Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
Attempting to Keep
Red Sox Win|ess on Road
Relief Pitching
Of ChukuIes Puts
Senators in 5th
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Pedro Ramos. a previous three.
hit winner over the Red Sox,
will strive to keep an old Bos-
ton malady functioning tonight
when he starts for the Senators
at Griffith Stadium. The Red
Sox, sizzlers at home, again are
finding it a rocky road, with four
games played on foreign fields
and as many lost.
Tom Brewer, a Highlander
who trounced the Senators three
times last season, will attempt
to present the Red Sox their
first road victory and their ini-
tial triumph over the Senators.
4-3 winners last night before
8,701 on the brilliant relief
pitching of Bob Chakales.
Chakales' two-hit pitching
over the last six innings. after
supplantinng an ineffective
Chuck Stobbs, enabled the Sem
atorS to climb to fifth place
while swapping a four-game los
ing streak.
Third Win for Chakales
Chakales may have pitched
himself right out of the bullpen
with his third win-one more
than he won all last season. He
was cuffed around brutally by
the Tigers in his last appearance,
but in three of his last four out
ings he has sparkled.
Bob needed all the resource
fitness he could summon in the
ninth inning when Billy Good
man tripled to the Senators
Ibullpen with one down. He dis
posed of Frank Malone on q
grounder to Shortstop Jerry
Snyder. Billy Console, running
for Goodman. didn't have q
chance to move.
That left it up to Dick Ger
merit and Chakales tried to get
tricky with him. When he saw
Dick step back for a second
after he had two strikes, Chak-
ales quick-pitched him. 1t was
legal, for Gernert hadn't called
time, but Bob's pitch was wide
for a vigorously protested ball.
Brave Try by Gernert.
Gernert gave a brave effort in
an attempt to shove Boston in
front. He slammed a distant
drive to right, but Jim Lemon
, Iretreated to within a couple Of
feet in front of the Washington
, ibullpen to haul it in.
Chakales took over from
. Stobbs in the fourth inning after
? Don Buddin doubled and moved
! to third on Sammy Whites sim
gle. Buddin scored when Good
/, man forced White, but there Red
Sox scoring ceased.
5 The Senators had scored in
the first inning on Pete Runnels'
| double and singles by Roy Sic
! vers and Jim Lemon, but the
Red Sox tied it up in the second
when Jackie Jensen, Jim Piersall
! and Ike O'clock singled.
Senators Overcome Lead
; Gernert pumped a home run
into the new leftfield seats in
. the third inning and Boston's
lead mounted to 81 In the
fourth.
The Senators responded to
Chakales' fine pitching with q
run in the fifth and two in the
sixth. Chakales started things
in the fifth when he singled. Ed
Yost walked and Ernie Oravetz
sacrificed. Chakales scored on
Runnels' single.
O'clock, the loser, was chased
in the sixth when Lemon walked
and Clint Courtney doubled.
Lemon scored the tying run
when Karl Olson grounded out.
Courtney scored what proved to
be the winning run when Snyder
punched a single to center.
NOTES.-The Red Sox sold in
fielder Grady Hatton to the
Cardinals for an undisclosed sum.
He planned to join his new
teammates today. Ted Will
liams was cheered Justify when
he batted for Norm Zauchin In
the seventh mining.
=. Chuck Dresser was booed by
Boston rooters when he ordered
Williams to be passed. but the
strategy paid off when Jensen
flied to Oravetz.
Mickey Vernon also got a nice
hand when he took over for
zauchin at first base in the
seventh. Runnels' two hits
lifted his average IA points to
1888. Gernert's homer was
his sixth and the 37th hit here.
i. Eight more homers will tie
the total production Of all teams
lat Griffith Stadium last season.