Evening star., 1951-07-08
|A'sDown Mats
On nTwo.Homers
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Big OutfieIder CIouts
His 10th and 21st
In 4-to-3 Victory
n ~ a.
By Burton Hawkins

the Athletics last night. They
capitalized on those clouts by the
American Leagues home run
leader, blended them with expert
relief pitching by Morris Martin
and emerged 4-3 winners over the
Mats before a Ladies Night crowd
of 1l.035 at Griffith Stadium.
The towering Zernial's goth and
21st homers-all with Philadelphia
since he Joined the club May /
with los batting average COM
piled with the White Sox-were
delivered against Julio Moreno to
wipe out 10 and 81 leads the
Mats had presented him.
Zerniafs blows, marking the
sixth time he has swatted two
homers in game, got the support
they deserved from Martin. left
handed rookie who held the Mats
to one hit in 42s innings after
replacing Dick Fowler. Martin
thus gained his fourth win against
one loss. while Moreno was dealt
his sixth defeat. He has won two
Walk Less Costly.
Zernial walked in the first inn
ing, an event which later developed
as a wise move by Moreno. Gus
rammed his first homer into the
leftfield bleachers in the fourth
inning to give the AS a ii tie.
His next smash came in the sixth
inning with Dave Philley aboard
and staked Martin to a lead he
wasn't to relinquish.
Martin entered the game at a
time when the Mats were threat
ening to blow it wide open. They
had scored two runs in the fifth
inning off Fowler and had the
bases filled with one out when
Martin was summoned to service
He extricated the Athletics
nicely by tanning Mickey Vernon
and inducing Sam Mele to fly to
Philley in center. Thereafter the
Mats only hit was by Gene Verble,
who opened the sixth with a
single.
The home team sprted into
10 lead at the outset when Gil
Coan walked with one out in the
first inning and romped around
on Irv Noren's booming double off
the rightfield fence. Noren was
stranded when Vernon and Mele
grounded out.
AS Get Infield Hits.
Zernials game-tying smash in
the fourth was the only authentic
hit off Moreno in the first five
innings. Pete Runnels, rookie
shortstop, virtually gave Hank Ma
jeski and Joe Upton infield singles
by playing shortstop from shor:
leftfleld.
The Mats grabbed 81 lead in
the fifth. Sam Dente started the
uprising with a single to left and
the bases were filled when Joost
bobbled Mike Guerra's grounder
and Moreno beat out a bunt down
the third base line.
Eddie Yost's long fly to Moses
scored Dente from third and CoanI
sent Guerra around with double
off the rightfield wall. Noren was
passed purposely by Fowler before
Martin arrived to make it night
Of misery for the Mats.
Moreno's effectiveness vanished
in the sixth. Joost opened the in
ming with a lusty triple to the
centerfield flagpole and scored
after Moses flied deep to Mele.
Philley walked and Zernial lofted
his second homer into the leftfield
seats to provide the AS winning
margin.
Harris Good in Relief.
Mickey Harris pitched the last
three innings in shutout style, butt
The Mats got nowhere against Mar
tin, a 14-game winner with st.
Paul last season.
Verble was the only Nat to get
past first base against Martin. He
singled in the sixth and moved to
third on Dente's sacrifice and
Guerra's grounder, but was left
when Cass Michaels batted for
Moreno and slammed a liner into
glove.
With two out in the ninth, faint
hope stirred among the customers
when Yost walked, but Coan at
tempted to back away from an in