Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-03
Pieretti Mound Choice
For First Night Tilt;
Bow 10 Bosox, Al
BY JOHN B. KELLER,
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EN- ROUTE TO WASHINGTON
May 3.-Coming home to tackle
Philadelphia's Athletics in four
games before making their first
Western swing of the year, the Mats
had plenty of time on the train
today to wonder how they can de-
velop punch. They'd better muster
one soon, or they'll fall right out
of the league.
In their last five games, they
totaled but Is hits and as a result
four of the five games went the
wrong way. A 4-hit attack was
their best yesterday as they went
down, to 0, for the second straight
time before Boston's Red Sox.
It'll be up to Marino Pieretti to
try to stop the AS tomorrow in the
Mats first night game of the year,
but if they don't give him more
than they gave Mickey Haefner
yesterday, Marino will be left colder
than the weather was in Boston.
Haefner did lot of good hurting
for seven innings, but the Red Sox
finally fell on the portside knuckle-
baller in the eighth for the ball
game. Restricted to four hits and a
pass up to that inning, the Boston
band took over with two out and
two strikes on the batter to roll
up their fifth win in row.
The Mats were soft for Jim Will
son, a big right handler He al
lowed them just four walks, one in
territorial, in addition to the few
hits and only one batter got to third
That was Joe Kuhel, who opened
the seventh with a three-bagger,
then froze at the far corner.
Johnson's Triple Scores Three.
Wilson blazed the way to the Red
Sox winning drive by opening the
eighth with single. Skeeter New
some sacrificed and Benny Steiner
struck out With two strikes on
George Metkovich. it looked as
though Haefner would get off the
spot But he hit Metkovich on the
shoulder, then up stepped Bob john
son to bang a triple against the
fence back of left center-and the
ball game was gone.
Petey Fox then was passed de-
liberately and Jack Tobin got walk
that wasn't meant.
Tom Mcbride singled two more
across and any hope the Mats might
have had of coping were gone
Other than the keen pitching
there was nothing to mark the early
innings except couple of unusual
fielding plays, both at Boston's
expense.
In the second with Tobin on first,
the hit -and-run signal was hung up.
Tobin was under way with the pitch
and had wheeled around second
when Cripple shared McBride's
hoist Tobin sped back TO first base
Just ahead of Chipples throw, but
in his haste failed to touch the
middle bag. So Kuhel's relay to
Torres, standing on second, COM
pleted an odd double play. Incl
dentally, it was Torres alertness
that was responsible for the play.
Another Unusual Putout.
In the fourth, johnson lofted the
ball to deep left center and both
Case and Cripple broke for a catch
Case was first under it, but was
baked by Cripple stopping just a
couple of yards in front of him and
muffed the ball for an error. Re-
trieving it quickly, however, Case
heaved to Wyatt and johnson was
tagged sliding into second.
With the Mats getting only two
singles and a pass and only one of
them getting As far as second in the
first six rounds, Wilson never was in
trouble.
The first real bid for run came
in the Mats seventh that Kuhel
opened with triple. Binks bounded
to first and Layne flied out. Here
Torres was passed purposely and
Cripple got an unattended walk
that damned the sacks. Everybody
was stranded when Guerra bounced
to the pitcher.
The Red Sox threatened in this
round when tumble by Kuhel put
johnson on at the outset. Fox S
single sent johnson to third, but
Haefner held on. The next two
batters put up short outfield flies
and Mickey took care of Walters
bounder.
But the Red SoX didn't muff their
next chance.
POwells Hand Damaged.
Walter Cripple went to left field
yesterday because Jake Powell hurt
his right hand as he fell when trying
to get one of the numerous Red Sox
drives to left field Tuesday. George
Case stuck to his outield post de-
spite heavy cold. Rick Ferrells
finger is not broken, an X-ray re-
vealed. Bob Garbark, Boston
catcher, couldn't start yesterday as a
result of a finger hurt Tuesday.
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