Evening star., 1951-08-10
'Morrero Opposes PurneT;
Dodgers Virtually In
By Burton Hawkins
s,nr StoT cerrs.pondent

BOSTON, Aug. l0.-Chico Mar
rero, who has string Of 18 score
less innings to take against the
Red Sox tonight. is praying the
Mats don't give him the sort of
support they gave his Cuban
|chum. Julio Moreno, yesterday in
New York.
The Mats, who will be con-
fronted by Mel Parnell in the
opener of a four-game series. were
guilty of atrocious base-running
by CasS Michaels and wretched
| fielding by Gil Coan. In game
the Mats should have tucked away
Jas early as the third inning.
Michaels' dreamy action on the
base paths took Washington out
of two big rallies and Coan's err
rors later permitted the Yankees
to win, GA.
New York, bumped into second
place Wednesday by the Mats. owe
their first place tie with Cleveland
today strictly to the bad behavior
of Michaels and Coan. Moreno
held the Yankees to five hits and
three earned runs, but the inept
play of Cass and Gil was too tre-
mendous a burden.
MichaeIs Picked Of Base.
The Mats had 81 lead in the
second inning and were threaten.
ing to really tee off on Box
Kuzava when Michaels popped 6
single into right field and Mike
Guerra walked.
Apparently unaccustomed to run
ming bases these days, Michael'
promptly was picked off SECOND
by Catcher Yogi Berra, thus vast.
ing Moreno's single which fol-
lowed.
Again in the third, Michael;
let the Yankees off the hook. The
Mats had scored two runs against
KuZava and his reliefer, Art
Schallock. and had the bases
filled with one out when Moreno
grounded to Mize, who threw te
the plate, forcing Mike McCor-
mick.
Michaels merely had to trot
from second to third but he over
ran third base. Berra fired the
ball to Bobby Brown and Michaels
was tagged again.
/ Coan Drops Routine Fly.
The Yankees, who scored in the
first inning when Eddie Yost
bobbled Joe DiMaggio's double
play grounder, then recovered tt
nail DiMaggio at first as Gene
Woodling scored, were staked to 6
gift run in the second inning wher
Coan dropped Kuzava's routine fly
to left with two out, enablins
Hank Bauer to score from second
| DiMaggio blasted his 10th homer
OF the season into the left-ielc
seats in the sixth inning-the sec.
ond hit of Moreno-but despit,
Michaels and Coan, the Cubal
pitcher carried 4-3 lead into tn,
! seventh.
4 With two out, Gil McDougals
doubled and Woodling tripled tt
tie the score. Berra then lofted {
f1y to left which Coan dropped
after a short run. Woodlins
romped across and DiMaggit
sealed the Mats fate with a tripl,
to left, scoring Berra.
I Washington clipped Kuzava TO,
TWO runs IN the first inning. Yost
walked and Coan forced him be.
fore Pete Runnels and Micke,
Vernon singled successfully t.
score Coan. Sam Mele's g-oundel
got Runnels across from third.
Miscue Ties Score.
I Yost's temporary bobble of Di.
Magglo's made-to-order double.
play grounder cost Moreno a rur
in the first and Coan's first mis-.
cue tied the score in the second
Runnels' single, q wild pitch
and Mele'S double with one ou
Ishelled Kuzava in the third anc
along came Schallock to wall
mccormick, Michaels and Guerrs
TO force across run. Joe Ostrow.
SKI supplanted Schallock at tha
, point and was helped out O,
the predicament by Michaels
thoughtleSs running on Moreno
Igrounder.
Ostrowski proceeded to slam tn,
door in the Mats faces in tn
, last six innings, scattering fou
singles to capture his fourth de
cision as Moreno went down t,
an undeserved eighth defeat be
fore 1902 fans.
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