Evening star., 1947-08-08
Mats Hitting So Poor
Outlook in Series
With A'sIs Drab
By Burton Howkins
Stes Stef Cores peodent

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8.-Seven
times in their last 10 games the
Mats have failed to muster more
than two runs. all Of which is plac-
ing staggering burden on Wash
ington's pitching staff, with the re-
suit that when their hurting Is
hammy the Mats resemble fugitives
from the Ellipse.
In five of their last 10 games the
Mats have staked pitchers to a
lone run and in their last five en-
gagements have stirred up only
eight runs. They've been averag-
Ing = mite more than 1ive hits a
game for their last five contests.
Thus far this season the Mats
have fashioned 20 home runs, which
gives them the dubious distinction
OF tying the individual output OF
Willard Marshall, New York Giants
outfielder who Is second to Johnny
Mize in home run production on his
own club. Washington's regulars
are being paced by Mickey Vernon,s
.282 batting average.
With that sort of hitting it is re-
markable that Washington is with
in whispering distance of nth place
and only five games behind the
fourth-pla Philadelphia Athletics,
a condition the Mats hope to i'm
prove upon in game series
with the AS starting tonight.
Hudson Faces As Tonight.
Sid Hudson, who has won only
two games In three months chiefly
due to an ailing side and an in
jured shoulder, will try again to-
night. This time he'll be wearing
uniform No. 20. abandoning No.
l3, in pursuit Of mis- sixth victory.
The Mats will battle the AS in
a single game here tomorrow and
double-header on Sunday before
journeying to Boston for a three
game series with the Red Sox, who
unloaded IS hits against Early
Wynn, Chick Pieretti and Scott
Carey to humiliate the Mats, 1872,
yesterday at Washington.
Wynn, who absorbed his 10th de-
feat. was slammed for a mighty
home run over the right-field fence
by Ted Williams leading off in the
second inning. 1t was his 25th of
the year. The Sox saved their power
display for the fourth frame, how
ever, when they sprayed SIX runs
across the plate.
Interest of the 5,870 customers
then revolved around the pitching
of Denny Galehouse. who retired
the first II Mats in order, yielding
his first hit with two out in the
sixth when Pieretti slammed a single
past Third-baseman Sam Dente.
The Mats accumulated meager
six hits against Galehouse, who was
operating with an 80 lead as early
as the fifth inning.
Pesky Starts Drive.
That six run outburst was touched
off by Johnny Pesky's infield hit.
Pesky took second when Eddie Yost
made a brilliant stop Of Dom Di
Maggios smash and whipped him
out. The bases were jammed when
Wynn walked Williams Intentional
ly and Bobby Doerr unintentienally
Into that situation stepped Muir
rell Jones to blast double to left,
clearing the bases OF Pesky. williams
and Doerr. Jones scored when
Mark Christman threw wild past
third after fielding Roy Partee's
grounder. Partee taking second.
Partee held up at third on Dente's
single to center, but scored after
Galehouse flied to Sherry Robertson.
Sam Mele's single fetched Dente
after he had scooted to sec
ond on the throw to the plate.
Pesky, up for the second time in the
inning; contributed his second hit
with single off Vernons glove
before Di Maggie lined to Robertson.
Boston made it 80 in the fifth
when Williams capitalized on WASH
ington's shift against him. He bunt-
ed down the third base line for an
easy hit, took second on a wild pitch
and scored on Denies single to right.
Mats Tally IN Seventh.
The Mats produced their two runs
in the seventh when Christman in
serted triple to score Vernon, who
had forced Robertson. Jerry Priddy's
single to center scored Christman.
Singles by Pesky and Di Maggie,
Ooerr's triple and another single by
Jones off Pieretti boosted Boston's
TO l1-2 in the eighth and
he Red Sox added another run in
he ninth off Cary on Denies double
md Meles triple.
Mele, Pesky and Dente each ham
nered three hits, with Mele getting
single. double and triple.