Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25
RunneIs Bats In
Runs With Pinch
Single in Ninth
Stone Edges Hoeft
After ScoreIess Tie
Is Broken in Ninth
BY Burton Hawkins

The Senators overcame a
seemingly brutal break to
score two runs on Pete Runnels'
pinch single with one out in the
ninth inning to defeat Detroit.
2-l. last night at Griffith Sta
dunn. The victory lifted Wash.
lngton into fourth place at the
Tigers expense and presented
the club its fifth straight tri-
umph and longest winning
streak of the season.
Dean Stone. apparently VIC
timized by freakish hop which
enabled the Tigers to score their
run with two out in the ninth.
swept to his eighth win as the
Senators rallied after Clyde
Vollmer flied out to open the
bottom Of the ninth.
Billy Hoeft. pitching brilliant
" to match Stones fine effort,
lapsed to walk Ed FITZGERALD.
batting for Stone. Eddie Yost.
who had delivered two of the
FIVE, hits of Hoeft up to that
point. slammed his third straight
hit, a double to left-center that
sent FITZGERALD to third.
Carver Assumes 3-2 Count.
Wayne Terwilliger worked
Hoeft to a 3D. count and at that
juncture Manager Freddie
Hutchinson of the Tigers strolled
to the mound. took the ball from
Hoeft and waved in Ned Carver
from the bullpen.
Manager Bucky Harris of the
Senators countered by dispatch
ing Runnels to the plate to hit
for Terwilliger. Pete smashed
Kuenn.
Kuenn got his glove on the
ball but couldn't hold it. The
ball trickled into short leftfield,
enabling both FITZGERALD and
Yostt to score and permitting the
Senator'S to enjoy life in the
first division-although a re-
spectful distance from the top
three clubs--for the first time
since April 80. Al
Stone, who like Hoeft allowed
seven hits. appeared headed for
a Misunderstanding loss. Walt
Dropo singled to start the ninth
but Fred HATFIELD, running for
him. was forced by AL Kaline
and Bob Wilson struck out.
Single Hops Into Triple.
Frank Boiling dashed a liner
to center which dipped sharply
to drop in front Of Jim Busby.
What normally would have been
a routine single suddenly became
a triple when the ball took q
freakish hop over Jim's head.
scoring Kaline from first base.
Stone then famed Hoeft for the
fourth straight time to register
his seventh strikeout.
Stone. %, and Hoeft, %. waged
a superb battle. It was so even
that at the end of seven innings
both had permitted four hits and
struck out five, and 1t was be-
ginning to appear as If they
would remain locked all night.
The Senators didn't advance a
man to third base until the
eighth inning, when Roy Sievers
walked with one down and Tom
Implicit singled him to third
with two down. Implicit con-
tinued to second base on the
throw to third, but Hoeft famed
Jerry Snyder.
Stone likewise allowed only
one Tiger to reach third base
before the ninth. That de-
veloped in the first inning with
two out when Jim Delsing beat
out a bounder back of second
base and Ray Boone singled to
center, but Dropo grounded to
Terwilliger.
NOTES: Spec Shea, scheduled
to pitch last night but withheld
due to insufficiently healed
blisters on his right hand. will
try for his first victory today in
the series windup. The Sen
ators must win to retain fourth
place. Lefthander Ted Gray
will oppose Shea. . It will be
the Senators final game here
until August Is.
The crowd Of 1903 gave