Evening star., 1951-03-31
Extra Base Hits Hurt;
al Sima and Marrero
Go Against PhiI|ies
By Burtop Howkins
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 81
There was occasion for alarm
among the Mats today as the,
tackled the Phillies here, with tn.
anxiety stemming from a battered
pitching staff which has yielded
Is runs in three games.
Manager Bucky Harris turned tt
AL Sima and Connie Marrero al
his mound choices. hopeful they
would halt the wholesale assault,
on his pitching. 1t was maulec
again yesterday as the Mats were
defeated by the Phillies, 8-5. in q
cold, windy 10-inning game al
Clearwater.
Sid Hudson. Jim Pearce (since
sent to Chattanooga and julio
Moreno were smacked freely by
the Giants Tuesday when the Mats
took a 1914 beating. In their next
game against the Red Sox. the
Mats hammered out an 81 victory
but Gene Bearden and Mickey
Harris were pounded for IL hits.
Phils Make Hits Count.
Bob Kuzava and Sandy Con-
suegra allowed only seven hits
yesterday, but the Phillies wasted
only one. Kuzava had a one
hitter going for five innings, then
came apart in the sixth when
Eddie Waitkus and Richie Ash
burn singled and Jimmy Blood
worth slammed homer, first of
two for the one-time Washington
infielder.
Consuegra permitted only three
hits, but Ed Pellagrini greeted
him with a single in the seventh
inning and Stan Lopata followed
with a homer. In the 10th, with
Ashburn and Bill Nicholson on
base as the result of walks, Blood
worth clouted his second three
run homer. a mighty blow over
the centerfield wall.
There was some solace for Har-
ris in the hitting of Gil Coan and
Irv Noren. Coan accounted for
four of the Mats hits off Robin
Roberts. Jim Konstanty and Blk
Donelly. He touched off a three
run fourth inning with a homer,
later adding three sharp singles.
1t was after Gil singled in the
seventh that Noren blasted a
homer off Kanstanty to give the
Mats q short-lived So lead.
Many Extra -basers.
The Mats pitchers have been
immersed in trouble due more to
temporary lapses than to gen.
eral letdowns, with seven homers,
six doubles and a triple beine
the costly blows in their last
three games.
Coan, who has seen little action
in the last two weeks due to a
pulled leg muscle, again demon
strated his ability to bounce back
after injury. Last July he suffered
a fractured skull in a collision at
second base. but six weeks later
returned to the lineup and batted
1926 over the remainder of the
season.
Gil's outburst yesterday lifted
his spring average to .381 with
8 hits in 81 attempts.
Michaels Relieves Yost.
Gene Verble cooled of after a
hot day against the Red Sox, fail
ing to hit in three official trips,
although he drew two walks and
stole a base. 1t may have been
significant, though, that when
Cass Michaels entered the game
1t was as a replacement for Eddie
Yost at third base rather than for
Verble at second.
Harris, who has few complaints
with the clubs batting. was hoping
the team would tee off TODAY
against Paul Stuffel and Leo
Christante, Phillies' rookie right
handlers, and earn a split in the
two-game exhibition series with
the National League champs.
Cristante had an 1876 record with
Wilmington last year, while STUFF
fel won 6 and lost S with Toronto.