Byrnes forced over a score.
Carrasquel Does Okay.
Kreevich homered into the left
field stand at the start of the sew
enth, but the Mats Immediately gave
the run back. With Gray on first,
Hollingsworth sacrificed. Cliff had
trouble fielding the bunt and Ferrell
got to third too late to get Gray,
who had come around from first.
Gutteridge's fly brought in the
fourth Brown.
Santiago Ullrich took the hill in
the eighth to give the Browns only
two hits.
In the second setto, the Mats got
Al Carrasquel off to two-run start
by punching three singles and a
long fly in the second. In the
fourth, the Browns came back with
a double and single for one run,
but the Mats struck back in the
fifth for two more. Passes to Car
rasquel and Myatt were turned into
scores by singles by Lewis and
Kuhel.
Then all was quiet until the
eighth when Layne hit his fourth
successive single and Evans hit his
protested homer. The Mats went
on to pick up eight more hits and
five more runs.
Carrasquel was surprise pitch
ing selection, for Manager Os Bluege
has said Wally Holborow would
hurl after the Venezuelan's poor
showing in relief role Sunday.
But AL did all right, holding the
Browns to six hits. The Mats did
their main scoring off Sig Jakucki,
who was touched for 10 of their
hits. Sam Zoldak and Dee Sand
ers finished for the Browns.
Serving notice on Harlond Cliff
that his job at third base is in
jeopardy was Hills Layne. Sent
into the second game in place of the
light-hitting Cliff, Layne had a
perfect game at bat, driving out
five singles. And he took good
care of the job at third, too.
Maybe the Mats were a bit too
quick in buying Dick Kimble, short
stop, from the Toledo club. He
reports to the Mats tomorrow, but
maybe Layne can take care of the
left side Of the infield for awhile.
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