Evening star., 1951-06-11
By Burton Howkins
Star Staff cerrespondent


EN- ROUTE TO WASHING
TON, June 1.-THE Mats were
on their way home today after
ending their latest losing streak
at seven straight in st. Louis, but
they didn't have much to cheer
about with the cellar only 3l2
games away and storm signals in
sight.
Moving in for three-game Sc
ries are the league-leading White
Sox, who have inflicted seven
straight defeats on the Mats. The
first game is tomorrow night as
today is an open date.
Chico Marrero will bid for his
seventh victory tomorrow when
the Mats will attempt to tack to-
|gether a two-game winning streak
for the first time in weeks. The
team ran its second impressive
string of defeats to seven yester-
day by dropping the first game Of
la double header to the Browns,
I10-9. but emerged a 80 winner
lin the 11-inning second game.
Johnson Hurls Good One.
The Mats chain of reverses was
threatening to expand to eight
with two out in the ninth inning
of the nightcap despite the excel
lent pitching of Don Johnson
who to that point had pitched a
five-hitter but trailed. 10.
But Sam Dente came through
at that point with a single which
scored Irv Noren from second base
with the tying run. The Mats
moved in front. 2-1, in the 10th
on Eddie Yost's double and Cass
Michael's single, but Hank Arft
delivered pinch homer to prolong
the game.
Gil Coan opened the 11th inning
with home run blast atop the
lrightfield roof and that smash
stood up, thanks to dubious
strategy by Manager Zack Tayld
of the Browns. D..
Ken Wood started the Browns
1lth with a double, but Taylor
disdained a sacrifice, swinging
away. Dale Long popped tt
Mlchaels. Sherman Lollar was
clipped by pitched ball before
Paul Lehner flied to Coan in left
Lou Sleater, a pitcher pinch hitting
for Fred Marsh, sent a long fly tt
Noren which gave the Mats theil
third triumph in 81 games.
Don't Score for Don.
johnson, giving the Mats a third
fine performance III as many ap-
pearances, posted his first win o1
the season. In 81 innings he has
permitted only three runs, but he
was forced to give the Mats 9
clever eight-hitter in extra inning.
before they came through for him
Until Dente singled Michael'
across. johnson had worked l,
innings without benefit of a run
but the Mats finally solved Stubb.
IOvermire to end their misery.
The Mats reached Ned Carver TO
18 hits in the first game, but tn,
St. Louis ace went the route tt
win his ninth game. At tim,
when Washington came up with
its biggest hit barrage this season
Manager Bucky Harris couldn'
locate a pitcher to check the
Browns and thus Carver escaped
with the .weirdest win of his career
4 Washington made six successive
hits in the second inning but got
only three runs due to zany bast
running. The Mats made four hit.
in the fourth inning but again
because of faulty running, pro.
duced only one run.
i Seven Hits for Yost.
+ Bob Kuzava left the game with
'Ia go lead, but Mickey Harris
promptly kicked that away in tn,
sixth inning when Jim Delsint
supplied a two-run triple ant
scored on Bob Young's grounder
2 A walk to Lollar, Marsh'S ground
! Ier advancing him, and Wood
: single in the seventh lifted 81
Louis to victory.
{ Yost finished the Mats trip witt
an outburst of seven hits, includ
: ing four doubles. in the double
: header. He will carry a string o
( four hits, the last three doubles
), against Chicago.
, The Mats completed their jour