Evening star., 1946-08-11
Mackmen Break
7-Game Streak
With 8-3 Win
Better Hudson as His
Support Cracks; Wynn
HurIs Al Triumph
BY Burton Howkins

Connie Mack's miserables, beaten
in nine of 10 previous games with
Washington this season. stirred up
Is hits and spanked the Mats, S-3,
TO snap a seven-game losing streak
in the second game of double
header yesterday at Griffith Sta
dium after Early Wynn pitched the
Mats to Al victory over the Ath-
letics in the opener.
Phil d e ! phia a received what
amounted to complete cooperation
from the Mats in the second tiff, for
washington presented the Athletics
with batch of wretched pitching
which was backed up by horrible
fielding, all of which was a drab
climax for smattering of 7,049 Gus
toners.
Wynn scoring his third triumph
IN four starts since being discharged
from the Army, restricted the AS
to nine hits in the first game and
rode TO victory on two-run outbursts
by the Mats off Dick Fowler in the
sixth and seventh innings.
Hudson Crumples in Fourth.
Sid Hudson was locked in score
less pitching duel with Jesse Flores
in the second game until the fourth
inning, at which point the AS found
the key. They Dashed Sid for five
hits and four runs, one of which was
the result of Joe Grace contributing
a two-base muff of Elmer Valo's
easy fly.
The AS nicked Hudson for an
other run in the sixth and boosted
| their advantage to 60 in the
seventh when Pete Suder singled,
moved to second with one out after
Sam Chapman flied deep to Grace,
continued TO third when Gerry
Priddy fumbled Grace's throw to the
infleld and scored after George Nc
Quinn flied out.
| Washington created a mild COM
motion in the seventh when it
mustered two runs as the result Of
Mike Guerra's single, Pinch hitter
Cecil Travis double and Grace's
double and sliced the AS margin to
6-3 in the eighth when Stan Spence
and Guerra doubled. Guerra's
double, incidentally, was his fourth
straight hit and his seventh sue
cesslve safety over span of three
games.
Before the customers could be-
come enthused about the Mats pos
sibilities of pulling the game out of
the fire, Bill Kennedy took over
Washingtons pitching and botched
it. He retired Tuck Stainback and
Pete Suder. but walked Chapman.
threw singles to McQuinn and Oscar
Grimes and double to Gene
Desautels, presenting the AS two
runs.
Coan Finally Gets His Hit.
| Fowler chucked five scoreless
innings at the Mats in the opener
before Priddy touched off a two
run uprising by beating out bunt
with one gone in the sixth. Mickey
vernon doubled off the right.sield
fence and Spence followed with
another double to right.
| Chapman's double and McQuinn's
single fetched the Athletics their
run in the seventh, but the Mats
bounced back with two more runs
IN the eight. Wynn launched that
outburst by inserting his second
single of the game. Rookie Gil
Coan collected his first hit in q
efforts, a single to left, and Buddy
Lewis moved 'em along with a
sacrifice.
Prlddy then singled to left. scor-
Ing Wynn and sending Coan to
third, but when Fowler gummed up
Chapmans throw to the plate Coan
also counted. Priddy, who had
taken second on the throw, shifted
to third on Fowler's error, but was
stranded as Vernon lined into a
double-play.