Evening star., 1957-04-21
BIoopers Help
|Griffs Put On
|4-Run Seventh
By BURTON HAWKINS

Connie johnson sailed along
serenely for six innings at Grif-
fifth Stadium yesterday, allowing
the Senators only three hits
while his Baltimore teammates
compiled a Al lead, but then he
was buffeted for five hits in the
seventh as Washington scored
four runs en- route to a GA
victory.
/ Thus the Senators climbed to
a 500 level and a tie for third
place. Their elation was not
dimmed by the fact that three
pop-1y singles-week little things
but just as destructive as if WELL
kissed - figured prominently in
their 10-hit attack against john
son and Billy Loes.
Into their big inning against
the big righthander who BANKED
them twice last season the Sem
ators injected two lazy bloopers
to center which plopped in safe
ly. In the eighth, when they
picked up an insurance run
against Loes, another tantalizing
f1oater by Lyle Luttrell-his Sec
ond to fall in-got Ed Yost across
from second base.
Pascual Evens Record
Camilo Pascual, beaten in re-
lief by the Orioles on opening
day, emerged with the triumph
after being lifted for a pinch
hitter in the seventh. He yielded
all OF Baltimore's nine hits and
had the win preserved for him
by submariner Dick Hyde. who
retired the last six Orioles in
order.
Some 4,273 customers. plus
5000 youngsters who were en-
thusiastic guests of the club.
saw the Orioles clip Pascual for
two runs in the fourth inning
after Dick Williams singled and
romped to third on Bob Nieman's
single.
| AL Pilarcik's sacrifice fly to
Whitley Herzog in center enabled
Williams to score and Joe Gins
berg later pumped a double over
Herzog's head to get Nieman
around.
Come Alive In Fourth
johnson held the Senators hit.
less in the first three innings.
but Plews led of with a single
ito center in the fourth. Pete
Runnels followed with a single
to left. sending Plews to third,
and Yost's single to left scored
him and moved Runnels to third.
Thus the tying run was on
third with none out, but the
Senator's couldn't get it across.
Roy Sievers fouled to Brooks
Robinson in front Of the Balti-
more dugout. Jim Lemon flied
to Pilarcik in short right and
Clint Courtney grounded out.
That lapse appeared more re-
grettable when the Orioles in
creased their margin to 81 in the
fifth as Bob Boyd singled, Will
liams doubled and Nieman
smacked a sacrifice fly to center.
Baltimore boosted its lead to
Al in the seventh when Williams
singled and darted home on ME-
mans double as Runnels' relay
to the plate was high.
Sievers Starts Rally
johnson apparently was coast
ing. but Sievers opened the bot.
tom of the seventh with a double
to left and shifted to third when
Jim Lemon grounded out. Court
neys pop fly to center dropped
for single, scoring Sievers.
and Luttrell duplicated Court
ney's blow.
Julio Becquer batted for Pas
cual and thumped a looping
double to left. scoring Courtney.
Herzog's first hit of the year, a
single to right. scored Luttrell
with the tying run and Plews'
sacrifice fly to center scored
Becquer to stick the Senators in
front, 5-4.
Yost opened the last of the
eighth with a single and shifted
to second as Shortstop Willie
Miranda threw out Sievers.
Lemon famed and Courtney
was purposely passed but Lut-
trell, who previously found q
soft spot in the Orioles defense.
lifted another looper to center.