Evening star., 1946-06-23
Heath 'sS|ugging
Tells as Browns
Beat Mats, 14.8
Triple by Jeff
Pace 18-Hit Attack
On Four Pitchers
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stof4 CORRESPONDENT

ST. LOUIS, June 22.-On this
sweltering night the Mats were
overcome by the Heath. The same
jeff Heath, who was wearing a
Washington uniform last week, en-
barrassed the Mats considerably by
bashing home run and triple,
scoring two runs and humping
across four as st. Louis smashed
ID hits to register a 14-8 victory
before 1882 fans.
Four Washington pitchers were
paraded to the mound by Manager
Ossie Bluege. who saw the Mats
twice blow leads, and the Browns
welcomed all of them heartily.
Johnny Niggeling dissipated a 40
advantage as early as the first inn
ing and his successors-Ray Scar
borough. Marino and Gil Torres
represented little improvement.
The Mats weren't sparkling afield.
either. They contributed four errors
to the proceedings, which otherwise
were cluttered up by such actions
as Rookie Gil Coan departing third
base too soon when attempting to
score on an out1eld fly and the
same Coan being picked off first
base. Buddy Lewis was charged with
two errors, while Coan and Gerry
Priddy also were guilty of miscues.
Early Nat Lead Soon Lost. :
Washington pounded Tex Shirley
from the mound in the third in
ming with a four-run outburst in
the first and two more runs in the
third. Shirley's successor, Stan
Ferens, was less liberal with the
Mats. He held 'em to five hits and
two unearned runs in the last ga
innings.
Washington, which absorbed its
sixth defeat in seven games with
the Browns this season, was off to
a heartenlng start. 1t clustered q
quartet of runs in the first inning
as George Myatt and Lewis singled,
Stan Spence was hit by a pitched
ball and Cecil Travis and Coan
doubled.
That lead vanished as rapidly as
ice cream on hot griddle With
one out in their portion of the first,
the Browns went to work on Nigel
ing. Johnny Berardino singled and
so did Vernon Stephens, Berardino
scoring and Stephens continuing to
second as the ball escaped Coan in
left.
In that situation, Heath hammered
a triple high off the rightfleld screen,
scoring Stephens, and Heath scored
as Chet Laabs beat out slow roller
down to the third base line. Lewis
allowed Walt Judnich's liner to skim
| between his hands. Laabs taking
third and Judnich continuing to
second ION the error. Laabs scored
as Mark Chrisman grounded out
and Hank Helf's single to center
| fetched Judnich across and drovs
Niggeling to the showers.
Browns Again Overhaul Mats.
Scarborough. who ultimately took
the defeat. was waved in at that
point and famed Shirley.
The Mats produced two runs and
a 6-5 lead in the third Vernon
and Travis walked successfully and
Priddy sacrificed 'em along. Coan
then was purposely passed, but AL
Evans messed up that strategy by
whacking double off the left field
wall scoring two. Scarborough
flied to Laabs. but at that point
Coan was called out for a too
hasty departure from third base.
st. Louis promptly grasped a
TO advantage in its half of the
third as Laabs, Judnick, Ferens and
Chuck Stevens smashed singles and
Lewis and Priddy Clipped in with
errors.
The Browns put the game on ice.
where the Mats would have pre-
ferred to be. in the fifth. Helf led
off with a homer into the leftfield
stands off Pieretti. Stevens singled
and Stephens walked before the
muscular Heath hammered mighty
homer over the rightfield screen.
scoring Stevens and Stephens ahead
of him.
ST. Louis added three runs in the
seventh off Torres after Washing
ton had manufactured another run.
In the ninth inning, the Mats scored
again when Torres, Lewis and Ver-
non singled and First Baseman
Stevens inserted an error.
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