Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

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INNER. 1t has spread through
! sudden the team has posted
Stound the baseball world.
won nine in a row in 1949 has
a streak of such proportions.
ever, he believes the club can
pick up after the break.
While the Senators are roll
ing, the Angels have gone into
reverse with eight straigt
losses, one short of the long
est losing streak in their three
year history.
The Senators still need a
long-range camera to spot
ninth place - seven games
away - but now they have
renewed hope Of leaving the
cellar in the 76 games remain
ing.
King, the only player of the
original cast who has been
through the three seasons of
the new Senators, said he could
detect a little something diff
ferent about the team, but
he couldn't put his finger on
1t - a little more chatter on
the bench, a slightly different
outlook. He guessed it was
momentum.
The Senator's have had six
different winning pitchers in
their seven games, with Daniels
the only repeater. Ron Kline
has victory and two saves,
and Rudolph a victory and a
save. Rudolph retired eight in
a row in the second game yes
terday.
Seven RBI For Day
thinner batted in seven runs
with a pair of doubles in the
opener and his first inning
grand-Slam in the nightcap.
For most of their three years
the Senators have been hurting
at third base. They're had
more than a dozen assorted
infielders. converted outfield-
ers, rockies and guys on the
way out playing the bag.
The position became an OBJ
session with the pitchers. If
they had a glove man behind
them at third, they felt he
couldn't hit. And if they had
a man with a bat, they could
predict his defensive defici-
enceS at the position.
But along came thinner, a
32-year-old National League
caStoff.
thinner has been in IL games
with the Senators, has II hits,
three homers and IL runs
batted in. He has made some
errors, but none in key spots
Even when he has to knock
the ball down to stop it, he
has the arm to get the ball
to first in time.
The scrappy Zrnmer is an
old school National Lacquer
who plays Hodges way. The
pitchers now have a friend at
third, a guy who can provide
adequate protection and drive
in some runs.
King Squares It
The Senators have scored 36
runs in their seven straight
victories. While that's not
fence busting. it's a big i'm
provement.
The first game yesterday was
a perfect example. An error by
Hobie Landrith led to three
Los Angeles runs in the third
inning, driven in by Bob
Perry's second home run of
the season.
So Daniels was behind 80,
and he gave up another hit in
the third inning. The bench
observed he was not overly
sharp.
But in the Senator'S third,
Daniels was hit by a pitch,
Dick Phillips singled to center,
and King hit his longest homer
of the season to tie it, a clout
that was still rising as it
thumped into the mezzanine
seats in right. The homer was
Jim's 18th, tying his 1856
career high with the Cubs.
Now Bonnie was back in the
ball game, and his pitching
perked up. He held the Angels
scoreleSs the rest OF the way
and struck out IL, a personal
high in three seasons with the
Senators.
Lock Breaks Tie
Lock hit his 18th homer in
the fourth to give Bonnie a
4-3 lead, and Zimmer's three
runs batted in with his pair
of doubles gave him a working
margin, as a result, Daniels
breezed to mis- third victory in
the last 10 days.
Hodges has some maneuver-
ability now with 30 Osborne
in a slump, he gave Phillips
the first-base job for three
games, and Phillips made i'm
portant contributions in each.
Hodges is dividing second
between Don Blasingame and
Mary Breeding. Don played
the first game, and Breeding
the second, which he opened
with a triple
Duckworth wilted after six