Evening star., 1948-06-20
White Sox Slam
Five Pitchers
In 9,5 Victory
Griff Costoff Scores
In Chicago Debut,
Despite WiIdness
By Burton Howkins
Stor Sfoff { Correspondent

CHICAGO, June 19.-The Mats
were greeted by an old friend here
today and the pleasure was Chick
Pierettis. The former Washington
highlander, traded to the Chicago
White Sox 10 days ago, beat the
Mats, 9-5, to win his first game OF
the year and deal his ex-mates a
seventh straight defeat.
The game was launched in a light
rain and continued in deluge of
Chicago hits-17 of them of five
Washington pitchers. That whole
sale belittling of the Mats pitching,
more than any pitching proficiency
by Pieretti accounted for Chicago S
conquest.
Washington's drab performance
was in keeping with the 57-degree
dismal day which limited attendance
to LIST, the most exclusive gathering
of the year to view the Mats antics
Washington stirred up only five hits
against Pieretti and HOWE Judson,
who were immersed in deep trouble
continually by issuing 10 walks.
Pieretti continually invited the
Mats to shell him from the premises
and the Mats accepted the invitation
in the seventh inning after Chick
had walked a ninth Nat. Chick,
pitching for the first time this
month, was no sensation but the
White Sox were collecting runs fast
er than he could give them away.
Wynn Kayoed in Round 2.
Early Wynn started the parade of
Washington Pitchers and although
he was belted from the scene in the
second inning, he hung around long
enough to absorb his seventh loss.
He left under barrage of doubles
by Aaron Robinson, Luke Appling
and Cass Michaels which projected
the White Sox into 20 lead.
Earl Harrist, who came to the
Mats In the Pieretti deal. seemingly
vindicated the White Sox judgement
of incompetence in his brief ap-
pearance. He was clipped for two
runs in the third inning on singles
by i Pat secrecy. Robinson. Taft
Wright and Michaels as Chicago
boosted its margin to 40.
Pieretti, who walked one in the
first inning and two in the second,
started the fourth inning by walk
ing Gil Coan. Mickey Vernon and
Mark Christman successfully. Coan
scored after AL Kozar flied to
Wright and Vernon romped home
on Jake Early's single to center
after Earl Wooten hoisted a meek
fly to Dave Philley in center.
Wooten, Stewart Triple.
Wooten's lusty triple to right and
Early's outfield fly sliced the Mats
deficit to 4-3 in the sixth, but Tom
Ferrick located Chicago bats with
amazing frequency in the White
Sox sixth and they produced three
runs and a 7-3 lead on successive
singles by Pieretti, Don Holloway,
Philley, Tony Lupien and Seerey.
With one out in the seventh. the
Mats got tough when Ed Stewart
singled and Coan rammed triple
off the right field scoreboard to
score Stewart. Coan scored when
Vernon grounded out to Lupien and
after Pieretti walked Christman,
Judson replaced him and got Kozar
on a non to Lupien,
Milo Candini threw the eighth
inning for the Mats and represented
no improvement over what had
preceded him. He walked Don Kollo-
way ard, after Philley sacrificed.
passed Lupien Intentionally. That
strategy backfired when Seerey
slashed a long single to center on
hit-and-run play, scoring Kollo-
way and Lupien.
Seerey. Wright and Michaels. with
three hits each, led Chicago's at
tack, while Wooten accounted for
two of the Mats five hits.
The Mats, who are approaching
last seasons mark of II straight
losses, will battle the White Sox in
a double header here tomorrow. Sid
Hudson, blasted from the mound in
his last nine starts, and Ray Scar
borough will pitch for the Mats.
while Bill Wight and AL Gettel will
hurl for Chicago.