Evening star., 1947-07-27
GainFifth Place
By0verconing
4-Run Deficit
Condini Checks Tribe
After Pieretti Fuils;
Harder Pounded Out
By Burton Hawkins

The fine Italian hand of stocky
Milo Candini steered the Mats into
fifth place and fifth successive VIC
tory yesterday at Griffith Stadium
as Washington spotted Cleveland
four runs, then unleashed barrage
of blows to capture an 8-4 decision
before an enthusiastic ladies day
crowd of 14,327.
Supplanting Chick Pieretti, who
was no sensation, in the fourth in
ming, Candini proceeded to check
the Indians while the Mats pounced
on 38-year-old Mel Harder to over
come a 40 deficit with two runs in
the fourth inning and a three-run
outburst in the fifth.
Washington thus wedged its way
past the Indians into fifth place by
the grace of two percentage points.
The Mats also picked up game on
the fourth-place Philadelphia Ath-
letics to whisk within 21a games OF
the first division.
Mats Pound Out 13 Hits.
The Mats hammered Harder and
Ed Klieman for. 13 hits, including
three each by Sherry Robertson.
Mickey Vernon ana Al Evans, while
Cleveland clipped Pieretti and Cam
DIM for IA safeties.
In compiling their longest VIM
ming streak of the year, the Mats
overcame a shoddy pitching and
fielding performance by Pieretti,
who was mauled for eight hits be-
fore he left the premises with one
out in the fourth.
Dale Mitchell's single, Lou Bou-
dreau's double and Hank Edwards
fly fetched the Indians run in the
first inning and they added two
more in the third under peculiar
circumstances. George Metkovich
opened the third with a single to
center and when Boudreau bunted
Pieretti scooped up the ball and
fired it high to Mark Christman,
whose foot was pulled off the bag
on the attempted force play.
Pieretti Makes Another Error.
Eddie Robinson then bunted down
the third base line and when Pieret-
tt pegged the ball into the dirt
beyond Vernon at first base, Met
kovich and Boudreau scored and
Robinson romped all the way to
third. Robinson was stranded when
Christman whipped out Edwards,
Ken Keltner popped cut and Joe
Gordon lined to Christman.
Al Lopez opened the fourth in
ming with a single, moved to second
when Harder sacrificed, to third on
Mitchell's infield hit and scored
after Boudreau flied to Stan Spence
following walk to Metkovich.
Pieretti then was requested to va
cate the scene.
While Candini scattered six hits to
notch his first triumph of the sea-
son the Mats went to work on Harder.
Buddy Lewis deposited a bupt be-
tween Keltner, Boudreau and Har-
der for the Mats second hit of
Harder in the Mats fourth and Rob-
ertson brought him around with a
lusty triple to center. Vernon's
single to center scored Sherry and
sliced Cleveland's advantage to
Az.
Evans Starts Uprising.
That margin vanished in the fifth,
when Evans started three-run up
rising with triple to left Cardini
struck blow for his own cause with
a single to center which scored
Evans and shelled Harder from the
in favor of Kleiman.
That was agreeable to the Mats.
for Eddie Yost sacrificed and after
Lewis grounded out, Robertson
thumped across the tying run with
a sharp single to right. He con-
tinued to second on the throw to the
plate and scored on Vernons single
to left.
With one out in the seventh Rob-
ertson singled to right for his third
straight hit and Vernon followed
with a similar blow for his third
hit, sending Robertson to
third. Spence popped out, but Jerry
Priddy beat out bunt in front of
the plate to score Robertson Christ
man walked to fill the bases and
Evans then inserted his third hit
in row, scoring Vernon and Priddy.
before Keltner threw out Candini.
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