Evening star., 1951-06-04
|Wyse in Slab Debut
AS Embiftered Mats,
Tigers Clash Today
By Burton H0Wkins
S.ar stuff Correspondent


up it will come as an upset. The
righthander. purchased via waiy-
ers from Philadelphia, has been
fair prey for the Tigers since the
1915 World Series. when Wyse
worked for the Chicago Cubs and
was blasted for seven runs in his
only start.
In his first American League
season last year. Wyse had an
|0-5 record against Detroit while
pitching for the Athletics. The
Tigers mauled him every time
they saw him and welcomed the
news he'd pitch today against Hal
Newhouser, who has beaten the
Mats in both starts against them
this year.
Detroit and Washington took
identical recent records into the
game, each having lost IL Of the
last IA games. The two faltering
clubs split a drawn-out double
header yesterday. the Mats cap
turing the first game, 8-4, before
dropping the second, 1912. The
first game was delayed twice fol
a total of 90 minutes due to rain
and the final out Of the second
game didn't come until 8:01
Seven innings of the nightcar
were played under lights.
Wyse, purchased May Is and
operated on when he reported tc
the club three days later. will
seek to lift Washington into q
|flfth-place tie with the Tigers.
Vernon, Trout Feuding.
Sid Hudson lost mis- third game
in as many starts in the seconC
game, when the Tigers whackec
him for 13 hits, including homers
by Pat Mullin and Vic Wertz
Mullin also contributed a triple
and double, while Wertz enjoyed
a perfect game with three sin
giles and a walk. in addition tt
his homer. He scored four times
and batted in two runs. while
Mullin slammed across four.
There is some evidence the re.
manning two games Of this series
could produce lively action. fol
both teams seem to be irked ovel
their slumps. Dizzy Trout pro.
Ivoked an incident in the frs
game when he dug pitch inte
Mickey Vernon's leg after Ir,
Noren had crashed a home run
and in the second game Hudson
fired behind Mullins back aftel
Wertz socked his homer.
Vernon and Trout exchanged
words and seemingly were SCI
to exchange blows when they ad.
vanced toward each other. Yer.
non having the presence Of mint
to hold on to his bat. George
Kell, the Tigers third baseman
rushed in to pacify Vernon.
Mullin was less perturbed al
Hudson for what might have beer
merely a Wild pitch, but it prob
ably is more than incidental that
both Trout's and Hudson's errani
pitches Immediately followed
homers.
Mullin merely glared at Sid
but a continuation of such Incl.
dents could lead to some squarine
off.
Dente's Play Saves Haynes.
Eddie Yost and Noren beltet
homers In the first inning of tn.
opener against Trout and thu
Mats lead mounted to 80 in thu
second inning when Sam Dent.
singled. stole second and scoret
on Gil Coans single.
The Tigers picked up a run OF
AL Sima, the winner, in the thirt
inning on singles by Kell ans
IWertz and Steve Souchock's dou
ble-play grounder. Noren's singl,
and Vernon's double gave the Nat
a Al lead in the fifth and Sim.
Supplied his first major leagu'
homer to make it 81 in the sixth
Souchock's homer, Joe Gins
berg'S double and Trout'S single
gave the Tigers two runs in tn,
sixth and they sliced the Mats
margin to 5-4 in the seventh. Will
1.-TWO out Sima walked Kell ant
Wertz singled to bring on 10,
Haynes.
Joe's first act was to walk Sou
|check to load the bases. Rail
interrupted the game for A min
utes at that point and when pla!
was resumed Haynes wild-pitchet
IA run across in the process O
walking Johnny Groth. Dent
went behind second base to staI
Don Kolloway's grounder ant
force Groth to prevent furthe
damage.
J The Mats picked up three run
off Virgil Trucks, Earl johnson
} s|and Hank Borowy in the ninth
with Same Mele inserting a two
run single.
Noren led the Mats 12-hit at
J tack with three hits in the frs
game. while Coan and Micke,
. Grasso got two hits each. It wa
the first game Grasso played sine
MAY Is due to a fractured finger
Hudson went the distance i
J, (See MATS, Page A-18J
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