Evening star., 1949-07-10
Raschi Erased
As He Walks in
lying Marker
Denies Hit Decides
Come; HittIe, Relief
HurIer, Is Victor
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent


NEW YORK, July 9.-Rolling
toward their sixth successive de-
feat with two out in the ninth.
the Mats brought screeching
halt to their skid today by
wrenching five runs from the
leagues leading pitcher and thus
scared to rs victory over the
pace-setting New York Yankees.
The Mats were operating with
a So deficit with two out and
nobody on in the ninth when Vic
Raschi suffered a shocking COL
lapse. Second Baseman Jerry
Coleman had contributed diving
stab of Jake Early's grounder and
Pinch Hitter Sam Melee had
famed before the roof fell in on
Raschi, who was dealt his third
defeat. He had won 13 games.
Sherry Robertson inaugurated
Raschi's downfall when he lashed
a vicious hopper past First Base
man Dick Kryhoski which the
official scorer elected to label an
error. Buddy Lewis injected a
single to right and the Mats were
trailing by two runs after Ed
Stewards single scored Robertson.
Forces in Tying Run.
Clyde Vollmer shot another sin
gle into center field. scoring Lewis
and shifting Stewart to third with
the tying run. Raschi walked
Eddie Robinson to fill the bases
and when he also walked Eddie
Yost the Mats owned a 5-5 tie
and Raschi left the premises.
Frank Shea was greeted by Sam
Denies ground rule double to
right that scored Vollmer and
Robinson. The bases again were
jammed when Early purposely
was passed, but Mele supplied his
second out of the inning by pop
ping to Coleman.
The pulsating rally presented
the Mats their first win OF the
year in five tries at Yankee Sta
dium. It also lifted Rookie Lloyd
Hittle, who replaced Paul Calvert
in the seventh. to his first major
league triumph.
Joe Haynes was summoned to
the mound in the ninth and per-
formed a neat job of protecting
the Mats lead, retiring Kryhoski.
Cliff Mapes and Pinch-Hxter
Charley Keller in order.
The Mats. who have won only
four of 27 games at Yankee
Stadium over the last three years.
nicked Raschi for a run in the
second inning when Robinson
walked, moved to second on Yost's
single and scored when Earlys
pop fly fell safely in short right
field. .z
Calvert Walks in Tally.
That advantage evaporated in
the third when the Yankees de-
livered two runs. Kryhoski
launched the attack with single
and Mapes doubled him to third.
Calvert walked Raschi to load the
bases. Kryhoski scored on Cole
mans fly to Stewart and when
Yost gummed up Rizzuto's
grounder the bases were filled
again. Woodling walked to score
Mapes but additional damage was
averted when Calvert scooped up
DiMaggio's tap and tossed to
Early, forcing Raschi. Berra
then flied to Lewis.
New York's lead mounted to 81
in the fourth when Bill johnson
drove his fifth homer of the season
into the left field stands, but the
Mats bounced back with run in
the fifth on Robertson's single and
Lewis double.
The Yankees grasped So mar
gin in their fifth after Robertson
bobbled Coleman's grounder. Riz-
zuto slammed a 400-foot triple over
Vollmer's head, scoring Coleman.
and Rizzuto scored later after Di
Maggie fled to Lewis.
Everybody Is Surprised.
That situation existed until two
were out in the ninth. when the
Mats surprised some 1881 fans,
the Yankees and themselves.
NAT NOTES:-Lewis robbed
Berra of a homer in the second
inning when he backed against
the right field boxes and leaped
high to snare Yogis drive
Ray Scarborough T-5) and Sid
Hudson SD will face the
Yankees Ed Lopat (6-5 and
(See MATS, Page B-2D