Evening star., 1950-06-06
JoeHaynes Due
To0ppose Them
Afternoon
Morrero's AiIing Arm
Alters Bueky's PIons;
First Inning Costly
By Burton Howkins

rIrSr inning Sosrly
BY Burton Hawkins
Weighted down with six straight
defeats and a mounting casualty
list, the Mats attempt to salvage
one game from the Detroit series
today with Joe Haynes pitching
Joe was restored to the role Of q
starting pitcher due to Connie
Marrero'S sore arm.
Marrero, who restricted Detroit
to three hits in his only appear
ance against the Tigers this sea-
son. was to have faced them this
afternoon, but he reported to
Bucky Harris through his inter-
prefer. Bob Ortiz, that his arm
is ailing.
Harris was hoping that Sanda-
lilo Consuegra. another Cuban
righthander who arrived here late
last night, will take up some of
the slack created by Marrero's in
jury. *
Will Face Hutchinson.
Freddie Hutchinson was to take
the mound for the sizzling Tigers.
who walloped the Mats, IA, last
night in moving within a game
and a half of the league-leading
Yankees.
The Tigers also won their sixth
in a row, 10 of their last ii, and
10 of % on the road. In addition,
they kept their slate clean at Grif-
fifth Stadium with a fourth sue
cessive victory.
Washington's games are follow
ing pattern which has the Mats
on the defensive before the Gus
toners settle comfortably into
their seats. Three times in their
last four games, the Mats have
yielded at least three runs in the
first inning.
Seven times this season the Mats
have permitted three or more runs
in the first inning. and they've
lost on each occasion. It's habit
Harris was hoping Haynes could
end, along with the Mats losing
streak.
Evers Hard to Handle.
Steve Macy, blasted from the
mound for the fifth time in row,
lost his third straight decision
when the Tigers pounded him for
four runs in the first inning, with
Hoot Evers clouting triple with
the bases loaded and scoring on
Johnny Groth's single.
The Tigers scored again in the
fourth when George Kell singled
across Johnny Lipon. Evers drove
across two more runs in the sew
enth when he rammed his sixth
homer into the left-field stands
after Vic Wertz singled.
That sort of socking enabled
Dizzy Trout to go the route, al
though he gave up II hits. It
was his third victory without de-
feat.
The Mats nicked Trout for two
runs in the third inning on singles
by Cass Michaels, Irv Noren,
Sherry Robertson and Johnny
Ostrowski with two out.
Four Hits for Noren.
The Mats scored two more runs
in the seventh after Detroit's lead
rose to 7-2. Macy opened with a
double and Eddie Yost followed
with another. Yost later scored
on Noren's fourth hit, a single
to right. but Trout braced to re-
tire the last seven Mats in order.
Meanwhile outf1elder Gil Coan's
injury definitely has been dag
nosed as fractured skull, ac-
cording to DR.. George Resta, the
team physician. X-rays taken yes
terday confirmed earlier opinions
about the seriousness Of the in
jury, received when Coan slid into
Owen Friends knee in the game
against st. Louis last Friday
night.
DR.. Resta said the young out.
fielder will remain in Georgetown
Hospital for about two week.
more and will be out of action al
least a month.
NAT NOTES-Trout slammed
one a third of the way UP in thu
bleachers in batting practice anc
the ball bounded out of the parl
on one hop. Lipon has hi
safely in II consecutive games. .
Noren's four hits raised his bat.
ting average 80 points to .311.
The Mats have drawn 50,36s
fewer customers this year thar
at the same point last season
. Kell supplied four single.
for the Tigers, but the payoh
punches were Evers' long range
blows. Kell has batted .4I4
against Washington this season
while Evers has belted the Mats
pitching at $40 clip. With his
four hits yesterday, Kell boosted
his average to 1888 to tie Larry
Dolby of Cleveland for the Amer.
ican League lead.
The Indians move in tomorrow
night for three-game series.
They will be followed by the
White Sox. who have dropped
six straight to the Mats.
After SUNDAYS dolIhle-header with