Evening star., 1949-09-11
Roy Whiffs Di Maggie
In Pinch in 4-3 Come;
Second Decided, 81
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-Ray
Scarborough inflicted a painful
defeat on the New York Yankees
today as the Mats split double-
header and trimmed the league
leaders margin over the Boston
Red Sox to one game.
Rays 7-hit pitching downed the
Yankees in the first game, 4-3. In
the second the Mats bowed, 81. to
the combined Shit hurting Of
Tommy Byrne and Joe Page be-
fore a crowd of 29.181. The night
cap was terminated by darkness
after the Mats batted in the eighth.
In the two games the Mats left %
men stranded on base, IA in the
opener.
Scarborough's win. his first
ever against the Yankees, came at
a time when Boston was beating
Philadelphia, 9-1, and reduced
New York's lead to It's thinnest
since April 27.
Ray snapped a 5-game losing
streak for Washington and was
magnificent in the last two innings
in protecting a one-run bulge to
edge Vic Raschi.
Fans Di Mag in Clutch.
In the eighth Bobby Brown
singled with one out, but in that
jam Ray pitched three balls to Joe
Di Maggie, then struck out the
famed slugger on the next three
pitches, Brown going out on an
attempted steal as Di Maggie
famed.
Yogi Berra opened the Yankees
ninth with a single but Scarbor-
ough struck out Billy johnson and
Cliff Mapes. He took Pinch-Hit-
ter Joe Collins to 80 count. then
seemingly split the plate with a
waist-high pitch. but Umpire Jim
Boyer ruled it a ball over the
vigorous squawks of Scarborough.
Catcher Jake Early and Manager
Joe Kuhel.
That violent debate lost its sig
nificance a moment later when
Pinch Hitter Johnny Lindell lofted
a pop fly to First Baseman Eddie
Robinson for the game-ending out.
Scarborough was staked to a
10 lead in the second inning when
Eddie Yost rammed tremendous
triple over Di Maggios head after
Buddy Lewis walked. A pass to
Jerry Coleman, Raschi's sacrifice
and Phil Rizzutos double to left
fetched the Yankees a run in the
third, but the Mats bounced back
with a run in the fourth when
Robinson walked and came
around on singles by Yost and
Early.
Mapes' Homer Ties Score.
Mapes hit his sixth homer OF
the year into the Yankee bull pen
in right field to lock the score at
I2-2 in the fifth. but in the sixth
Washington stirred up two runs
and disposed of Raschi.
Raschi walked Lewis and Yost
singled for his third Straight hit.
Sam Dente fouled out trying to
sacrifice. but Early doubled to left.
scoring Lewis from second. Scar
borough popped out. but Rascht
walked Sherry Robertson and Gil
Coan successfully to force across
Yost and prompt Raschi's re-
moval. Duane Pillett came in to
prevent additional damage by get
ting Ed Stewart to fly to Di Mag
|gio.
With two out in the seventh
Robertson cost Scarborough run.
He fumbled Pinch Hitter Charley
Keller's grounder and Pinch-Hit-
ter Fenton Mole brought Charley
around with long double to right
which Lewis got his glove on but
couldn't hold. BY DETECTING the
ball. however, Buddy prevented it
from dropping into the New York
bull pen for home run.
The defeat was Raschi's tenth
against l8 victories, while Scar
borough squared his record at
I'LL.
Harris Blows Up in Seventh.
Mickey Harris gave the Yankees
a struggle until the seventh inning
of the second game before they
shelled him from the premises
with a 5-run outburst.
Di Maggie pumped the Yankees
into a 20 command in the fourth
inning when he belted his 14th
homer into the left field stands
after Mapes walked. The Yankees
lead was increased to 80 in the
fifth. Coleman walked and ad-
vanced to third on Gene Wood
|ling's single and Byrne's sacrifice.
Coleman then scored when Catcher
AL Evans dropped Dente's throw
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