Evening star., 1945-08-21
Single Contest Today
Offers Relief; Hand
Tribe 7 Shutouts
BY JOHN B. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 2l.-When the
pressure is on the Mats have 1t. And
they will need it. too, for they have
10 games to go to complete this
longest tour of the year, and while
their performances may indicate
otherwise. the Mats are right well
worn by their battling in the West.
After two successive double head
ers. there was to be some relief
today, with only a single game
scheduled with Cleveland's Indians,
but the Mats 60 back to double duty
tomorrow.
There should be nothing in that
to upset them, though, in the MANI
her in which they moved along with
a big baseball burden bearing down
on them last night. Confronted by
score-board figures revealing dou-
BILE win by the leading Detroit
Tigers. they realized only double
win by themselves would keep them
within IL games of the pace
settlers.
So the pennant-m minded Washing
ton club struck vigorously to beat
the Indians, 7-to-0 and 6-to-0, In
twilight-night show.
Marino Pieretti in the first game
popped out OF sorry slump to
throw a three-hit shutout for his
eleventh win of the year to get
back to the 500 mark. He broke
three-game losing streak as he hung
up his first victory In his last eight
starts
Give Center First Licking.
The Mats hoped on Pete Center,
right-hander. to hand him his first
defeat of the year. He had six tri-
umphs George Binks struck the
most telling blow when he came up
In the fourth with the bases packed
and drove a grand-slam homer into
the right-field stand. 1t ran his
total of circuit clouts for the season
to five.
The pitching in the second game
was just as surprising. It was AL
Carrasquel, battered badly only the
day before by the Indians when
he assumed a relief role, who got
the hill assignment at his own re-
quest. He wanted to redeem him.
self and did so splendidly.
Al came through with a seven
hit performance. and although in
hot water on several occasions he
pitched himself out. Ten Indians
left on the runway testifies to his
capable job. 1t was AIS fifth win
Of the year and his third as a start
ing pitcher.
The Mats boosted their extra base
hit record at the expense of Steve
Gromek and Jack Salveson. OF
the pair of right-handers they got
five triples and two doubles among
their II hits, with Buddy Lewis
socking two of the triples. Gromek
took the licking before the fourth
inning was over.
Pierett Is Masterful.
Pieretti pitched a masterpiece.
Only four Indians got on the run
way. one through a pass. He was
par for seven and two-thirds in
nings, pitching only to % batters.
Then Felix Mackiewicz smacked
sharp single to left and became the
lone Indian to get as far as second
base when Gene Desautels got an
infield hit.
Dick Kimble, making his debut
as Washington shortstop, took
De Sautels' bounder in too deep
short for a throw to first and his
heave to second got to George Myat
just too late to nip Mackiewicz.
But Pieretti came back to strike
out Al Cihocki and he took over
three Indians in order to end the
game. Pinch tier Les Fleming
was thrown out by Hills Layne.
Stan Benjamin, another pinch
batter was. tagged by Kimble and
Buddy Lewis went almost into the
next county to haul down Mickey
Rocco's long drive.
In all, Pieretti pitched to just %
batters. A double play killed off
Roco, who singled to center in the
fourth, and Ed Wheeler, who walked
at the outset of the seventh, also
was shared in two-way erasure.
Pieretti threw four strikeouts.
Mackiewicz was his victim twice,
Center ended the sixth inning
swinging and JEFF Heath. Indian
slugger who could not get the ball
out of the infield his first two times
up, struck out in the eighth.
One Inning Is Enough.
The Mats, combing center for
eight hits and four walks, really won
the game in the second inning
when Binks, Layne and Ferrell
singled and Pieretti hit a long fly
for two runs. The four tallies that
came from Binks' grand-slam
homer in the fifth were unearned,
for an error put Kreevich on after
Pieretti had walked and two were
out when Binks hit.
Torres single and steal and hit
by Kreevich accounted for the
Mats last score that went over in
the sixth.
hlmple got the Mats away in the
lead in the second game in the
third inning when he hit over
F1eming's head for three bases and
raced on home as the right fielder
made an erratic return. In the
fourth, five hits for four runs put
Gromek out of action. Kuhel
singled and Binks hit to the CENTER
field wall for triple. Layne singled
and pulled up at third when Evans
doubled against the left field stand.
Kimble was given an intentional
base-filling pass before Carrasquel
fouled into the first out. Kreevich
bounced a one-baser over the third
sackers head to send in two more
Rms