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...threw the ball hard, but that was the least of it," first baseman Mark Bingham said after the game. "He's the best I've seen this year...
...fetching smile comes naturally to Bingham, the Harvard first baseman now in his fourth season with the Crimson varsity. Now indisputably the team's best hitter, Bingham brushed aside a shaky season start and moved up to a .328 batting average. No one's surprised, of course. Since the Hasting-on-Hudson, N.Y., native first picked up a ball, success has followed...
...second without the benefit of a base hit. Mark Bingham opened the frame with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Ed (Piniella) Farrell. After a walk to Bobby Kelley, the only "hit" of the inning ensued. Billy Blood rapped a bouncer to first baseman Phil Johnson who stepped on first and relayed toward second for the tag. But the throw ricocheted off the helmet of the sliding Kelley, and rolled toward the third base line, where Perry picked it up too late to nail Bingham crossing the plate...
...First baseman Bingham speared a chopper, whirled and threw to Brad Bauer at short, and the Yardling made a perfect return throw to Brown covering first, nipping Ed Wilcox by a step...
...watched Detroit take a 1-0 lead when Richie Hebner singled home Lou Whitaker in the top half of the first inning. Jason Thompson and Champ Summers then reached Boston starter Dennis Eckersley for walks to load the bases, but the righthander forced Lance Parrish to ground to second baseman Jerry Remy to extinguish the threat...