Evening star., 1948-08-22
Mats Are Beaten
By Home Runs
In Boston, 1915
Stephens Blasts Two,
One for Grand Slam;
Doerr Also Homers
By Burton Howkins
.Stor Ssoff Correspondent


stor ssaff Correspondent
BOSTON, Aug. 21.-Boston's pen
nant hopes and the Mats pitching
were given a lift here today. The
Red Sox lifted the Mats pitching
over Fenway Parks leftfield fence
three times and their 1915 victory
over Washington boosted them
within two games of the pace-set-
ting Cleveland Indians.
Washington's seventh straight de-
feat was accomplished by the BOOM
ing bats of Vernon Stephens, who
contributed a brace of successive
nome runs-including one with the
bases jammed-and Bobby Doerr,
who injected second-inning home
run and single that highlighted
a 4-run Boston outburst in the
eighth inning which fractured a
6-6 tie.
Into the proceedings Dick Welte-
roth, Milo Candini and Tom Fer
rick poured dozen bases on. balls
to project the Mats to their 2lst
defeat in their last 26 games.
Boston's Big Guns Boom.
Washington staked the 2l-year-
old Welteroth to 80 lead in the
first inning when Eddie Yost and
Ed Stewart singled. Mark Christ
man doubled and Mickey Vernon
singled, but the Red Sox started
moving their howitzers into action
in the second inning and the Mats
caved in under the bombardment.
Welteroth, who had captured his
only two decisions of the year at
Boston's expense, was no sensation
in making his first start in three
months. Doerr hammered him for
home run in the second inning
to slice the Red Sox deficit to 81
and Stephens made it 80 with a
loft over the fence in the third
lining.
Welteroth invited trouble in the
fourth inning when he walked
Birdie Tebbetts and the Red Sox
accepted the invitation. Ellis
Kinder forced Tebbetts, but a walk
to Dom Di Maggie and Johnny
Pesky's infield single filled the
bases. Stephens promptly stripped
the bases by hoisting his 26th homer
Of the season over the leftfleld wall.
81 BOsox Blast Tie to HIS,
washington bounced back to lock
the score at 6-6 in the sixth and
shelled Kinder from the premises.
Di Maggie dropped Stewards long
hys1or a 2-base error ana vernon
later fetched Ed home with 4 single.
al Evans walked and Sherry Robert
son, batting for Candini, rammed
double to center. scoring Vernon
and Evans and tying the game.
That situation lasted until the
eighth when Boston did something
about it. Di Maggie opened with a
double to center off Ferrick and
Pesky beat out bunt which shifted
Di Maggie to third. Ted williams
grounded to Vernon and Di Maggie
was run down, but in that confusion
Pesky travelled all the way to third
and Williams to second.
The Mats strategy called for an
intentional walk to the troublesome
Stephens, but Doerr upset those
plans with a single to center which
scored Pesky and Williams. Stan
Spence famed, but Bill Goodman
doubled to left, scoring Stephens.
Ferrick then presented Boston its
final run by walking Tebbetts and
Pitcher Earl johnson to force across
Doerr.
johnson Rough on Mats.
johnson, who received credit for
the victory, retired the last nine
Mats in order ard permitted only
one ball to be smashed beyond the
inf1eld: Ferrick was charged with
the loss, his fourth.
NAT NOTES.-Boston has pound
ed Washington pitching for 10
home runs in its last five games.
\. Tommy Heinrich of the Yankees
and Di Maggie and Stephens of the
Red Sox have delivered bases loaded
home runs in the Mats last six
games. Stephens fourth-in-
ming homer was Bostons Tooth of
the season. 3. The Mats have hit
Su
Washington's pitchers have Yield
ed 81 walks in their last Is games.
-. % in the Mats last two games.
/. When Yost scored In the first
inning, he left fiattened Catcher
Tebbetts in his wake. Tebbetts
was blocking the basepath and
Yost bowled him over.
In his last six innings of relief
labor against the Mats, Boston.s
johnson hasn't permitted a hit and
no Nat has reached base against
him. j. In fact, only two Mats
have bit the ball out of the infield
against Earl over that span. .
Forest Thompson will he the Mats
pitcher here tomorrow with Mickey
Harris slated to fire for Boston.
The Mats will play an exhibition
game with their Bridgeport Conn
farm club Monday, then return to
Washington to face the st. Louis
Browns on Tuesday night.