Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-18
Sievers, Yost Click
In Heart of Lineup
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Correspondent

BOSTON, April 18.-The Sem
ators' batting order, given a
severe shakeup yesterday. will be
shufied again tomorrow when
they clash with the Red Sox here
in a Patriots Day double-header.
Pete Runnels, who lost his clean
up role and dropped to seventh
as Washington spanked the
YANKEES, 7-3. will lead of against
righthanded Boston pitching,
with Eddie Yost remaining in the
fifth slot.
Yost had appeared to be a fix
tuie in the No. spot, where he
has drawn at least 1913 bases on
balls in each OF the last five
years. He has been the club
leader in that respect for seven
successive seasons but now he
has batted his way out Of the
leadoff job.
Il think Yost will do us more
good batting fifth," Manager
Chuck Dresser said. He has
the power to pump across runs,
and ! think he will. ;" !
Roy Sievers has inherited the
No. role and looks the part of
a cleanup hitter with his AIT
mark. In 10 exhibition games
he hit 1892 and drove in ri runs.
Roy is stunning pitches that
gave him trouble last season and
as a consequence has walked six
times in four games.
Too Anxious Vast Year
Sievers. a 1872 hitter last sea-
son, could be a sensation this
season. Last year ! was too
anxious" Roy said. # had that
bad shoulder and 7 was deter
mined to stay in the lineup. I
knew ! couldn't convince any
body with my fielding, so / knew
I had to make my way as a
hitter. I was swinging at every
thing they threw up there. with
the result that was popping up
and striking out too much"
Sievers has been a spectacular
fielder as wei as a formidable
hitter. Saturday night he con-
tributed a diving, rolling stab OF
Tommy Byrne's low liner to
choke of two potential Yankee
runs. Yesterday he romped back
to the leftfield wall to make a
leaping grab of Hank Bauer's
blast for the games first putout
and drew an appreciative hand
from the 1902 chilled Gus
toners.
Tom Implicit, who led off
yesterday, will bat sixth against
righthanded pitching. With right
handlers Willard Nixon and Tom
Brewer slated to fire against the
Senators Chuck Stobbs and Ca
milo Pascual tomorrow, Runnels
goes to the top and Implicit
drops down.
Runnels Pressing
Runnels. off to his customary
sour start, currently is tight as
a drum. pressing in an effort to
get squared away. Getting out
of town for a couple of games
may provide the tonic he needs
to bolster his .067 batting.
Shortstop Bob Kline, still
searching for his first hit Of the
year, must snap out of it imme-
diately or be shelved He failed
to get a ball out of the infield
yesterday and any continuation
Of that behavior will find Jerry
Snyder or Tony Roig taking over.
Ed Lopat. longtime Washing
ton nemesis, retired nine batters
In order after Implicit greeted
him with a single in the first
inning. Then the Senator's re-
vised batting order played tune
on him.
Vernon, Sievers Connect
Jim Busby socked a single and
Mickey Vernon then slammed a
home run into the Senators bull
pen. Sievers singled and Yost
rammed triple to center, scor-
ing after Runnels flied to Bob
Cerv in short left. Cerv, no
thrower. pegged wide to make 1t
easy for Eddie.
The Senators added three
more runs, In the fifth after
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