Evening star., 1962-05-21
By MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Staff Writer

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earned-run average leads the
American League. and Camilo
Pascual, who is tops in strike
outs with 43, clash tonight as
the Senators play the Twins in
the first Of six straight night
games in D. c. Stadium.
The Senators we're amazed
that the Twins played a four
game series with the Yanks
with the league lead at stake
and didn't use PaScual. How
ever, Camilo pitched on Wednes-
day. and apparently Manager
Sam Mele is insisting on four
days rest for his ace.
Washington earned a split
with the Athletics yesterday
before another disappointing
crowd. Only s,052 customers
saw the Senators lose a spar
king pitching duel between
Claude Osteen and Ed Rakow,
10. when Nanny Jimenez
homered in the top Of the ninth
in the opener.
Daniels Helps Twice
Bennie Daniels made his
second relief appearance Of
the day to save the second
game victory for Tom Cheney
as the Senators won, 7-5.
The kind of relief pitching
that Daniels supplied yester-
day is what Manager Mickey
Vernon has been looking for
all season. The Senators have
won nine games, and in seven
of them the starting pitcher
went all the way.
But Bennie, nursing a sore
elbow, was testing his arm for
his next start, which probably
will be later this week. Vernon
cannot afford to keep him in
the bullpen, but he may call
on him from time to time.
Daniels famed Rakow in the
ninth to prevent the AS from
scoring more than one run
in the opener. He pitched 2h
innings Of the second game. He
forced Haywood Sullivan to pop
up with the bases full in the
seventh, and he allowed only
a pinch double by George Alusik
over the next two innings.
Moves Work Out
Vernon, who has been &C.
cused Of staying too long with
his pitchers, made several op-
perfume moves in salvaging the
second game and gaining a split
with the AS. He used three
pitchers in one inning in the
second game, the seventh, in
which the AS scored only one
run.
Ray Rippelmeyer, who cut
the AS short In the sixth,
thanks to a sensational play by
Bob johnson, gave up two
singles and a sacrifice in the
seventh. Steve Hamilton re-
lieved him. and after striking
out Jimenez. gave up a single
and walk. Vernon then called
on Daniels, and Bennie forced
Sullivan to pop up.
Osteen and Rakow dueled
through eight scoreless innings
in the opener, Rakow gave UP
only five singles and no walks,
and because of two double plays
faced only three over the maxi
mum of 81 players. Fifteen of
the Senators drilled his sinking
pitches into the ground.
Osteen, who pitched eight
ScoreleSs innings in the exhibit
ton against the Reds last Mon
day. matched him pitch-for-
pitch except for four walks.
Only 8 Mistakes
Vernon and his coaches said
Osteen made only three bad
pitches in the entire game. One
was a blooper on a % count
that was a third ball. One was
hanging pitch that Gino
Cimoli smacked for a double,
and the other was q hanging
pitch that Jimenez clouted for
homer over the rightfield
fence.
Jimenez, the leagues leading
hitter, had five previous hits in
the series, all to left or center.
But he pulled his home run
over Gene Weddings head and
over the fence in right.
AS a result of pitching 16
straight scoreless innings, Os-
teen has only an exhibition
game victory and his fourth
defeat.
The Senators had two
chances to score in the opener.
Jim King and John Schaive
opened the fifth with singles,
but johnson failed to bunt and
then popped UP. Ken Retzer
then hit into a double lay.
After johnson singled in the
eighth, he took off on hit-and-