Evening star., 1951-08-05
Gives Up
Only Three Hits
In 11th Victory
ColorfuI Cubun Also
Leeds Mats at Bot:
No One Passes Secone
By Burton Howkins


Conrado Marrero, the merry
Cuban with the non-exiStent fast
ball but a highly acceptable as
Sortment of slow stuff. pitched his
second successive shutout for the
Mats last night at Griffith Sta
dium, defeating the fading White
Sox. SO, on three hits.
Chicago's interest in the pen
nant race receded some more as
Marrero dropped the fourth-place
White Sox 612 games off the pace
Of the leading Yankees. Chico
allowed only one Chicagoan to
reach second base and none ad-
vanced to third. It was the first
White Sox loss here this year after
seven straight victories.
Marrero also was the only
Washington batter to obtain two
hits among the nine cleaned off
Ken Holcombe, the loser, and
Howie Judson. He supplied sin
gle when the Mats jammed four
of those hits into three-run
uprising in the fifth inning, and
he singled again in the eighth
when Washington got it's other
runs.
18th Win for Chico.
The stumpy Cuban, who posted
his 11th win, defeated st. Louis
TO, on eight hits in his last start
and now owns a string of Is
scorelesS innings.
Nelson Fox, the little second
baSeman, was the only White Sox
player to reach second base. He
doubled with one out in the sixth
inning and was stranded as Mar
rero retired the last IL batters in
order. The 41-year-old right
handler walked two and struck out
two.
Fox accounted for two-thirds
OF Chicago's attack. He opened
the game with a single to right
Eddie Robinson injected the other
blow off Marrero with a liner off
IShortstop Pete Runnels' glove in
the fourth inning.
11,44S See Game.
The crowd of 11,449 fans, which
boosted the Mats home attend
ance over the half million mark
had visions of a no-hitter by
Holcombe when he survived 32a
innings without yielding a hit
Mickey Vernon destroyed that no.
ton with a single with two out in
the fourth and Sam Mele followed
with another which was wasted
as Mike Mccormick tapped to
Holcombe.
With one out in the fifth, Mike
Guerra started the Mats three
run outburst by beating out a
roller to Shortstop Chico Carras-
quel. Mike stole second and went
to third when Marrero looped q
single to center.
Eddie Yost then lofted a long
fly down the rightfield line and it
fell safely by inches, grazing the
glove of AL Zarilla. Guerra came
across on that double and Mar
rero. believing the ball would be
caught, waddled only to third
base.
RunnelS Drives In Two.
Gil Coan field to Ray Coleman
IN short center. but Runnels
smashed a single off Carrasquep;
glove into centerfield, scorins
Marrero and Yost. Vernon walked
but Mele grounded out to end the
rally.
The Mats clinched the game ir
the eighth with two runs off ,Jud.
son, who replaced Holcombe ir
the sixth after Bob Dillinger hac
batted for the pitcher.
| Vernon started things with 8
walk and moved to second wher
Mele grounded out. Mccormick
playing centerfield in the absenc,
Iof 1rv Noren-down with gripp,
singled to send Mickey across
Gene Verble walked and afte,
Guerra fouled out, Marrert
slammed a long single to right
scoring Mccormick from secont
and sending Verble to third
OresteS Minoso. White Sox thirc
baseman, made a neat PICKUP
of YoSt's well-kissed grounded ant
threw to Fox at second to fore,
Marrero.
Dick Starr will pitch agains
the White Sox today in his sec
ond start for the Mats since h
was acquired from st, Louis
Lou Kretlow will pitch for Chi
cago in game scheduled for 2::3(
Fox, the peppery Chicago sec
ond baseman, will be honored b
fans of Chambersburg, Pa, be
fore the game. He'll receive a,
automobile, among other gifts.
The Mats invade New York fo
a three-game series starting to
morrow night, and will battle tn
pennant hungry Yankees, Re
Sox and Indians in 16 successiv
games.