Evening star., 1950-05-14
Waste Chances
As Joe Dobson
Stars in Relief
Gil Coon Strikes Out
Twice lute in Come
With Bases Filled
By Burton Howkins
S,or Stuff Cotra,nonsian,


BOSTON, May l3.-Gil Coan,
who twice this season has smashed
grand-slam home runs. had two
more chances this afternoon, but
it just wasn't his day. Gil struck
out in the seventh and ninth in
ningS, each time with the bases
filled. and the Mats lost their Sec
ond straight game to the Red Sox.
5-4.
Coan had company in his mis-
cry. for with none out in the nintn
the Mats had the potential tying
run on third after Al Kozar
walked and Ed Stewart singled.
But in that crisis along came Joe
DobSon and against the slick re-
lief pitching of the veteran right
handler the Mats were powerless.
Dobson. rushed to the aid Of
Walter Masterson. retired Eddie
Yost on fly to Ted Williams in
short left deld. He walked Sam
Dente to f1ll the bases, but Dob
son famed Coan and then dis
posed of slump-s -shackled Eddie
Robinson on grounder to First
Baseman Walt Dropo.
Washington had overcome a
40 deficit which mounted to
those proportions on Williams
ninth home run and Dropos
fourth in the sixth inning off Sid
Hudson, who failed in his quest
for a fourth straight victory.
4 Unearned Runs Tie Things.
The Mats surged back with four
unearned runs off Chuck Stobbs
in the seventh and had the bases
filled with two out in that ses-
sion when Coan batted for Tom
O'Brien and watched third
strike fired by Masterson, a for
mer teammate. who was credited
with the victory.
That eruptive inning was
launched with one out when Rob-
inson was nicked by a pitched
ball, Sam Mele singled and Bob
Ortiz forced Sam at second be-
fore Al Evans walked to load the
bases.
Kozar batted for Merrill Combs
and smashed a grounder toward
third which Ken Keltner fum-
bled. Keltner was bumped vio-
lently by Ortiz charging into
third base. Robinson scored on
the error. and the bases remained
filled, but not for long.
Hudson, who supplied two OF
the Mats 10 hits off Stobbs and
Masterson, Shelled Stobbs from
the mound with a single to left
center, which scored Ortiz and
Evans. Masterson reloaded the
bases by walking YoSt, and Den
te's single to center brought Ko-
Ear across with the tying run and
kept the bases filled. In that
situation Masterson whisked a
third strike past Coan. It was
an error by Dente, shifted to
shortstop after Combs was re-
placed, which paved the way for
Boston's winning run In the
eighth. A grounder by Bobby
Doerr scooted past Dente. Dropo
famed, Keltner walked and
Birdie Tebbetts delivered a single
to left which scored Doerr..
The Red Sox got off to a 40
lead against Hudson in the first
inning after Dom DiMaggio and
Al Zarilla singled successfully.
Williams forced Zarilla, scoring
DiMaggio. and Ted took second
when Vern Stephens grounded out.
Doerr's single to center scored
him.
Long Homer For Williams.
Williams opened the Sox sixth
with a mighty blast into the right
field bleachers back of the bull
pens. Then, with two out, Dropo
dropped a homer into the net
back of the left field fence.
That 40 lead was wiped out by
the Mats in the seventh and
Washington blew another chance
to score In the eighth. Robinson
walked and with one out Ortiz
singled of the left field fence. But
Evans hit into the third Red Sox
double-play of the afternoon.
Stobbs had a flve-hit Shutout
entering the seventh. with only
one Nat advancing beyond f1rst
base in the first six innings. In
the third inning Combs walked