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...half-dozen beers and a bottle of Coppertone later, super-reliever Bruee Sutter struck out the last Expo batter giving the Cubs a 3-1 win and a 2-2 tie in the series...
Earl Weaver looked on first in anguish, then in outrage. The relief pitcher he had brought in to protect a two-run lead over the Oakland A's last week hit one batter and sent another sprawling to the ground to avoid a beaning. Bad enough, but then Home Plate Umpire Rich Garcia claimed that the pitcher had nicked the third hitter on the hand. In a flash of anger, the manager of the Baltimore Orioles came bellowing out of the dugout. "I heard wood...
Standouts Wendy Sands and Kathy Batter anchored a wall-like defense that allowed forwards like Sue St. Louis, Cat Ferrante and Ellen Hart to ignite an explosive attack. Only a late-season loss to UMass marred the booters' record, but coach Bob Scalise's crew was as balanced a team as seen in a long time in the Ivy League...
Alevizos displayed flawless control throughout the contest rarely falling behind batters in the count and issuing only one walk on the day. "When you get ahead of the batter you can play with him, screw him up. I had 'em off balance all day. My arm felt great and my slider's back. Hey, we're back in it now," said the bubbly hurler...
Stenhouse started the eighth-inning rally with a two-out triple (his second of the game, sixth of the season) to right-center off Tufts southpaw Art Georgeu. Jumbo coach Bill Samko then made the mysterious decision to intentionally walk Harvard cleanup hitter Mark Bingham, a left-handed batter, to get to Peccerillo, a righty who had stung the ball all day and had--unbeknownst to Samko--been hitting .500 the past week...