Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Griffs. Belted
Into Cellar
By Marshall
By BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

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Star stan Writer
BALTIMORE, May 3l.-Jim
Marshall. an undistinguished
.215 hitter who had batted
across only six runs previously.
pumped across two at propi-
tious moments tonight and
bumped the Senators back into
the American League basement
as Baltimore captured a 4-3
decision behind the SEVENTH
of Billy O'Dell.
Marshall, who left with a
bloody nose in the ninth inning
when Ken Aspromonte's fly de-
on his face, Dashed a
solo home run into the right
field bleachers to open the last
of the eighth inning after
swatting a double to tie the
score at 3-3 in the fifth.
Lemon HOmerS
Jim Lemon crashed his third
homer in two games as the
Senators spurted into a 81
lead, but AL Cicotte couldn't
survive the fourth inning and
Truman Clevenger. his replace
ment, was dealt the defeat.
O'Den, who notched his fifth
win against six losses, retired
the last Is Senators in order
and allowed them only one hit
in the last five innings after
a shaky start.
1t marked the orioles eighth
consecutive triumph over the
Senators and their fourth this
season. They have whipped
Washington in IA of their last
16 meetings.
Marshall was forced to de-
part after he chased Aspro-
monte's foul down the right
field line. He missed a stab for
the ball and it struck his nose,
but he had inflicted more last
ing damage on the Senators
before he left.
Big Threat SqueIched
The Senators spurted into
a 10 lead at the outset after
Yost opened the game by walk
ing. Able Pearson whacked a
double to right and YoSt scored
when Roy Sievers beat out a
grounder to Shortstop Foster
Castleman as Pearson held
second.
What doomed as a big inning
was squelched, for Lemon hit
a grounder to Brooks Robinson,
who stepped on third base to
force Pearson, then threw to
Marshall for a double play.
Robinson then threw out Rocky
Bridges
The Orioles promptly tied
the score after AL Pilarcik
walked with one down in the
first. Bob Nieman dashed a
double to right and Pilarcik
romped all the way home.
Lemon opened the fourth in
ming with a shot into the right
field stands for his fifth homer.
a drive which Rugged the foul
line all the way, and the Sena-
tors added another run in the
inning when it appeared they
again would break loose.
Bridges followed Lemons
homer with a single to center
and Aspromonte sent him to
third with a single to left. The
bases we're loaded with none
out when Clint Courtney was
hit on the shoulder by a pitch.
Julio Becquer got Bridges
across with a sacrifice fly to
Nieman in left, but the Sena-
tors hopes for a furry of runs
evaporated when Cicotte flied
to Pilarcik and Yost grounded
to Second Baseman Billy
Gardner.
With two out in the fourth
the Orioles picked up a run
on successive singles by Gus
Triandos, Robinson and Lenny
Green. When Cicotte pitched
two wide ones to Castleman.
Clevenger was summoned from
the bullpen. He completed the
walk to Castleman but averted
further trouble by getting
O'Dell to ground to Becquer.
Walk Starts Trouble
Clevenger invited trouble by
walking Gardner to start the
last of the fifth. Misfortune
soon arrived, for Gardner took
second base on a passed ball
and Pilarcik beat out a bunt,
shifting Gardner to third.
Nieman took a protested
third strike. but Marshall
doomed a double off the right
field wall. scoring Gardner Pill
arcik was forced to halt at
third and there he remained as
Triandos fouled TO Becquer and
Robinson famed.
Clevenger retired eight ORR
oles in a row before Marshall's
homer dealt him a third loss
against two wins. He allowed
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