BYRNE WALKS 10 IN CG WIN
Browns Sweep DH From Nats
ST. LOUIS, July 17 (AP) - Tommy Byrne walked 10 Washington Senators but still
managed to toss a complete game 3-hitter as the St. Louis Browns won the
nightcap of a doubleheader, 5-3, at Sportsman's Park. The Browns survived
a late-inning meltdown to win the opener as well, 10-9, in ten innings.
Byrne became the first pitcher this season to walk at least ten batters in a
complete game victory.
Washington took the lead in the first inning thanks to an unearned run.
Eddie Yost led off the game by drawing Byrne's first base on balls and then Gil
Coan reached when St. Louis first baseman Dale Long fired the lead throw on a
would-be double play ball into left field. The miscue was one of six
Browns errors on the day. Irv Noren sacrificed the runners to second and
third and Mickey Vernon's roller to short scored Yost.
The Browns took the lead, for good as it turned out, in the second off
Washington starter Fred Sanford. Ray Coleman singled to open the frame and
was doubled to third by Matt Batts. Long fanned, but Fred Marsh bounced a
single into right field, plating Coleman with Batts halting at third. Tom
Upton singled to center to score Batts; Marsh advanced to second on the
play. Byrne then helped his own cause with a single to right, chasing
Upton home. Sanford stopped the bleeding at that point, but St. Louis held
a 3-1 lead after two innings.
The Senators crept to within a single run in the third. Noren reached on
an infield single and Vernon and Sam Mele drew consecutive walks to fill the
bases with no outs. But Byrne induced Sam Dente to roll into a 6-4-3
double play. Noren scored to cut the St. Louis lead to 3-2, but the damage
had been minimized; Gene Verble grounded out to end the inning.
The Browns extended their lead to three runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Upton walked to open the inning and Byrne bunted him to second. Bobby
Young's double to center plated Upton with the fourth St. Louis run of the game
and, one out later, Jim Delsing's two-bagger sent Young home to make it 5-2 in
favor of St. Louis.
The Senators edged closer in the seventh. Pinch hitter Mike McCormick and
Yost drew back-to-back walks to start the inning. Coan's grounder
eliminated the lead runner at third, but Noren singled to right-center, scoring
McCormick and advancing Yost to third. The tying runs were now aboard with
only one out, but Byrne struck out Vernon and retired Mele on a fly ball to
center to end the inning.
It was still 5-3 in the top of the ninth when Washington put together one last
threat. McCormick, who had remained in the game after his pinch hitting
appearance in the seventh, drew his second walk in as many plate
appearances. Yost Flied out, but Coan smacked just the third of the game
off Byrne by singling to right leaving runners on the corners with two
outs. With the tying runs on base and the go-ahead run at the plate, Byrne
moved ahead of Noren 0-2 and induced a double play ball to end the game.
The loss was the seventh straight for the Senators.
7/17/1951, Was51-SLA51, game 2, Sportsman's Park (A) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Senators 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 9 1 1951 Browns 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 5 10 2 8 3 Senators AB R H BI AVG Browns AB R H BI AVG Yost 3b 2 2 0 0 .252 Young,B 2b 5 1 1 1 .278 Coan lf 5 0 1 0 .299 Maguire lf 4 0 0 0 .310 Noren cf 3 1 2 1 .298 Delsing cf 4 0 2 1 .242 Vernon 1b 3 0 0 1 .305 Coleman,R rf 2 1 1 0 .302 Mele rf 3 0 0 0 .326 Batts c 4 1 2 0 .220 Ferrick p 0 0 0 0 .667 Long 1b 4 0 1 0 .171 Dente 2b 3 0 0 0 .269 Marsh 3b 4 1 1 1 .229 Verble ss 3 0 0 0 .153 Upton ss 2 1 1 1 .234 Kluttz c 4 0 0 0 .308 Bero ph 0 0 0 0 .227 Sanford p 2 0 0 0 .048 Byrne p 3 0 1 1 .235 McCormick ph 0 0 0 0 .340 32 5 10 5 28 3 3 2 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Sanford L 6-3 6.0 9 5 5 2 1 104 63 4.45 Ferrick 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 28 16 5.81 8.0 10 5 5 4 2 132 79 Browns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Byrne W 4-4 9.0 3 3 2 10 2 135 66 6.19 9.0 3 3 2 10 2 135 66 Was: McCormick batted for Sanford in the 7th McCormick moved to rf in the 7th SLA: Bero batted for Upton in the 8th Bero moved to ss in the 9th E-Maguire, Long. 2B-Young,B(9), Delsing(11), Batts(6). RBI-Noren(54), Vernon(47), Young,B(34), Delsing(34), Marsh(20), Upton(9), Byrne(3). K-Vernon, Sanford, Long, Byrne. BB-Yost 3, Noren, Vernon, Mele, Dente, Verble, McCormick 2, Coleman,R 2, Upton, Bero. SH-Noren, Byrne. GWRBI: Upton Temperature: 90, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. Attendance: 3,471 Game Time: 2:05