Evening star., 1947-05-25
HurIer Fans Six,
Gets Third Win
In Two Years
Lewis Leads Attack
With Four BineIes;;
Vernon Slams Two
By Burton Hawkins
Sfor Sioff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-Little
Chick Pieretti, who shoulders heavy
slabs of beef in his off-season occu-
patton as slaughterhouse employee,
had a docile lamb in the palm of his
hand here today. The lamb was dis
guised in the clothing of the Phila-
delphia Athletics, who succumbed to
the Mats, SO, on the muscular Ital-
ian's shit pitching.
Pieretti achieved his first victory
OF the season and his third in two
years, neatly scattering the Ath-
letics' hits, striking out six and walk
ing three in becoming the third
Washington pitcher to register a
shutout this campaign.
The small, 156-pound Pieretti un-
leashed one of the more creditable
games of his major league career,
permitting only one PHILADELPHIA
runner to reach second and none ad-
vanced to third. Among his six
strikeout victims Pieretti embar-
rassed Eddie Joost considerably,
tanning him three straight times.
Fans Four in Succession.
Piretti accumulated four of his
strikeouts in order, whiting pinch
hitter Don Richmond, Joost and Ell
mer Valo after Gene Handlev had
singled in the third, then striking
out Ferris Fain to open the AS
fourth.
Buddy Lewis, who has compiled
nine hits in his last IA attempts.
spanked the Mats 14-hit attack on
Dick Fowler and Bob Savage. Buddy
smashed four straight hits, including
TWO doubles, scored one run and
batted across another. Mickey Ver-
non and Rick Ferrell each contrib
uted two hits.
With two out in the third inning,
the Mats staged a 3-run uprising
against Fowler Ferrell had
launched the third with a single to
left and Pieretti sacrificed him
along. Rick moved to third as Eddie
Yost grounded out, and the Mats
tnen got tough.
Grace Slams Triple.
Lewis pumped a single to center.
scoring Ferrell, and Joe Grace fol-
lowed with triple off the right
field fence, scoring Lewis. Vernon's
single to center scored Grace with
the third run of the inning before
Stan Spence flied out.
The Mats boosted their advantage
to 40 In the fifth at Savage's ex-
pense and with his aid. Yost walked
and Lewis double to left shifted
Eddie to third. Savage's wild pitch
at that point enable Yost to score
and Lewis to take third, but Buddy
was stranded as Grace flied to Sam
Chapman in short center, Vernon
hoisted meek fly to George Binks
in left and Spence lined to Valo in
right.
Washington produced its final run
in the eighth. Vernon ratified a
double off the right field wall and
streaked to third after Spence flied
deep to Chapman. Jerry Priddy's
long fly to Valo allowed Mickey to
score after the catch.
AS No Trouble To Pieretti.
Meanwhile, the Athletics were
giving Pieretti what amounted to
no trouble. Chick pitched a single
to Binks in the second inning, then
picked him off first base with two
out Handley singled to start the
third, but Pieretti threw strikes
past Richmond, Joost and Valo.
Buddy Rosar opened the fifth with
single, but Hank Majeski flied to
Lewis and Handley forced Rosar be-
fore Savage flied out. With two out
in the sixth the AS advanced a
man to second base when Fain
walked and Chapman singled
to center, but Binks fouled
to Lewis. The AS only other hit
came with two out in the eighth,
when Fain singled off Shortstop
Mark Christman's glove.