Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Sievers' 3Qth Defeats Asin 10Th;
Round Table Wins Grass Thriller
'Lumenti Gets
Greet Sturt in
81 Victory
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Roy Sievers provided the
lOth-inning shocker that lifted
the Senators to q 81 victory
over Kansas City yesterday at
Grifhth Stadium when he
rammed his seth homer into
the leftfield seats. but there
was a lingering glow, too. CEN
tering on the terrific pitching
of 20-year-old Ralph Lumenti.
Sievers opened the last Of
the 10th with a shot that put
him within one home run Of
Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks,
the major league leaders with
40, and boosted his runs
batted-in total to LOG. The
blow pinned a bitter 18th loss
on Ned Carver, who has won
five.
Lumenti, making his major
league starting debut after
pitching a scoreleSs inning
against the Yankees in relief
last week. allowed only three
hits in seven innings, famed
I'VE and walked three. He
trailed, 81, at that point and.
admittedly weary, was yanked
for a pinch-hitter.
Wins Raves From Cookie
He has the best change Of
pace Of anybody on the club"
Manager Cookie Lavagetto en-
Unused after the game. Hes
just terrific, that's all. And,
remember this, he was pitching
for the first time in three
weeks, with the exception Of
that one inning against New
York.
IF he can have fine control
like that with a long layof,"
Cookie continued, he figures
to get better with more work.
He looks like a finished pitcher
right now. I'd say Camilo Pas
cual is faster at the moment,
but when Lumenti gets five or
six more pounds on him he'll
be the fastest pitcher on the
club"
Hes a smart kid" Catcher
Lou Berberet said. HE really
fired for the first four innings.
When he started getting tired
he switched to the change-up
and got it over the plate. That's
invaluable for a pitcher with
speed. He has the best change
up I've ever SEEN"
Ramos Wins
But Lumenti wasn't around
to reap the reward of his sharp
effort. Pete Ramos came along
to hold the Athletics to one
tainted hit in the last three in
ningS and surged to his 18th
win on Sievers' smash.
For awhile, until Jim Lemon
tied the score in the eighth
with his 10th homer-his first
since July 25-it appeared Luz
menti was due to learn the
harsh facts of second-division
life at the outset. The Senators
stirred up a run against Gar
yer in the first inning, then
were restricted to three scat
tered hits for the next six
innings.
Lumenti, a lefthander who
signed with the Senators on
Labor Day for 5000, gave up
only one hit in the first three
innings but yielded a run in
the fourth after walking Gus
zernial and Lou Skizas with
none out. Hector Lopez flied
out, but Bob Cerv's single to
center scored zernial before
Hal Smith smacked a double
play grounder back to Lumenti.
ZerniaI Breaks Tie
The Senators scored in the
first inning after loading the
bases with none out. Ed Yost
doubled, Bob Usher singled and
Sievers walked. Lemons sac
rifice fly to center scored Yost.
but the others were stranded
when Berberet flied out and
Art Schult famed.
zernial boosted the AS into
a 2-l lead in the sixth when
he lofted his 22d homer into
the leftf1eld bullpen. but Luz
menti retired the next five bat
tiers in order to finish his Job
nicely.
In providing 3,021 customers
a possible harbinger of happier
days. Lumenti otherwise issued
a second-inning single to
Skizas. Lou stole second with
one out but was left as Lopez
famed, Cerv flied out and
Smith went down swinging.
With one Town in the eighth,
Lemon broke his seven-week
cr~,a-o-c {.