Evening star., 1952-07-19
Mats Cheered as Yost
Licks Slump, Scared
|By Jensen S Injury
Bv Burton Howkins

The long-awaited finish of Eddie
Yost's batting slump apparently
has arrived. The Mats muscular
third baseman has batted a re-
freshing .412 in his last i've games
and Manager Bucky Harris il
hoping there's some permanency
attached to the improvement.
Yost. who has been struggling
most of the season to escape the
ranks of 100 hitters, has collected
seven hits in his last II attempts
Among those blows have been
three doubles and a triple.
It may be that steady diet o1
left-handed pitching has cured
Eddie's batting troubles, The
Mats will be confronted by a sixth
consecutive southpaw starter to-
night when the Browns send Gene
Bearden against Julio Moreno.
Jensen Creates Scare.
Only . game out of third place
after beating st. Louis, 6-5, last
night before $500 customers, the
Mats received scare in the course
Of edging the Browns, with rugged
Jackie Jensen causing it.
Jensen attempted a futile divint
catch Of AL Zarilla's third doubl,
in the ninth inning. He somer'
saulted as the low liner crashed
against his head. recovered quick
ly to return the ball to the in
field then crumpled to the turf
It was an anxious moment, with
the Mats leading hitter stretched
out. So anxious, In fact, tina
Harris left the bench for the frs
time in three years to examine al
injured player. Jackie soon go
to his feet, however. and resumed
play.
Marion Uses 20 Players.
Barring stiffened neck muscle
as the result of his awkward
somersault, Jensen is expected t,
Iplay tonight. He contributed
three of the Mats Is hits in al
assault against four pitchers Al
Manager Marty Marion used 2:
players, one short of the majol
league record.
It was grave moment for tht
Mats. too, with the Browns trail.
ing by a run and Zarilla on sec.
ond base with none out in tn.
ninth. But Sandy Consuegrs
preserved victory for Randy Gum
pert when Gordon Goldsberry ant
Cass Michaels flied to center ane
Gil Coan raced in to spear Oar.
rell Johnson's liner to left.
The Mats chased Stubby Over.
lmire quickly in dealing him a thirt
defeat. Stubby. who hasn't wor
a game yet, was Staked to a leat
in the first inning when jim
Rivera's safe bunt, Jim Delsing'l
Igrounder and Dick KryhoSki'I
single produced a run.
NatS x1kG NOmm1nOs
That margin vanished irnmedi-
ately, for the Mats fashioned two
runs in the first inning on singles
by Busby. Jensen and Ken Wood
plus Pete Runnels' outfield fly.
The Mats moved into 81 COM
mand in the second when Gum
pert's single and Yost's run-pro-
ducing double disposed Of Over
mire. but a walk to Kryhosh and
Clint Courtney's triple pried a
run from Gumpert in the third.
Singles by Jensen, Runnels and
Vernon lifted the Mats into a AZ
advantage in the fourth, but the
pesky Browns came back with an
other run in the fifth when Court
ney singled and Zarilla doubled.
Coan beat out a bunt, Vernon
tripled and Mickey Grasso singled
to give the Mats a 6-3 edge in the
seventh. but the Browns scored
twice in the eighth on Bob Me
mans base-loaded pinch double
The Mats and Browns will clash
in a double-header tomorrow
with Connie Marrero and Bob
Porterfield due to oppose the
Browns Duane Pillette and Bob
Cain.