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Word: aceing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Angeles will try to halt the Yankee express with veteran Don Suton in Tuesday night's sixth game. New York will use caatfish Hunter, saving ace Ron Guidry for a poossible seventh game--hoping one isn't needed. Sutton was the third-game loser and Hunter was charged with the loss in Game...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Unhappy Dodgers Stagger Back to L.A. To Continue an Upside-Down Series | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

...indeed it was a photo finish. The Sox seemingly had the contest and the pennant wrapped up after touching Yankee ace Ron Guidry for two runs in the first five innings--one on a towering Yaz homer in the second, the other on a Jim Rice single...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: A Sad Day in Beantown | 10/7/1978 | See Source »

Reggie Jackson, who hit the home run that ended the Red Sox' season on Monday, iced the victory with a three-run blast to right-center field off Royal relief ace Al Hrabosky in the eighth...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Yankee Bats Clobber Kansas City, 7-1 | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

Herzog then brought in Hrabosky, "the Mad Hungarian," who had been the ace in the K.C. bullpen since being obtained from St. Louis at the start of the season in a trade for last year's Yankee victim, Mark Littell...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Yankee Bats Clobber Kansas City, 7-1 | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

...sixth, the Sox gave their starter the requisite insurance run that any shutout ace must have. Shortstop Rick Burlesonstroked a 1-2 fastball past Yankee third baseman Graig Nettles for a leadoff double, and he came home--following a Jerry Remy sacrifice--on MVP shoo-in Jim Rice's single to center...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Yanks Nip Sox for Title, 5-4 | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

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