Evening star., 1951-04-19
Pitching Plans
for
|Yanks' Series
Sid Hudson Moy Start
In Afternoon Come,
AL Simo at Night
Bv Buvfon Hawkins
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Sicr Sfeff Correspondent

|
Rain this morning forced post
ponement Of the final game of the
Washington Philadelphia series, so
the Mats are returning to Griffith
Stadium with a perfect record and
a two-game winning streak to bat
tie the champion Yankees in aft
Iernoon and night games tomorrow.
Manager Bucky Harris pitching
plans for tomorrow are unsettled,
hinging on the availability of Sid
Hudson, the tall right-hander who
was the clubs leading pitcher last
year. Hudson has been idle since
April with lame back and was
to confer with Harris later today
about the possibility of pitching
tomorrow.
Hudson reported last night that
he had slight catch" in his
back after warming up for Is
minutes the night before.
Everything Carried Over.
All pregame activity, washed out
Monday when rain neceSsitated de-
lay of the Mats opener, will be
carried over in tomorrow's 2 pm.
game. President Truman will
throw out the first ball shortly
after Vice President Barkley
marches to center field with Clark
Griffith, president of the Mats, for
f1ag-raising ceremonies. The game
will be televised.
Should Hudson be unable to
pitch in the afternoon portion OF
the split twin-bill, which requires
separate admissions, Harris will
call on Sandalio Consuegra to pitch
the day game and AL Sima, be-
spectacled lefthander. for the night
game.
Expected to pitch for the
Yankees are Frank Shea, Their
1947 ace who is hoping for a come
back after a couple of sore-armed
seasons, and Tom Morgan, the
rookie. who was to have started
here Monday.
Noren's Triple Wins Game.
Consuegra is anxious to start
hoping he can duplicate the sue
cess of his fellow Cuban, Chico
Marero-whose 6-r victory Tues
day night was followed by the
Mats exciting GA conquest last
night.
The Mats owe their two-game
winning strickland their pres
ence atop the league along with
the Yankees and Indians-chiefly
to the tremendous triple delivered
by Irv Noren last night with one
out in the ninth inning. It came
at time when the Mats were 4-3
victims of Lou Brissie.
Brissie beckoned trouble when
he walked Pinch hitter Cas-
Michaels to start the final inning
Eddie Yost moved Michaels to Sec
ond with a slow roller to Billy
Hitchcock and Mike Mccormick
coaxed another walk from Brissie
Noren then walloped his triple tt
center and scored when Mickey
Vernon produced his third hit, &
double to right.
Mickey Gets Off Hook.
Those three runs gave the Nat.
a Ga lead and they clung to it
but not before Mickey Harri.
caused a few unhappy moments
Finishing up for a wild Bob Ku'
zava, who received credit for thu
win, Mickey loaded the bases with
two out before he wriggled out
of the jam.
Sam Chapman greeted Harri.
with a single and Ferris Fain flee
to Sam Mele. Then Mele, whe
had total of eight putouts, got
an assist when he dropped Bill
Hitchcock's fly, but recovered
quickly enough to force Chapman
at second. A walk to Kermit Wah
and Joe Tipton's single through
Harris legs filled the bases, but
Pinch Hitter Tod Davis fouled tt
Vernon for the final out.
Kuzava, who allowed only sever
hits in eight innings, nevertheless
WAS in constant trouble due t,
wildness. He walked seven ant
Init another and this lack of con
trol proved costly with two ou
: in the third inning when Hitch
cock smashed a long single t,
center on a 3-2 pitch. scoring Ell
mer Valo, Chapman and Fair
Valo had been nicked on the side
while Chapman and Fain walked
Verble Drives i'm Run.
The Mats had moved into a Il
lead in the second inning whel
Vernon doubled and Gene Verdi
singled him across. They slice,
their deficit to 3-2 in the sixth
when Mccormick walked, took sec
, ond on Vernon's grounder an,
scored on Mele's double.
Singles by Paul Lehner, Fail
and Wahl lifted the AS lead t.
, 40 in the seventh, but the Nat
bounced back with a run in tn
. eighth on singles by Noren, Mel
and Sam Dente.
The Mats clipped Brissie for /
Ihits, with Vernon getting thres
while Noren, Mele, Verble an
Dente were good for two eact
!, Eddie Joost and Fain each &c
8 two Of Philadelphia's nine hits.
J 1t was another chilly night an
! there were only 2,055 fans in tn
Q stands.
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