Evening star., 1952-06-08
|SIeater Beaten
After ; Wins;
Rookie Victor
| Browns First Sturt
Successful as Wild
| Throws Help Cause
By Burton Hawkins

By Burton Hawkins
The Mats disorderly retreat
from the American League pen
nant race continued at Griffith
stadium last night when the
lPeskey White Sox jammed seven
of their nine hits into two scoring
innings to win, 5-3, before 9,404
fans.
It was the third straight loss for
the Mats, who were restricted to
seven hits by three pitchers. This
matches their previous longest
losing streak Of the season. They
still hold weakening grip on
fourth place. but now are four
games behind the leading Indians.
The White Sox were aided by
three errors in snaring their
fourth successive decision here,
where they have an unblemished
record. They dealt Lou Sleater,
who had compiled three straight
wins, his first defeat with the
Washington club.
Harold Brown, a right-hander
who won 16 games for Seattle
last season. was trusted with his
first start and got credit for the
victory although he wasn't around
at the finish. Brown retired after
the fifth inning with a sore elbow,
and a couple of left-handers,
Chuck Stobbs and Bill Kennedy :,
checked the Mats sufficiently.
Sleater Great at Start.
Sleater, who had won each of
his three games by one-run
margins since he was obtained
from the Browns last month, had
a one-hit shutout for five innings,
but the White Sox nicked him for
two runs in the sixth to grab a
I2-1 edge.
The Mats got a run off Brown
in, the fourth inning when Floyd
Baker singled to center, Jackie
Jensen sacrificed and Pete Run
nels singled. but with that run
they abandoned Sleater.
Browns third-inning single
represented the only damage
against Lou entering the sixth,
but Orestes Minoso opened that
inning with a single to right. He
went to second on a wild pitch
and Sam Mele brought him
around with booming double to
the left field corner.
Eddie Robinson, another ex-Nat.
beat out a bunt down the third
base line, sending Mele to third,
and Sam scored when Eddie Yost
threw wild past first base on the
play.
Sleater was lifted for a pinch
hitter in the seventh inning and
the White Sox dubbed his sue
cessor, Tom Ferrick. for three
runs and a ST. advantage in the
eighth.
MeIe Starts Trouble.
Mele opened that inning with a
single. to left and continued to
second when Frank Campos fum-
bled the ball. Hector Rodriguez
tapped down the third-base line
and Lollar scored from third
when Ferrick scooped up the ball
and fired wildly past Mickey Yer
non for two-base error.
Don johnson replaced Ferrick
at that point and clipped Sam
Dente on the arm to fill the bases.
Stobbs' fly to Campos permitted
Coleman to score from third be-
fore Chico Carrasquel ended the
hectic inning with a fly to Archie
Wilson.
| The Mats made a move to get
back in the game in the eighth.
Baker walked and, after Jensen
popped out, Vernon doubled to
center, Baker hating at third.
Runnels' hard-hit grounder was
bobbled by Dente, enabling Baker
to score and advancing Vernon to
third. Kennedy replaced Stobbs
and Vernon scored when Carras-
quel took Campos' grounder and
stepped on second to force Run
nels. Wilson brought the upris-
ing to an end with a fly to Minoso.
Kennedy didn't permit the Gus
toners to get excited in the ninth
inning when he disposed of Clyde
Kluttz. Jerry Snyder and Yost in
order.
1 The Mats flubbed a scoring op-
|portunity in the fifth inning after
Kluttz and Sleater singled with
lone out. They took an extra base
when Minoso fumbled Sleater's
drive. but the Mats got nothing
because of a base-running mix-up.
il Yost grounded to Carrasquel,
4 (See MATS. Page B-3)