Evening star., 1954-07-18
Senators Score
Two in First 10
Beat Pierce
Walk Burs Shutout
As Chicago Drops
5 Games Off Pace
By Burton Huwkins

Bob Porterfield, waging a one
man war to deflate Chicago'S
pennant aspirations, bumped the
crippled White Sox five games
off the pace yesterday as he
pitched the Senators to a 81
victory at Griffith Stadium be-
fore 1920 spectators.
Porterf1eld pitched a tidy eight
hitter to notch his 10th triumph
as the Senators rudely termi-
mated Billy Pierce'S string of
Is scoreless innings with two
runs in the first.
Washington's sturdy right
handler defeated the White Sox
for the eighth time in nine de-
cisionS over the past two years.
Bob gave one poor performance
against them this season when
he was chased in the first inning
due to rare wild streak, but he
wasn't the loser on that occasion.
He whipped them five times in
six shots last year.
In defeating Chicago for the
third time this season, Porter
field missed a shutout due to one
Of the two walks he issued.
He passed Chico Carrasquel to
open the eighth inning and Min
ME Minoso later got Carrasquel
across with a double to left.
Sixth Loss for Pierce.
Pierce, who had blanked Balti-
more and Cleveland in his last
two outings. was clipped for nine
hits in losing his sixth decision.
He has won five.
Eddie Yost walked to launch
the Senators two-run uprising
in the first inning and Pierce
was in difficulty when Wayne
Terwilliger beat out a trickler
down the third-base line. Third
Baseman Cass Michaels placed
Pierce in a deeper dilemma by
firing wildly past Phil Cavarretta
at first base. enabling Yost to
take third and Terwilliger to
continue to second.
Yost scored when Mickey Ver-
non grounded to Second Base
man Nelson Fox, who had no
chance for a play at the plate,
and Roy Sievers' single to left
fetched Terwilliger home.
That 20 situation existed
until the eighth. Carrasquel
walked and. after Fox flied out,
Minoso doubled to left, produce
ing Chicago's lone run. Porter
field averted further trouble by
disposing of Cavarretta on a pop
to Terwilliger and getting Jim
Rivera to ground to the second
baSeman.
Snyder Bats in Sievers.
The Senators got their last
run in the eighth. With one out
Sievers beat out a topped
grounder down the third base
line and Jim Busby raced out a
bunt successfully. Jerry Snyder's
single to left scored Sievers.
Tom Umphlett lined to Mi
noso, but the bases were jammed
when Ed FritzGerald walked.
Pierce escaped additional harm
when Porterf1eld flied to Minoso.
NOTES: Maury McDermott
(5-1O and Chuck Stobbs (3-6)
will pitch for the Senators in
today's double-header with the
Indians starting at 1880 Art
Houtteman and Bob Lemon will
work for Cleveland.
Shortstop Pete Runnels was
injured in a freak accident. =.
While tossing the ball around
the infield before the third in
ming he checked throw to Yost
when he noticed Eddie wasn't
looking. E. a.. Pete strained muscles
in his shoulder and aggravated
the damage with a wild throw
past Vernon after fielding
MichaelS' grounder He left
the game and went to George
town Hospital, where x-rays dis
closed nothing serious.
When Porterf1eld singled in
the seventh inning 1t marked his
first hit since May IL, when he
slammed a home run of AL Aber
Of the Tigers. Despite close
ness of teams from fourth place
to the cellar, the Senators have
been in fifth place continuously
since June l.
Clark Griffith has, asked Com
missioner Ford Frick to take ac-
ton against a nearby radio sta
tion which broadcast a National
League game Friday night while
the Senators were playing the
White Sox here.