Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-28
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doesn't count much with me
Give me those fellows who bat
across one or two runs il, games
that are won, 81. 80 or AS.
Give me the fellows who can get
long outfield fly with a man on
third or move a runner into scor-
ing position in a tight game"
One Statistic Neglected
Dresser says there's one sta
tistic that's neglected in baseball.
There should be an accounting
of runs left on base as we'll as
runs batted in" Chuck says.
Seventy runs batted in at the
right time might be more valu-
able to a club than 100 batted
in when it doesn't mean much. F"
Dresser plans a long chat with
SieverS today. In fact, it's going
to be quite a conversational
whirl for the Senators boss. He
isn't exactly fascinated by Eddie
Yost's hitting and also will take
him aside for a stern lecture.
Half a dozen times this season,
with runners in scoring position,
Dresser has given Yost the hit"
sign with the count three balls
and no strikes. or when it was
81 or 20. Each time Edie has
neglected to swing, and it's IT.
ritating Chuck.
Yost is giving Sievers a rous-
ing battle of it for No. l Slumper
among the Senators. His lone hit
in his last % efforts was a pop
fly which plopped safely in short
centerfield for a double.
Another Streak of Futility
The Senators. who previously
accumulated strings of 20 and
10 scoreless innings, will carry
a bundle of 10 into tonight's
tussle. After twice coming from
behind to tie the Indians at 3-3
in the third and at SIS in the
seventh inning yesterday. they
travelled 10 more innings without
scoring and were held to three
hits over that stretch.
Meanwhile, Johnny Schmitz,
who followed Bob Porterfleld and
Camilo Pascual to the mound,
gave the Senators a magnificent
relief job. He stopped the In
dams on two hits for seven in
ningS before being lifted for a
pinch-hitter.
Chuck Stobbs checked them
for three more, then Joe Altobelli
doubled to open the last of the
18th, Jim Hogan sacrificed, Hank
FoileS and AL Smith were pur-
poSely passed and Bobby Avila
sent the 1898 customers home to
a late dinner with long fly to
Tommy Implicit in left. Alto
belli romped across standing.
ROsen, Vernon Tee off
AL Rosen clipped Porterfield
for a two-run homer in the first
inning and the Indians grasped
a 30 lead in the second when
George Strickland walked and
came around on singles by Alto
belli and Hogan.
Singles off Early Wynn by
Ernie Oravetz and Pete Runnels,
followed by Mickey Vernon's shot
into the rightf1eld stands, tied
the score in the third. The In
dians moved in front in the fifth
after Smith doubled. Avila
walked and Larry Dolby singled
to score Smith and chase Porter
field. PaScual famed Rosen, but
walked Ralph Kiner and Strick-
land to force across a run.
Carlos Paula, batting for Jerry
Snyder. belted his first major
league home run in the seventh
and the Senators again tied the
score with another run in the
same inning after Yost walked
and Wynn was yanked. Oravetz
welcomed Don Mossi with a sim
gle and after Runnels forced
Oravetz, Vernon singled across
Yost.
NOTES: Porterfield, Pascual
and SchmitZ famed 10 Indians
in the first seven innings, but no
strikeout was credited to Wash
ington pitcher in the last 10
:. The game consumed
4 hours 46 minutes. . Tony
Roig, who took the Senators out
OF a jam in the 18th inning by
starting a difficult double play
on kiner, will take over at short
stop tonight.
Then Senators lone threat in
the last 10 innings developed in
the 18th, when Stobbs walked.
+. Roig and Yost famed, but
Oravetz moved Chuck along with
a single before Strickland
grabbed Runnels' liner. Ora
Vetz contributed four of the Sem
ators' IL hits, while Altobelli got
three of Cleveland's.