Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-24
Boobies Again
Factor in
Senators Rout

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defeat by the Tigers. two more
boobies were flashed on the
scoreboard, with many more
borderline rulings favoring the
Detroit batters.
Pedro Ramos and Joe Black,
sure enough, we're raked for
is hits, the third highest hit
total by Washington opponents
this season. And they were
nicked for l3 runs, a total sur
passed among the Senator'S
rivals only by the Yankees Is
on the sixth day Of the season.
Boobies on Key Plays
But errors and the inability
Of the Washington inflelders
and outf1elders to make the
extra special plays in key situa-
tons cost the Washington
pitchers dearly. These were
the same type plays that had
become routine when the
Senators we're winning II Of
their first 81 games after the
All-Star game break.
In the third inning. with the
Tigers ahead by only 20, two
outs and Harvey Kuenn on
first. Second Baseman Herb
Plews strayed into short CEN
ter for Charlie Maxwell's pop
fly and then proceeded to drop
it. The boot led to two un-
earned runs.
Then, in the fourth. after
the Senators had closed the
gap TO trail, AS. Jim Finigan
singled and was sacrificed to
second. Third Baseman Ed Yost
couldn't hold Frank Bolling's
smash. which went for a sim
gle. Then Herb Plews knocked
down Kuer..'s one-hopper and
threw low, pulling First Base
man Art Schult of the bag.
That was ruled a hit, filling the
bases.
Game Out Of Range
Ray Boone famed in this
critical situation for what could
have been the third out. but
AL Kalin's line single drove in
two runs and Maxwell'S 2lst
homer into the rightfield upper
deck made a five-run inning
out of it. And now the Sena-
tors were out of range. trailing
by go.
Things didn't get any better
with Black on the mound in
relief in the seventh. After
Frank Houses two-out single,
Finigan blooped one into
short right. Rightf1elder Jim
Lemon gambled on a shoe
string catch, missed and the
ball rolled past him for a run
scoring triple.
Back in the second, Lemon
also had overrun Johnny
Groth's single and slipped try
ing to backtrack. That one
turned into a double that led
to two runs.
In the eighth inning, even
Shortstop Rocky Bridges. the
most reliable Of the Senator in
flelders lately, got into the act
After Frank Bolling's leadofi
double. Rocky fumbled Kuenn's
easy hopper and AL Kaline fol-
lowed with a three-run homer
which capped the scoring.
Big Night for Courtney
Led by Clint Courtney. the
Senators did a little hitting
of their own at the expense OF
Duke Mas, who was pitching
his ninth victory against nine
defeats. They raped out II
hits, with Courtney hitting his
fifth and sixth homers and
adding a single for gooc
measure. Clint drove in al
of Washington'S runs.
In the fourth. he followed
singles by Plews and Roy Sie-
vers with a homer. And in the
ninth, he led of a too-little
too-late rally with his second
homer of the evening.
But it was for naught. Ramos
went down to his 18th defeat
his third in a row. He ha'
won nine.
NOTES-Four OF Courtney;
six homers this year have beer
hit against the Tigers. These
six are the most for him II
one season since he came Il
the majors. He hit five for thu
st. Louis Browns in 1852 anc
five for Washington last year
|. Maxwell has hit six Of
his 81 homers against Wash.
ington, and three of Ramos
Bob Usher barely missed
a homer when Maxwell SHARED
his long drive against the left
field screen in the third inning
but had two hits in four trips
Since July rs. Usher has hikeo
his batting average from .221
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