Evening star., 1945-07-29
Yields
Losing 1a||ies-
Early in TILT
Griffs Fothom Wilson
For Only 3 Sofeties,
Get Help to Score
By JOHN b. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

BOSTON, July 28.-Jim Wilson,
tall Red Sox Highlander, had the
Mats all but helpless at the plate
today as they took a 6-2 licking.
The defeat enabled Detroit, which
whipped the White Sox, 8-3, to gain
a full game and go four games in
front. The Mats, however, clung to
second place by half game as the
Yanks. who had a chance to tie
them, were kept by rain from play
ing the Athletics.
Wilson restricted the Mats to three
hits, all singles, and but for his
generosity with passes and an error
by his right fielder, there would have
been no scoring by the Washington
club.
Wilson gave up seven passes,
twice filling the bases with success
sive walks. and the second time the
Mats capitalized on his free-hand-
edness. Only one of the Mats hits
figured in a score.
The Red Sox did not amasS any
great hit total, but they did not
need to, the way Marino Pieretti
pitched. Before he was relieved in
the fourth, Pieretti gave up five
hits. Two of those were doubles and
one triple. He also gave six walks,
and two of the walks blazed the way
to Red Sox rallies.
Yields Five of Six Tallies.
All but one of the Red Sox runs
were made off Pieretti. The other
came off Al Carrasqpel. who walked
two and allowed one hit before he
left after finishing the sixth round.
And that second walk off Al be-
came a run.
Santiago Ullrich faced the Red
SoX in the last two innings and
limited them to lone pass.
Outside of their three hits, the
Mats never slammed Wilson solidly,
and their first hit was somewhat
scratchy. 1t was bounder off
Third Baseman Jim Bucher's hands
slammed by George Case in the
third inning. Case also got the
second hit off Wilson, a drive to
deep short in the seventh. 1t was
so deep Eddie Lake made no effort
to throw to first.
The third single came at the
start of the eighth and was hit by
Buddy Lewis. The blow was his
first in his major-league comeback
1t was the only safety involved in
Washington scoring. .-
Wilson never appeared to be
bearing down in his pitching. He
threw only two strikeouts. But
the Mats never looked dangerous.
Wildness Finishes Pieretti.
Pieretti's wildness first got him
into. trouble in the third. With one
out of the way, he walked Bob
johnson. Then Lazor lined a
double to left center and johnson
tore home. Camilli tripled over
Lewis head in right to send in the
second tally. A squeeze accounted
for the third, with Newsome bunt-
ing and Pieretti throwing to the
plate too late to get Camilli
Wildness finally finished Pieretti
in the fourth. Wilson and Lake
walked Wilson was tagged at third
as Bucher tried to sacrifice, but
Metkovich shot a two-bagger to
right to shove two runs across and
bring Carrasquel to Pieretti's relief
Three walks after two were out
in the opening round did the Mats
no good, for Binks popped out, but
three more passes in the fifth
brought a score. Carrasquel, Case
and Myatt filled the bases with one
out and Lewis hoist to deep right
got Carrasquel home.
Carrasquel did all right with his
pitching until the sixth. But then
he walked Lake, who rode to the
plate on Bucher's single and Met
kovich's long fly to center. That
finished Al.
Lewis opened the Mats eighth
with single, the third hit off Will
son, and continued to third when
Lazor booted the ball. After Cliff
walked, Kuhel's fly tailed Lewis.
Then johnson shared Binks' loft and
with a sparkling throw doubled
Cliff off first.