Evening star., 1947-05-11
Rally in Seventh
For Two IaIIies
Victory
Grace Hits Home Run
Early; Slab Triumph
Is Scored BY Wynn
By Burton Hawkins

/, The Mats returned to work yester-
day after 5-day layoff and their
production pleased 9,203 Grifiith
Stadium customers. They manu-.
factured a 4-3 victory over tho
Philadelphia Athletics, overcoming
q 3-run deficit to hoist themselves
within q game Of the league leaders.
Early Wynn, OF to shaky start,
but effective in the late innings,
annexed his third straight triumph
against one defeat as the Mats cap
tured d third successive victory.
That close call was familiar story
to the Athletics, who now have lost
II games-eight by margin OF one
run.
It was covey of two runs Ia
the seventh inning which lifted the
Mats to their win and 1t was Q
grievious error by Shortstop Eddie
Joost which paved the route to that
rally.
Trailing, 2-3, entering their por.
ton Of the seventh the Mats re-
ceived the break Of the game when
Joost fumbled AL Evans grounder
with one out. Wynn flied out, but
Joe Grace. who earlier had lifted
"a home run over the right field
fence, walked and Buddy Lewis fol.
lowed with single to right which
scored Evans with the tying run.
Spence Drives in Big Run.
In that crisis, Stan Spence de-
livered his fourth successive single.
a blow which Second Baseman Pete
Suder knocked down, but couldn't
hold. Grace romped across from
third with what developed to be
the winning run on Spence's smash
before Suder whipped out Mickey
Vernon for the third out.
Wynn was Dashed for five of the
10 hits he permitted in the first two
innings. He escaped the first inning
undamaged, but with one out in the
second the AS stirred up three runs.
Suder singled to center with one
out and Joost propelled him to third
with double to left. Mike Guerra,
the ex-Nat catcher, pumped a single
into left field which scored Suder
and Joost, then Guerra continued to
second as Grace flmhled the ball.
Jesse Flores, who lost his fourth
straight decision, popped out, but
Elmer Valo's single to right scored
Guerra.
Flores, beaten by Wynn by the
same score at Philadelphia In the
only previous game between the
clubs, was aided by three double
plays in the first four innings and
inserted disastrous error himself
| in the third.
Grace Homers over Wall.
After Wynn had grounded out.
Grace rammed his second homer
of the year over the right field wall.
Lewis and Spence singled success
sively and Buddy took third and
Stan went to second as Flores threw
wild past first attempting to pick
Spence off first Vernon's fly to
George Binks fetched Lewis home.
Wynn scattered five Philadelphia
singles in the fipal seven innings,
but was threatened in both the
eighth and ninth. Barney McCosky
opened the eighth with single to
center and with two out Hank
Majeski walked, but Suder flied to
| Lewis for the third out.
| The AS still were making ominous
gestures with two out in the ninth.
Ray Poole, batting for Russ Chris
topher, thumped single to right
and when Lewis fumbled the ball
momentarily Poole elected to try for
second. That was a mistake, for
Lewis recovered quickly and whipped
Ia strike to Mark Christman, who
nipped Poole sliding into second
for the final out.
/ Ferris Fain and Suder each cole
Iected two of the 10 hits of Wynn.
Spence's four safeties led WASH
tington's 11-hit attack, with Grace,
Lewis and Jerry Priddy each getting
two hits.