Evening star., 1951-08-19
Mats
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charged with the defeat-his 10th
and Mel Parnell got his 14th
win.
Lead Changes Four Times.
Boston clipped Don johnson for
three runs in the first inning. But
the Mats tied it up in their half.
Thereafter, the lead changed
hands four times before the Mats
went down to their 18th defeat in
16 games.
Johnson beckoned trouble at
the outset when he walked Di-
Maggie and Pesky and it arrived
when Williams rammed a triple
off the centerfield wall. Williams
scored after Walt Dropo flied to
Gil Coan in left, stalking the Red
Sox to a 80 lead.
Don failed to survive the first
inning for Goodman singled and
after Cylde Vollmer flied out john
son walked Hatfield and Aaron
Robinson to fill the bases. Sandy
Consuegra was summoned to the
mound and sent Leo Kiely down
swinging.
With two out in the first in
ming the Mats tied the score. Yost
and Coan went out. but Pete Run
nels. walked, Mele beat out a tap
past Kiely and Vernon singled to
left. Vernon's blow scored Run
nelS and sent Mele to third, but
when Williams permitted the ball
to escape him and roll to the
fence Mele romped across and
Vernon scored all the way from
first on the three-base error.
Red Sox Come Back.
The Mats enjoyed that dead
lock briefly. for DiMaggio opened
the second inning with a single
and took second when Pesky
grounded out.
Williams fouled to Yost, but Dro-
pos single to left scored DiMaggio
and presented Boston a 4-3 ad-
vantage.
But Kiely was in no leadshold-
ing mood, either. After Clyde
KluttZ singled in the second, Yost
parked his eighth homer of the
season in the left field bleachers.
The 30th homer of his career, it
marked only the second he. has
swatted at Griffith Stadium.
Washington's 5-4 margin ex-
listed until the fourth, when weak
hitting Walt Masterson singled to
right and came around on
Di Maggio's booming double to
left. Di Maggie took third on
PeSky's grounder and scored after
Williams flied deep to Mele. lift
| ing the Red Sox ahead, 6-5.
i That lead vanished practically
Immediately. With one out in the
same session. Dan Porter batted
for Consuegra and singled. Yost
also singled, Porter stopping at
second, and Coan supplied a third
/ successive single, scoring Porter
and shifting Yost to third. Yost
scored the run that projected
Washington into 7-6 advantage
when Runels forced Coan with
a grounder to Pesky.
Boston Lead Grows.
Boston retaliated with two runs
in the fifth to grab an 81 edge
marking the fourth time they hac
gone in front. Goodman opened
the uprising with a single ano
with one out Moreno walked Hat
field and Robinson. That ended
Moreno's activity and Mickey
Harris supplanted him.
Mickey's first pitch got by Klutt2
for a passed ball, enabling Good
man to score. Parnell struck out
and DiMaggio was purposely
passed, filling the bases. Michaels
made a fine stop of PeSky's
grounder back of second base. but
his throw to Runnels was too late
to force DiMaggio at second. Hat
field scored and the bases re-
manned filled on the single.
Harris averted further trouble by
knocking down Williams smash
and throwing him out.
The Red Sox tapped Harris for
two more runs and a 10-7 lead in
the seventh. Robinson walked and
after Parnell famed. DiMaggio
singled for his third hit. Pesky
flied out, but Williams smashed a
double off the rightfield wall to
score both runners. Ted was
stranded when Dropo popped out
Mats Only Make it Close.
The Mats made it 1919 in the
eighth of Parnell after two were
out. Michaels doubled and Ver-
non reached first on Hatfield's
| tumble. Mickey GrasSo batted
| for Harris and thumped double
play grounder to Pesky. Michaels
shifted to third and scored on