Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-03
Yosf's Surge al Plate
Brightens Hopes for
First Division Berth
By Burton Hawkins
Sidr Sicff Correspondent


his 1853 home run production
Of nine and Is giving the club
renewed hope Of crashing the
first division.
Yost has compiled il hits in
his last 20 tries. obtaining four
yesterday as the Senators split
a double header with the YAM
KEGS. The champions Travelled
II innings to win the opener,
6-5, while Washington won the
second game, ia, as Dean Stone
notched his seventh victory.
It marked the 18th straight
time the Yankees have split
ble-headers. They wound UP
last season by dividing three and
have split all 10 Of the twin bills
they've played this year.
Yesterdays activity ended UNI
der the lights at 500. by which
time most of the 10.934 custom
ers had vanished.
POrterfield Seeks No. 10.
Bob Porterfield will bid for his
10th triumph against the YAM
KEGS tonight. with Bob Wiesler
due to fire for New York. Wies-
Ter, a left-hander. recently was
brought up from Kansas City.
The clubs will clash again to-
morrow, with the Senator'S re-
turning to Griffith Stadium
Monday for a double header
with the Red Sox.
Mickey Vernon extended his
batting streak to is games with
q single and triple in the opener
and a single IL. the second game.
Bucky Harris bullpen again
betrayed him in the first game,
when the Yankees rallied with
two out in the ninth to tie the
score on Yogi Berra's single,
then won on Berra's single with
two down in the eleventh.
The Senators clipped Ed
Lopat for two runs in the third
inning of the opener on singles
by Johnny Schmitz. Yost. Ver-
non and Roy Sievers. but a walk
to Gil Mcdonald and Bill Show
ron's triple produced q run for
the Yankees in the same in
ming.
Yost's Homer Ties Score.
Hank Bauer's double and
Andy Carey g homer lifted New
York into a 80 lead in the
fourth, but Yost tied the score
with a homer into the left-field
stands in the fifth.
Bauer walked. stole second
and scored on Irv Noren's single
to give the Yankees the edge
again in the sixth, but Yost
opened the ninth with q single
and Wayne Terwilliger popped
another into short rightfield
after twice failing to sacrifice
The runners advanced when
Vernon grounded out, but Tom
Wright batted for Sievers and
Johnny Sain famed him. Busby
beat out a slow roller to Phi
Rizzuto, scoring Yost, and wher
the shortstop threw wild past
first base. Terwilliger also
scored.
Gus Keriazakos disposed Of
pinch hitters Eddie Robinson
and Gene Woodling in the ninth
but walked Joe Collins, batting
for Skowron. Bunky Stewart
came in and gave UP successive
singles to Mickey Mantle and
Berra to permit the tying run
to score.
Berra Breaks Up Game.
The Senators were staked to
a scoring chance against Tom
Morgan in the 18th, when Riz-
zuto fumbled Yost's grounder tc
let Eddie reach first base, then
threw wild to move him to Sec
ond. Yost took third when Ter
williger grounded out and Yer
non was purposely passed. Carey
stabbed Wright's line drive ano
fred to Collins, catching Mickey
OF first base for q double play
Bob Cerv swung for Morgan
and singled of Camilo Pascua
to set the winning run in mo-
ton. Jerry Coleman sacrificed
and Collins walked before Man.
tie popped out. but Berra broke
up the game with a single to left
The Senators staked Stone II
a quick SO lead In the secont
game. Sievers socked his twelfth
homer into the rightfield bleach
ers in the second inning ant
Whitley Ford was chased durin!
a four-run uprising in the thir,
when Yost, Vernon and Bush,
singled, Terwilliger doubled an,
Willie Miranda helped with al
error.
| Yankees Get "a Hits.
| New York pried a run from
Stone in the third but the Sen
| ators. made 1t GIL in the fiftl
against Harry Byrd when Bush
singled. stole second and scores
on Pete Runnels' single.
| Stone gave the Senators nerv
Gus moments as the Yankee
scored a run in the fifth an
two more in the sixth. He ease
out of predicaments In the sew
enth and eighth innings and tn
Senators gave him another ri
in the ninth on Jim Macdonald
Both clubs got Is hits In til
opener. The Yankees added
in the second game, but five {
those hits off Stone were II
! field affairs and another was
pop fly which plopped safely ]
short rightfield.