Word: baseman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...only run off Reuss, who was 10-4 during the regular season with a 2.29 ERA, came in the second. Reggie Jackson doubled on the first pitch of the inning, and made it to third when second-baseman Dave Lopes bobbled a Bob Watson grounder. He scored moments later, when Lou Piniella singled into left field...
...Dodger victory was marred, however, when third baseman Ron Cey was beaned by a pitch from reliever Rich Gossage in the eighth. Gossage had thrown one strike to the Dodger infielder, when he next pitch, a 94 MPH fastball, hit Cey in the helmet...
Graig Nettles delivered the New York Yankees to the World Series in a suitably Yankee way. When he was through batting out the Oakland A's in three straight play-off games for the American League pennant, the third baseman scuffled with Teammate Reggie Jackson for good measure...
...expected pitching duel between Valenzuela, "the Mexican taco," and Yankee flame-thrower Dave Righetti did not develop, as both young pitchers were ragged and wild in the early innings. Dodger third baseman Ron Cey pulled a Righetti fastball deep into the left field bleachers in the first inning for a three-run homer, and Bob Watson, who has been hitting the cover off the ball all series, responded for the Yankees with a solo shot off a hang screwball by Valenzuela in the second...
...Yankees played again without the services of slugger Reggie Jackson, who is resting a hamstring strain. Third baseman Graig Nettles was also out of the lineup, but both are expected to be back on the field when the series resumes today at 4:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time...