Evening star., 1951-04-01
AL Sir1a Works
8 Innings, Gives
Only Three Hits
Single in Seventh
By Vernon Launches
Winning Rully
By Burton Hawkins
Sior Ssoff Correspondent


ORLANDO. Fla, Mar. 31.-The
Mats, survived the home run BLAST
ing of Bill Nicholson today, of.
setting his two fence-clearing
smashes with less distance but
more consistent hitting to defeat
the Phillies, 7-5.
The 35-year Nicholson, hos
lpitaliZed the last seven weeks Of
last season with diabetes, seem.
Iingly was set to wreck the Mats.
He got a three-run homer in the
second inning which gave Phila.
delphia 81 lead and a SEVENTH
inning poke which tied the score
at SIS. But the Mats came back
to touch Rookie Leo Cristante
for the two deciding runs in the
seventh.
The National League champions
threatened with two out in the
ninth when Julio Moreno per-
mitted Granny Hammer and Del
WILDER to clip him for successive
singles, but Pinch Hitter Dick
Sisler lifted an easy game ending
fly to Irv Noren in center.
Lima Pitches Well.
Except for two explosive in
stances preceded by wildness the
Mats received an excellent pitch
ing performance from bespecta.
Icled AL Sima, who travelled six in
|nings and allowed three hits.
The first exception came in the
second inning, when AL walked
Mike Goliat and Del Ennis. Along
came Nicholson to crash his first
homer and the Phillies suddenly
had offset the run Washington
scored in the first off Rookie Paul
Stuffel when Gil Coan beat out
la bunt, stole second and scored
on Noren's single.
The Mats locked the score with
two runs in the third, more
through Stuffel's deficiency than
their own proficiency. Stuffel, who
thad a 6-5 record at Toronto last
year, walked Sima and Yost to
start the uprising. Coan took a
third strike, but Mickey Vernon
and Noren walked to force across
Sima and Yost scored when Sam
Mele forced Noren.
i
Phillies Ahead in Fourth.
Sima's wildness again was costly
in the fourth, when walk to
Ennis and Hammers double FASH
Toned 4-3 lead.
That advantage perished almost
Immediately, for with two out in
the fourth Sima singled, Yost
ratified the left field fence with a
double to score him and Coan
tripled to right.
Nicholson greeted Moreno with
his second homer leading off in
the seventh inning, but that was
the last run the Phillies produced.
Vernon, hitless in Is previous
efforts, launched the Mats win
ming rally in the seventh with
single to right. He moved to sec
ond when Noren was tossed out
and scored on Mele's single to
center. Sam continued to second
on the throw to the plate and
scored on Cass Michaels' single to
right.
COan, Michaels Get 2 Hits.
Hammer got three of the Phil.
lies nine hits, with Nicholson and
WILDER getting two each, while
Coan and Michaels each got two
i OF the Mats 10 hits.
The victory gave the Mats q
split in the two-game series with
Philadelphia and a 7-6 record
against major league foes.
Pitcher Jim Pearce, denoted by
the Mats to Chattanooga, thus far
has resfused to report to the Look
outs Sid Hudson and
Joe Haynes will pitch tomorrow
against Louisville. The Mats will
play Chattanooga Monday, then
play the Reds nine straight games
!. The Mats will break camp
Thursday morning, going by bus to
Gainesville, where they will board
the train which will head them
home via Jacksonville, Columbia,
Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Dur
ham and Lynchburg.