Evening star., 1946-09-09
Pieretti Faces Chisox
In First Start; Mats
Finally Beat Yanks
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CHICAGO. Sept. s--Marino Pie
retti. pitcher, who has been bleat-
ing all season against his relegation
to relief roles. will be assigned his
first starting job of the year here
tomorrow night when the Mats
tangle with the White Sox.
1T been a long time between
starts" says the little Italian right
handler. ITO be exact, it will be
352 days since last started a game.
1t will be strange sensation"
Manager Ossie Bluege is reward
ing Pieretti for effective relief per-
formances recently. Pieretu has
pitched II successive shutout in
nings, permitting only six hits over
that span. Twenty-seven times this
season Pieretti has appeared in the
Mats lineup as relieving pitcher
and has only a won-one-lost- -one
record to display for it.
Against Chicago the Mats will be
pitting an infant winning streak of
two games, That was achieved yes
terday at New York when Washing
ton twice trimmed the Yankees, 81
and 9-S. before crowd of 3277e.
Early Wynn travelled II innings to
capture the opener and owed a huge
vote Of thanks to Stan Spence. who
produced both Nat runs with hom-
ers rammed into the right-field
stand.
Yankees Score at Outset.
Wynn. who has won six games
and lost three since Joining the Mats
in mid-July, is one of the clubs
brightest hopes for the future. He
he one of the few Mats who won't
be offered as bait in trade talk this
winter.
Wynn gave the Mats one of their
smoothest pitching performances Of
the season The Yankees got their
only run off him in the first inning
when George Stirnweiss walked,
took second on Bill Johnson's single.
continued to third on Joe Grace's
tumble and scored after Tommy
Heinrich flied to Buddy Lewis.
Spence tied it up in the sixth
when his smash to the right
ooxes trickled off Johnny Lindens
glove and plunked among the Gus
toners. With one out in the 18th,
Stan again blasted Floyd Bevens for
a homer.
The rarity of scoring six runs on
two hits was enjoyed by the Mats
in the first inning of the second
game. Lewis single and Priddy's
double were the only. hits of the
inning. which otherwise featured
Ave walks. a hit batsman. an error
and a steal of home by Billy Hitch
cock Rookie Karl Drews was the
victim.
Leonard Needs Big. Lead.
Washington, in presenting Dutch
Leonard a 60 lead, scored more
runs in that inning than it manu-
factured in any inning for five
weeks and it was just as we'll it
happened. Leonard. who had alb
Sorbed seven straight defeats. was
belted freely and at the end of six
innings the Yankees had sliced the
Mats advantage to 8-5.
New York clipped Leonard for
two runs in the second inning on
keller's single, Lindell's triple and
Phil RizzutoS single. The Yankees
added three more in the sixth when
Heinrich homered. Robinson singled,
Lindell doubled and Rizzuto singled
That was as far as Leonard went.
Ray Scarborough and Mickey Haef-
ner took over the Mats pitching in
the seventh and between em yielded
two runs before Grace, Lewis and
Mickey Vernon lifted Washington
to a 81 lead in the eighth. The
Yanks showed over another run in
the eighth on singles by Bill Dickey.
Heinrich and Di Maggie. but with
two out Keller flied to Spence and
the game was called because of
darkness.
Five years ago-Joe Louis was
reclassified Ia by draft board.