Evening star., 1953-04-19
Easter Injured
AS White Sox
Win Wild One
26WuIks Near Mark
Pitch Breaks Foot
Of Indians SIueger
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By the Assoeloted Press

By the Assoeiated Press
CHICAGO, April 18.-In the
new seasons widest game-there
were rs bases on balls, only four
shy of a major league record
the White Sox today capitalized
on one of the games six errors
to score an eighth-in run
for a 7-6 victory over Cleveland.
In addition to the many walks
which threatened to match. the
Detroit Philadelphia record of
80 set in 1916-and the errors,
there were two hit-batsmen and
one wild pitch.
Cleveland left IA men stranded
and the White Sox abandoned
IL. Seven times the bases were
filled. Although the teams COM
bined for r13 runs, only seven
hits were made, four of them by
Chicago.
Out For Six Weeks.
One of the hit batsmen was
big Luke Easter, the Indians
first baseman: He was struck
by one of Lou Kretlow's sinkers
in the fourth inning and suffered
a fracture of a metatarsal bone
in his left foot. The attending
physician reported he would be
out of action for at least six
weeks.
1t was a blow to the Tribe.
Easter was off to a fine start
this season, hitting. 455 in three
games with five hits in IL trips.
including a double and three
runs driven in.
Almost two years ago to the
day, Easter injured his knee and
was handicapped most of the
1851 season. Last year, after a
poor start, he was shipped to
Indianapolis. He stayed there
only briefly before being brought
back in late July. From then
until the season closed, big Luke
pounded 20 homers and drove
in ga runs.
The. White Sox, Tommy Byrne
yielded two hits and six walks,
Kretlow one and eight and Har-
ry Dorish, the eventual winner,
90.
For Cleveland, Early Wynn
gave mp two hits and two walks.
DAYS Hoskins. is; Ted Wilks,
10 and loser, AL Aber. O-5.
Fain Scores Winning Run.
Ferris Fain scored the decisive
run. He walked and went from
first to third when Minnie Mi
noso sacrificed and then knocked
down Bobby Avila charging into
first. Rocky Krsnich grounded
to Rosen and then Catcher Jim
Hogan dropped the throw to the
plate as Fain slid in.
In one of the widest begin
nings at ComiSkey Park in years,
the Indians grabbed a 6-5 lead
in the first w innings with each
team making only two hits. The
Splurge was accompanied by
total of nine bases on balls, two
errors, hit batsman and a wild
pitch. It set off yowls from a
sparse turnout of 4,915 fans
huddled in ,42-degree tempera-
ture.
Wynn. the Tribes 23-game
winner last season, didn't last
through the first inning and
Byrne, making his White Sox
debut, wild-armed himself to the
showers in the second.
Score Five in First.
After the Indians took a 10
lead in the first, Chicago scored
five runs in the last half, four
of them unearned.
Nellie Fox doubled and tailed
when Ferris Fain's roller went
through Bobby Avila's legs.
Wynn'S pitch hit Minnie Minoso,
Vern Stephens famed, but Jim
Rivera walked to fill the bases.
Sam Mele walked, forcing
home Fain. Minoso scored when
Chico Carrasquel bounced to
Ray Boone, forcing Mele at Sec
ond. While this was going on.
Rivera kept. running and scored
when Jim Hogan dropped Avila's
throw to the plate. Sherm Lol-
lar singled home Carrasquel.
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Dave Hoskins replaced Wynn
and made Byrne fly out to re-
tire the side.
Byrne Blows Up.
Byrne. who iscsued two walks
in the first inning, gave three
straight bases on balls to open
the second and then served a
single to Boone that drove in
Harry Simpson and sent Hos
kins to second.
After Avila walked to fill the
sacks for the second time. Lou
Kretlow replaced Byrne and
promptly uncorked a wild pitch.
That let home Hoskins and ad-
(See EASTER. Page C-2)