Show Ph Philly illy Ace Puts Pinch on Pinch Hitters litters PHILADELPHIA May 2 V L-V- D i- i DRobin Robin Roberts is putting the pinch on pinch hitters The Philadelphia Ph Phillies ace right hander has done such a thorough thorough thor thor- ough job on nine emergency hitters this season that not one of them has gotten the ball out of the in- in fieldIn field In fact only two have laid wood on his slants the other seven even struck out One of the two Juo who got a bat baton baton baton on the ball hall grounded rounded into a double play the other sent up an easy pop fly In the April 18 opener with the Brooklyn Dodgers Doders at park Wayne Va Belardi and Cal Abrams str struck ck out Gene Hermanski the third thud pinch hitter used by manager Burt Shotton that day hit a grounder to Roberts that was turned into a double play It choked off an impending Dodger uprising in the seventh inning The bases were loaded at the time The Phils Philson won on that one 91 9 On April 27 at Brooklyn manager manager manager man man- ager Burt Buit Shotton sent four pinch hitters to the plate Roberts whiffed them all m irr gaining a 9 2 decision Abrams and Belardi again were strikeout victims and were joined b bv by Hermanski and Jim Russell They were ere the only strikeouts credited to Roberts in the game The Boston Braves called on two pinch hitters at park April 30 Tommy Holmes popped to third baseman Willie Villie Jones and Luis Olmo fanned as Roberts won 9 93 |