Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-23
By Burton Hawkins
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LIE ROll, Aug. lo.-1 llSIt Ilo
relief in sight for the Mats, at least
from the direction of the bullpen.
Any time Manager Ossie Bluege is
forced to search for pitching re-
placement he's in an unenviable po-
sition, for Milo Candini and Tom
Ferrick have been presenting him
wretched performances.
An outstanding reliever early IN
the season, burly Ferrick has become
a soft touch in recent efforts. In
three days he achieved the dubious
distinction of losing three games,
nocching his latest defeat here yes
terday as the Mats dropped rs and
20 decisions to Detroit. The Tigers
mustered seven runs with one out in
the ninth to grab the first game.
Thumped twice in relief roles at
Cleveland on Wednesday night. Fer
rick has been slammed for 10 hits
and five runs over a five inning
span in three games. Compared to
Candini's recent record, though,
Toms pitching has been superb.
Candini Has Bad Time.
In his last 1915 innings, over a
period of seven games, Milo has been
mauled for 81 hits and 81 runs.
He has suffered the embarrassment
of an eight-run inning by Cleveland
and in his only starting assignment
of the year failed to survive the first
inning against the Boston Red Sox,
who hammered him for five runs.
The Mats defeat In the opener
came as a distinct shock to Walter
Masterson, who entered the ninth
inning with so, 5-hitter In his
grasp. He retired George Kell on
a fly to Sherry Robertson. but
when he was clipped for successive
singles and a run by Hoot Evers,
Johnny McHale and Hal Wagner,
Candini was waved to the mound.
Milo pitched only to Freddie
Hutchinson, who singled across a
run, before he was yanked in favor
of Ferrick. who was greeted with a
single by Doc Cramer, scoring the
third run of the inning. Ferrick
famed Eddie Mayo, but things then
went from bad to Wertz, for Vic
Wertz rammed home run into the
upper deck of the rigl1t-field stands,
scoring two mates ahead Of him and
tying the score. Singles by Dick
Wakefield, Kell and Evers produced
the winning run.
Mickey Vernon's homer after
Eddie Yost doubled and Robertson
beat out a bunt, shot the Mats into
80 lead in the first inning. Dizzy
Trout, who retired with sore arm
after pitching to Yost, was sup
planted by Johnny Corsica, who
yielded two more runs in the third
Buddy Lewis walked, Stan Spence
singled and moved to second on
Mark Christman's grounder as Lewis
neld third and Jerry Priddy brought
'em across with a crisp single to
center.
The Mats lifted the score to 60
in the fifth when Christman singled
across Lewis, who had forced Vernon
and moved to second on Spences
single. Then came the ninth and
there went the Mats.
= Evans Severely Hurt.
The opener was doubly distressing
to the Mats, who lost the services
of Catcher AL Evans for 10 days.
Evans was Dashed on the left side
o. the head by Kell in the ninth
inning when the Tigers third base
man swung backward as AL stopped
over to retrieve a foul tip.
Seven stitches were required to
close the cash, but Ford Hospital
said there was no conclusion. Evans
remained at the hospital overnight.
The second struggle saw Ray
fine pitching excelled