Evening star., 1946-08-25
Tigers Hammer
Leonard Early,
Triumph, 8.4
Loss Seventh in Row
For Dutch; Greenberq
Grace Slam Homers
BY Burton Hawkins

Dutch Leonard wheeled out a rec
ord Of six straight defeats against
Detroit yesterday at Griffith Sta
dium and before the first inning had
elapsed the Mats knuckle- baller vir-
tually was assured of successive loss
No. 7. That ultimately was accom-
plished by 8-4 figures, dealing Dutch
his 10th trimming of the year.
Leonard was exposed to a four
run outburst by the Tigers in the
first inning and yielded another run
In the second, which was as far as
ne went. Dutch wasn't being ham
mered, but through the medium of
four infleld taps, a glorified pop 1v
two more legitimate singles and an
error the Tigers whisked into a
SO lead.
OF the bench, where he had been
dispatched for failure to hit, came
towering Hank Greenberg and his
batting deficiencies weren't notice
able to the Mats. He pumped home
run No. 26 into the leftfeld bleach
ers IN the fourth inning after Roger
Cramer had walked, made two sin
giles, batted across four runs and
scored twice.
-Four Mats Yield 13 Hits.
Ihe Mats sent four pitchers to
the mound and they yielded 13 hits.
Meanwhile big AL Benton, who per-
mltted nine hits. was working him
self out of several dangerous spots
to remain the route.
Some 8,457 customers hardly had
settled in their seats before the
Tigers unsettled Leonard. Eddie
Lake opened with a single which
Gerry Priddy knocked down back
OF second base and George Kell was
SAFE when Cecil Travis scooped up
his bunt and pegged wide to Mickey
vernon at first base. When Cramer
peat out a bunt down the third base
llne, the bases were loaded. princi-
pally because Leonard first started
to throw to third, discovered the
base wasn't covered, then threw too
late to first.
In that situation Greenbere lofted
pop fly to short left field and il
1en safely in the midst of Billy
Hitchcock, Stan Spence and Joe
Grace for a single, scoring Lake and
zen. Dick Wakefield flied out, but
Roy Cullenbine's single scored Cra-
mer and shifted Greenberg to third
Hank scored moment later after
Jimmy Bloodworth flied to Grace
With one out in the second in
nlng, Lake beat out a bunt down
the third base line and Kell pro-
peled him to third with a single
to right. Cramer's meek tap to
Leonard along the third base line
served the purpose of scoring Lake
before Greenberg and Wakefield
fouled out.
Mats Rally Quickly snuffed.
The Mats were in mood to make
game OF 1t in their half or the
second inning, but Benton changed
their minds. Travis opened with a
double off the right field fence and
Priddy followed with a double tn
left. Hitchcock beat out a bunt and
oiio NoIo SOG tilSlT second run when
Jake Early singled.
George Binks batted for Leonard
and advanced the runners with an
infleld out, but Grace fouled out
and after Buddy Lewis walked to fill
the bases. Spence was tossed out by
Second Baseman Jimmy Bloodworth.
That So status existed until the
fourth. With two out, Walter Mas
terson walked Cramer and Green
berg lifted a home run among the
bleacher customers.
Grace belted home run over the
right field wall leading off in the
fifth inning to slice Detroits advan-
tage to 7-3, but the Tigers bounced
back with run off Jake Wade in
the seventh when the southpaw
walked Kell with the bases loaded.
Gil Coan's vigorously protested safe
bunt, Grace's single and Lewis
douole-play grounder netted the
Mats their final run in the seventh