Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-31
Griffs Attack OrioIe Jinx
After Hammerinq Yankees

with seyen-hit pitching 10
notch an elusive third win.
They tanned their tormentors,
Whitley Ford and Bobby
shantz. although Ford escaped
the loss In the first game de-
spite yielding six runs In the
FIRST two innings. Bob Grim
was dealt the defeat In the
opener. while Shantz suffered
his first setback after four tri-
umphs.
7 RIBS for Sievers
sievers produced one OF his
more dazzling days as he
pumped across seven runs with
a timely display OF muscle.
Welcome, too. was the emer-
gence Of Lemon from a long
slump as he added a double
and a single TO his pair Of
homers.
In their ecstacy the Senators
terminated one Of their more
embarrassing Streaks, winnin~
q double-header for the first
time in 20 tries dating back TO
August, 1856. Chuck Stobbs
and Ramos, who beat Baltimore
on that occasion, also were the
Winners yesterday.
They were spectacles featur-
ing knockout blows. The Sem
atorS Shelled Ford for four
runs in the first inning. adding
two more in the second and
seemingly we're en- route TO an
easy win. but the situation
changed rapidly.
The Yankees bumped Russ
Kemmerer around for four
runs in the fourth. then grabbed
a 7-6 lead by roughing up Bud
Byerly in the fifth.
There was no intimation Of
the Senator'S splurge in the
eighth. Art Ditmar, Johnny
Kucks and Bob Grim held them
to two hits for five innings but
with one down in the eighth
Ed Yost walked and Albie Pear
son singled. Sievers then
rammed a homer into the left
field seats to provide the Sena-
tors a 81 lead.
ASpromOnte HOmers
Lemon followed with a single
and Rocky Bridges famed. but
Clint Courtney singled to chase
Grim. Along came Sal Maglie
and Aspromonte greeted him
with a three-run smash into
the seats.
The Yankees picked up a run
of Truman Clevenger in the
eighth, but the Senators con-
tinued their extra base barrage
against Maglie in the ninth
when Clevenger and Herb Plews
delivered back-to-back triples.
The Senators wasted no time
getting to work in the second
game. YoSt singled and after
Pearson sacrificed, Sievers
doomed his second homer.
Lemon followed with a mighty
drive into the leftfield bleach
ers.
Ramos was of to a shaky
start, permitting two runs in
the first inning after Andy
Carey walked and Tony Kubek
singled. They advanced as
Mickey Mantle grounded out
and Gil McDougald got them
across with a single.
Ramos, touched for five hits
in the first three innings, al
lowed only two thereafter.
NOTES: The Yankees ac-
cumulated l6 hits to the Sena-
tors IA in the opener, with
Simpson getting four for the
Yankees and Courtney chip
ping in with three singles for
the Senators. YoSt frac-
tured an 0-for-l5 streak when
he singled in the first inning
of the second game.
Sievers made an apparent
sitdown catch of Simpsons fly
ball in the Yankees four-run
fourth in the first game, but
Umpire Nestor Chylak rulCd
the ball had been trapped.
In one of his, rare outbursts
SieverS protested the call
vigorously.
Catcher Ed Fitzgerald will
be lost to the Senators for a
prolonged period. He was
clipped by a Norm Siebern foul
in the second inning of the
opener and the cash between
the first and second fingers Of
his right hand necessitated
eight stitches.
Bill Skowron got back into
action with the Yankees for
the first time since he was in
jured May IL. -. At the half
way mark against the Yankees,
Washington is Al. The
teams won't meet again until
July 8.