Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29
BerberetHits
|Homer,SineIe
To Top Tigers
By BURTON HAWKINS
Star Stan Correspondent


Foytack, ia t-balling Detroit
highlander, struck out Is Sena-
tors-as many Washington play
ers as ever have been famed in
a nine-inning game-but lost a
6-5 decision on a weird afternoon
when the Tigers IA hits doubled
the Washington production.
Not since Fred Glade of the
st. Louis Browns struck out Is
Senators in 1904 has any pitcher
ever compiled that many strike
outs against Washington, but in
such a peculiar spectacle the
Griffs snapped a five game los
ing streak.
1t marked the third time in
history that Is Senators have
been whitfield, with Hugh Daley
Iof Chicago. then in the Union
Association, achieving the feat
in 1884.
Foytack, 25-year-old product
of Scranton, Pa. sandlots, eS-
tabliShed a club record. Enter.
ing the ninth inning he had a
shot at tying Bob Feller's mod
ern major league mark of 10
strikeoutS, but couldn't notch
another. OF the IL Senators who
batted, only Pete RunnelS didn't
fan at least once.
Lemon, Berberet Homer
Foytack famed the side twice.
but before he accomplished it in
the second inning Jim Lemon
belted his 18th home run, Herb
PlewS walked and Lou Berberet
crashed his fourth homer to
provide the Senators a 80 lead.
He then whitfield Jose Valdivielso,
Pete Ramos and Ed Yost. In the
sixth inning Lemon, Plews and
Berberet all went down swinging.
AL Kaline and Frank House
each collected four hits in five
attempts for the Tigers and
Charley Maxwell slammed his
18th homer as Detroit surged
back to take a 5-3 lead, but the
Senators rallied for three runs
with two out in the eighth to give
,lChuck Stobbs his eighth win.
He replaced Ramos, who yielded
10 hits, in the seventh.
: Sievers Chief Victim
: Foytack's chief victim was
slump-shackled Roy Sievers. who
struck out three times before
! walking in the eighth to touch off
! the Senator's winning outburst.
Sievers has struck out his last
f1ve official trips to the plate
six Of the last seven and seven
OF 10 since he smashed a home
run against Herb Score at Cleve-
land Wednesday.
Berberet picked up where Clint
Courtney left off last night
Courtney ripped off four straight
singles in a 5-4 loss to the Tigers.
but was replaced today by Ber-
oeret. who batted in four runs
with his homer and single in
three chances.
After Sievers walked in this
eighth, Lemon singled and so did
Plews, scoring Sievers. The run
ners advanced when Kaline bob
bled Plews' drive. and Berberet's
single to right scored both to
stick the Senators in front. VAL
; dlvlelso walked-the sixth base
on balls given up by Foytack-
but Stobbs famed to become the
detroit pitchers final victim.
StObbs Survives Threat
Stobbs held the Tigers in the
eighth, but not without consid-
cradle apprehension. With one
down Earl TorgeSon singled and
with two out Kaline sent him
to third with his fourth single.
Ray Boone made a brave bid to
lit the Tigers to triumph With
long smash to left, but Sievers
drifted back to the fence to haul
in the poke.
Foytack's opportunity to tie
Feller's record-accomplished in
losing game against Detroit in
l938-vanished when Yost was
thrown out by Shortstop Harvey
Kuenn to start the ninth. Whitley
Herzog then hunted and was
thrown out by Foytack, and Run
nels flied to Maxwell in left.
I Lemon lofted his homer into
the upper rightfleld deck leading
See SENATORS par r.