Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-17
McDouga|d
Keeps Griffs
Off Balance
Senators Cont
Coteh Yonks in
Weekend Serie.
by BURTON HAWKINS
star star writer

aided In some cases by brilliant
fielding. has contained q couple
Of Yankee tormenters In Mickey
Mantle and Yogi Berra. but on
McDougald keeps Fostering
them with consistent and dam
aging hits.
In q season when Mantle "a
batting go against Washing
ton and Berra Is struggling
along at a $50 clip. McDougald
has erupted at q .643 pace
against the Senators. with .
hits In IA chances.
It was McDoueald who helped
the Senators to q victory In
their FIRST meeting when he
bobbled q .grounder with two
out In the ninth. That enabled
the Senator'S TO continue on and
tie the score. and they won
out In the 10th.
II it's revenge for that lapse
that McDougald is seeking he's
getting 1t. He stroked a two
run homer last night which
was the vital blow as the Yank-
ees crushed the Senators, To,
before q crowd Of 2l.023.
McDougald's sixth inning
smash stuck the Yankees in
front, 81. and 1t was all the
help Whitley Ford needed to
get his 18th straight win over
Washington since September
20. 1854. Whitey's lifetime rec
ord against the Senators now
is 1873.
Bobby Shantz. another left
handler. will take the mound
for the Yankees today. The
Senators will counter with
Chuck Stobbs and unless he
checks the front-runners the
Senators are likely to be
bounced out Of second place.
Need Slick Pitching
The Senators are I'VE games
back Of the Yankees, have lost
six Of their last eight games
and desperately need a slick
pitching effort today. plus more
of same in a double-header
tomorrow, to regain lost
ground.
For five innings last night
the Senators could do little
wrong. Ken Aspromonte made
a sparkling dive on Norm Sic
bern's grounder to his left in
the second inning and threw
him out while prone. When
McDougald. who had singled,
attempted to dash to third. he
was cut down by Norm Eau
chin's throw to Ed Yost.
In the fifth Jim Lemon made
one of the finest catches Of his
career when he raced far into
right-center to haul in Andy
Carey's drive.
At that point the Senators
were leading, 10. They came
up with a run in the fourth
after Lemon and Zauchin sim
gled. Ed Fitz Gerald hit into
a second successive double
play, but Lemon took third,
then scored on Rocky Bridges
single.
Meanwhile, Camilo Pascual
was banking the Yankees on
three hits. For five innings ii
was a happy occasion for the
throng. but suddenly their en-
joyment ended.
Hank Bauer opened the sixth
by popping a double to center
and took third on Tony Ku-
bek's single. Bauer scored when
Mantle forced Kubek. and Pas
cual appeared about to work
his way out of the inning with
no additional damage when
Berra forced Mantle.
Senators Wilt
Then McDougald provided
the punch that elevated the
Yankees into a 81 lead. He
drilled a home run into the
leftfleld seats, scoring Berrs
ahead of him. and the Sena-
tors wilted.
When Pascual walked MarV
Throneberry and issued a single
to Carey in the seventh he was
yanked. Ford trickled a bunt
down the first base line against
Bud Byerly and Zauchin per-
mitted it to roll. 1t stayed
fair, although Norm beloved
vigorously to Umpire Larry
Napp that it was foul, and the
bases we're damned.
Throneberry scored when
Bauer grounded out and Ku-
bek brought Carey and Ford
around with a looping double
to right. The Yankees made
it I'll in the eighth against
Russ Kemmerer after Nc.
Dougald walked. Sieberr
forced him. but Throneberry':
double got Siebern around.
The Senators picked up 9
run in the ninth after loading
the bases with none out. Fitz.
Gerald and Bridges singled anC
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