Evening star., 1957-08-25
Burning Bows
To Route Job
BY Cleyenqer

DETROIT. Aug. "a (SpeciaD.
In a game which started in
a steady drizzle and ended in a
heavy downpour, the Senators
defeated the Tigers, 6-3, today.
Truman Clevenger. a last-min.
ute choice to start for Wash.
ington. pitched an easy nine-
hitter and went the distance
for only the second time in his
S7-game major league career.
The victory lifted the Sen.
ators back into seventh place.
70 half-game ahead of the
Athletics, who lost, Az, to
Baltimore.
Since this was the final
Washington visit to Detroit. the
Tigers were determined to get
this game played, come heck or
high water. And they did, un-
der both conditions.
Only 3,O72 fans paid their
way into Briggs Stadium. The
Held was thick with mud. Pud-
dies in the coaching boxes. on
the inf1eld and in the clay track
surrounding the field were SO
deep that when the lights were
turned on in the seventh in.
ming there were perfectly clear
reflections.
SurefOOted in Goo
Strangely. the Senators. who
Slid all over dry field in losing
TO the Tigers, 1874, the night
before, were surefooted and
surehanded this afternoon.
Rocky Bridges raced into short
left-center to make a fine grab
OF q pop fly by Frank House in
the seventh. And Second Base
man Milt Boiling, racing far to
his backhand, made a terrifc
play to retire Jim Finigan in
the same inning.
The Senators hammered Jim
bunning. a 15-game winner
and reliefer Harry Byrd for 10
hits. Bridges, a 1893 hitter
against the Tigers this year and
.lS7 against everybody else, had
TWO singles and drove in two
runs. Lou Berberet walloped
his sixth homer and sent Tiger
outhelders to the fences twice
more to haul down long drives.
Roy Sievers had two hits and
scored two runs but couldn't
add to his 80 home-run total or
his 81 runs batted in.
Take Lead In Second
The Senators hopped into q
two-run lead in the second
inning on singles by Sievers and
Berberet. two outfield flies
which moved them to third
and second, respectively. and
Bridges two-run hit to left. In
the fourth, Berberet made It
30 with his blast into the lower
deck in right-center.
The Tigers got a run back
in the fourth on singles by
Frank Boiling. Harvey Kuenn
and AL Kaline.
In the sixth, the Senators
got two more to make 1t ST..
Sievers singled. took second on
a balk. and Berberet. ahead
on the count. was given an
Intentional fourth ball. Art
Schult's single to center scored
Sievers, with the heavy footed
Berberet sliding into third. Lou
slid home in a splash moments
later on Milt Bolling's sacri-
fee.
In the ninth, with Byrd on
the mound. the Senators added
a run on a walk to Bridges.
Clevenger's sacrifice and a
single to left by Bob Usher.
The Senators loaded the bases
after that on a single by Pete
Runnels and a walk to Sievers.
Berberet ended that rally with
2 belt which was pulled down
oy Johnny Groth against the
screen in right-center.
Clevenger Stops Fuss
The Tigers kicked up a two.
run fuss in the ninth on a
single by Kaline. a run-scorinQ
double by Groth and an in.
held out by Finigan.
But Clevenger, pitching his
fiirst complete. game since he
went the full nine for Boston
against Baltimore three years
ago. got out of the slight lam.
It was six-strikeout, one-walk
See SENATOR'S, Page c.