Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-21
Hinton Hitting to All Fields
And Batting Average Scars
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

LIE MI JUNE dun JIlS
night of June l, in the Twins
stadium in Minneapolis. Chuck
Hinton struck out his first
three times at bat against Jim
Kaat. He was an alternate in
the Senators outfield, was hit
ting around .235 and had one
home run. Defensively, he was
a risk.
Six innings later, in the top
of the 18th somewhere around
midnight, Hinton's third
straight hit was a home run
that won the ball game.
Since those successive strike
outs, Hinton has been hitting
1861 and has boosted his sea-
sons average to .295. Chuck'S
ninth home run yesterday, with
one on, gave the Senators a
5-4 victory over the struggling
Tigers.
Hinton'S hitting, plus a su-
perb relief pitching job by Pete
Burnside, gave Jim Hannah
his first major league victory
in a middle relief role. Hannah
turned over a three-run lead
to Steve Hamilton, who retired
only one of five batters, before
Burnside made his second save
in six days with 225 innings
of hitless pitching.
MOsSi Victim Again
Hinton's home run was off
the upper deck in right, the
opposite field for him, and
came off Southpaw Don Mossi,
who lost to the Senators for
the third time. He owned them
last year with a 40 mark.
Of Chuck's nine home runs,
four have been to leftfield, two
to center and three to right.
How does he explain that?
Chuck says he can't, he just
keeps swinging.
Coach George Case also was
at a loss to explain Hinton's
all-field hitting, but he pre-
dicted that Hinton will lead
the Senators in every hitting
department.
He has so much talent you
have to stick with him." Case
said. Everything he does is
natural. He's going to lose
some ball games and have some
slumps, but you can't afford to
give up on him.
Early in the season we told
him to steal on his own, but
he was thrown out too many
times. Now we're helping him,
but there are times when he
can go on his own.
"Lefthanders, righthanders,
they all look alike to him.
He'll hit to all fields"
Cash Hits No. Is
Rollie Hemsley, another
member of the coaching staff,
said Hinton was finishing with
one hand off the bat, not look
ing at the ball, and not rolling
his wrists before his surge. Now
he's doing everything right.
The Senators won yesterdays
game despite 10 walks by their
four pitchers. which means
there was some clutch pitching.
Tom Cheney was pitching a
one-hitter when Hannah re-
lieved him in the third, but the
hit was Norm Cash's 18th home
run and Cheney had walked
four.
Purn Colby, the replacement
for Al Kaline, hit Humans
first pitch to Bob Johnson, who
turned it into a double play,
and Jim pitched three more
ScoreleSS innings.
John Schaive singled as a
pinch-hitter for Hannah in the
seventh, but was forced by Jim
Piersall. Piersall stole second
and scored on JohnSon'S single
for a 80 lead. Then Hinton
clouted his homer. offsetting a
pair of Detroit runs in the
bottom of the inning.
The Senators had matched
CaSh'S two-run homer with one
by Chuck Cottier over the fence
in left with Bob Schmidt on
base. Cottier almost ran past
Schmidt as Bob was waiting for
a sign from the umpire as to
whether Rocky Colavito caught
the ball. He didn't.
Has All His Stuff
Hannah was sharp in the
bullpen while warming up
Tuesday night and was hoping
he would get into the game,
but he didn't. Yesterday he felt
tired and hoped Cheney
wouldn't need help, but was
called on early. Once he was
in the game he had all of his
stuff.
It was the opposite for Ham