
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 5, 1995                   TAG: 9507050113
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

EX-BUCCANEER'S 1ST WIN IS 5-0 SHUTOUT OF PHILLIES

In Pittsburgh, John Ericks pitched seven shutout innings to earn his first major-league victory and the Pirates extended the Philadelphia Phillies' losing streak to four with a 7-0 victory Tuesday.

Ericks, who pitched for the Salem Buccaneers last year, was making only his third start. He gave up four hits - only one after the second inning - as the Phillies lost for the seventh time in eight games.

The Pirates, who had lost 17 of their first 25 at home, had 15 hits, but none of them produced a run until Jacob Brumfield's pinch single in the seventh made it 5-0. Pittsburgh's first four runs off Paul Quantrill (7-4) came on two sacrifice flies by Dave Clark and a pair of run-scoring groundouts by Jeff King.

Ericks (1-1), a 6-foor-7 right-hander, pitched out of jams in the first two innings before settling down to retire 14 consecutive hitters. He struck out eight and walked three.

Keywords:
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