Evening star., 1951-08-15
StengeI On
Lopat 10 Oppose
Moreno Tonight
Bob Kuzovo's Single
Wins Opening Come
OF Series With Mats
By Burton Howkins

By Burton Howkins
Casey Stengel is juggling his
faltering Yankee pitching staff in
a desperate effort to remain with.
in whispering distance of the In.
dians.
The only pitchers trusted by
New York's manager these days
are his starters, with the result
that he employed three Of them
last night to subdue the sixth
place Mats, 6-3, with a three-run
outburst against Mickey Harris in
the ninth inning.
Stengel's pitching pattern sud-
denly has become confused, and
the Indians are hoping it will re-
main that way until next week.
when the clubs clash in a vital
three-game series at Cleveland.
Stengel Is being forced to abandon
rotation of his starters even
against second division teams.
Morgan's Arm One Problem.
Trailing the Indians by 2R
games, the Yankees anxiously are
awaiting developments on the sore
arm of Tom Morgan, rookie right
handler who has won nine of his
last 10 games. He was forced to
leave last nights game with an
ailing right forearm.
Loss of Morgan for even one
turn would be a blow to the YAM
KEGS at this point. When Tom
left after five innings, Stengel
summoned Vic Raschi to the
mound and when he was belted
out. along came another starter,
Bob Kuzava.
Casey is hoping Ed Lopat won't
require aid tonight when he op-
poses the Mats Julio Moreno. He'd
like to get some semblance cf
order to his pitching staff and
two or three route-going efforts
would supply the cure.
Kuzava's Hit Wins Game.
1t was Kuzava, the all-America
out, who delivered the game
winning blow with two out in the
ninth inning. His single scored
Yogi Berra from second base to
break a 3-3 tie and Phil Rizzuto
later slammed across two more
runs with a double.
Morgan left in command with q
81 lead after striking out six
batters, including the last four he
faced. Hank Bauer and Gene
Woodling had crashed third-in-
ming homerS against Bob Porter
field to lift the Yankees into 20
lead before the Mats scored in the
same session on a walk to Porter
field and singles by Eddie Yost
and Gil Coan.
Joe DiMaggio's double and Joe
Collins single brought the YAM
KEGS a 81 advantage in the fourth
and that score stood until the
eighth. when Mike Guerra, Cass
Michaels and Yost singled success
sively to produce a run and shell
Raschi.
Runnels Ties Game.
Kuzava came In to dispose of
Coan on foul to Berra, but Pete
Runnels singled to left, scoring
Michaels with the tying run, be-
fore Mickey Vernon hit into a
double play.
Berra greeted Harris with a
single to start the ninth and Gil
McDougald sacrificed. Johnny
Mize batted for Collins and fouled
out. and Bauer was passed pur-
posely. Stengel permitted the no
toriously hght-hitting Kuzava to
bat. Harris whipped two strikes
past him, but the ex-Nat then
rammed single to right.
Sherry Robertson quickly re-
trieved the ball and fired to
Guerra at the plate but Umpire
Jim Duffy said Berra beat the
throw. The Mats objected vigor-
ously but got nothing out of it
except vocal exercise. Rizzuto
clinched the game with q double
TO right. scoring Bauer and Ku-
|Zava.
Bauer's home run. triple and
single led the Yankees 10-hit at
tack. while Yost was the only Nat
to get two hits.
The Mats and Yankees will clash
in a day game tomorrow, with the
Red Sox moving in Friday night
for 3-game series.