Evening star., 1953-05-06
16-Hit barraqe
Against Detroit
Cheers Harris
Porterfieid's Homer
Helps to Offset Own
Pitching Weakness
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stof Correspondent

LIE f6O11, May o. - NIlUCk
Stobbs, whose four-hit pitching
was spoiled by Bob Elliott's four
run homer at st. Louis in his
last outing, will try to end the
Mats first Western trip on a
happy note today when he bids
for his second victory at the ex-
pense of the frustrated Tigers.
However, it was raining this
morning and there was a posi-
bility the game would not be
played.
Ned Carver will attempt to
halt the suddenly aroused Mats,
who accumulated Is hits, includ-
ing a Bob Porterfield grand slam,
plus a triple. double and single
by Jackie Jensen yesterday en-
route to a 14-4 conquest of De-
troit before 2,605 jeering GUS
toners.
The Mats have split eight
games on the Western portion
of their journey and will rely on
StobbS to send them back East
with a one-game margin for the
tour. The Washington club will
return home for an off day to-
morrow, then invade Philadel-
phia for four games over the
week end.
Harris Hopes 1t Will Last.
Manager Bucky Harris is hop
ing that the Mats barrage of
three doubles, two triples and
a home run which figured in two
six-run innings yesterday means
his club has begun a spell of i'm
proved hitting which will win a
few more games.
Harris could find little in the
pitching of ,Porterfield to war
rant optimism. Bob was slammed
for 16 hits, including three each
by Harvey Kuenn and Walt
Dropo, but went the distance to
notch his second victory.
The. Mats finally beat a left
handler after five previous fail
ures, however, as Bill Wight be-
came the victim of their first
six-run eruption in the fourth
inning. It was in the fourth
that Porterf1eld supplied the first
home run of his major league
career.
Hits Bases-Loaded Homer.
Bob selected the proper mo-
ment to hit his homer, for the
Mats had tied the score on Jen-
sens triple and Clyde Vollmer's
single. Pete Runnels' single and
a walk to Les Peden jammed the
bases with two out before Porter
field unloaded his 380-foot blast
into the upper deck of the left
field stands, The Washington
club picked up another run in
the inning off Milt Jordan when
Ed Yost walked, went all the
way to third when Jordan threw
wild past first attempting to pick
him off and scored on Jim
Busby's single.
The Mats made it I'll in the
sixth off Hal Erickson when
Peden doubled, Porterfield sin
gled and Yost provided an out
field fly which enabled Peden to
score from third.
The well-whacked Porterfield
was clipped for two runs on four
successive singles in the sixth
inning when the Tigers reduced
the Mats advantage to 7-3, but
singles by Mickey Vernon, Voll-
mer and Wayne Terwilliger gave
the Mats a flve-run margin in the
seventh.
Mats Score Six Runs Again.
Paul Foytack and Dick Mar
lowe were the embarrassed pitch
ers when the Mats produced their
second six-run inning in the
eighth. Peden started it off with
a walk and with one out Yost
singled. Busby flied out, but Jen-
sen and Vernon doubled, Voll-
mer walked, Runnels tripled and
Terwilliger singled before Peden
flied out.
The Tigers obtained their final
run in the eighth when Matt
Bats doubled and scored on
Jerry Priddy's single.
NOTES: All Mats except Peden
batted In at least one run and