Evening star., 1948-05-30
Drama IsPacked
Into 9Th Inning
Of Each Battle
3-Run RoIIy Nobs First,
Boston Nearly Turns
TobIes in Second
By Burton Howkins

The Mats were ninth -inning won-
ders and blunderers as they swept
a double header from the Boston
Red Sox yesterday at Grifith Stadi-
um. They sprayed three runs across
the plate in the ninth inning of the
first game to defeat Jack Kramer,
5-4, but it was staggering group
of Mats who escaped with a 7-6 de-
cision in the second contest as Bos-
ton scored five runs in the ninth.
Washington entered the final Of
the nightcap in command, I'll, but
came perilously close to suffering a
humiliating defeat. Boston had the
bases fully populated when Garden
Gillenwater roamed over consider
able center field acreage to haul in
Stan Spence's tremendous drive for
the final out.
That second struggle was marred
by 20 bases on ballS-11 Of which
were issued by the Mats pitchers.
Rookie Dick Welteroth, who trav-
eled the first eight innings. gave up
eight walks but the lone run scored
of him was Ted Williams tenth
homer-a blast over the right field
fence in the third inning.
Welteroth, who was credited with
the triumph in his first major league
start, wearied and was yanked after
eight innings. Manager Joe Kuhei
dispatched left handed Forrest
Thompson to the mound in thss
ninth and the Red Sox greeted him
gleefully.
Masterson Forces In Two.
williams and Spence singled and
Dom DiMaggio doubled to score q
run. When Vernon Stephens
grounded to Third Baseman Eddie
Yost, Spence was tagged out, but
Second Baseman AL Kozar fumbled
Yosts throw on a force play to
fill the bases after Bill Goodman
had grounded to the Mats third
baseman.
Matt Bats lashed single to
center, scoring DiMaggio and
Stephens and slicing Washington's
margin to IA. Walter Masterson
was rushed to the mound. but he
walked Pinch-hitter Birdie Tebbetts
to fill the bases. Masterson famed
Bobby Doerr, but then walked
Johnny Pesky and Williams to force
in two runs. In that crisis Spence
slammed a mighty blow to deep
center field which Gillenwater
shared.
Williams homer had moved the
Red Sox into a 10 lead but the
Mats mauled Earl Johnson for four
runs in their third as Mickey Vernon,
tripled with the bases loaded. The
Mats constructed a 81 margin in
the fourth at Maurice McDermott's
expense when Johnny Sullivan
walked, stole second and scored on
Yosts single.
Jake Early's single and walks to
Sullivan, Yost. Kozar and Gil Coan
netted the Mats two runs in the
sixth.
The Mats gave some 14052 GUS
toners a thrilling time of it in the
first game. They entered the ninth
inning of that tiff on the wrong end
of a Az score, but Vernon was
safe on a bad-hop grounder over
First Baseman Goodmans head and
the Mats had rally underway when
Gillenwater, attempting to back
away from a pitch, singled to right.
Early sacrificed and Manager Jos
Mccarthy of the Red Sox elected to
walk the potential tying run on base
when Early Wynn batted for Sui
livan. Tom Mcbride then batted for
Mickey Haefner and sabotaged that
strategy by smashing single to
left, scoring Vernon and Gillenwater
and tying the score.
Spence made fine running catch
of Yost's drive to right-center, but
Chick Pieretti, running for Wynn,
scampered from second to third
after the catch. Up stepped Kozar,
who broke up the game with sharp
single to center which scored
Pieretti
Haefner, who had lost five straight
games after whipping New York
in his initial start, was slammed
for two runs in the first inning OF
the opener. Doerr launched the
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