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...Crimson squeezed out two runs from one hit and one base on balls, to break a scoreless tie in the fourth inning. Al Martin drew the walk as leadoff batter and was sacrificed to second by John Davis. Chet Boulris laced a single to center, advancing Martin to third. Boulris then stole second and a moment later followed Martin across the plate when Charlie Ravenel grounded...
...Demeter, 23, seemed too weak and skinny to be a big leaguer, but the Dodgers signed him for a paltry $800 bonus on the chance he might fill out and develop power. It seemed wasted money last season, when Demeter, a right-handed batter, hit a sickly .189 for Los Angeles in 43 games with only five home runs, eight runs batted in. But this year the beefed-up (6 ft. 4 in., 185 Ibs.) Demeter is suddenly a slugging terror, in his first ten games had six homers...
Vada Pinson, 20, folded last year after only three weeks with Cincinnati, and was shipped off to Seattle. This season the well-built left-handed batter is hitting a snappy .357. Pinson blames his failure last year on a bases-loaded homer he socked in Pittsburgh in the second game of the season. "I'd never hit one with three on before," he explains, "and I started looking for the chance to do it again. I'm not that way any more. All I'm trying to do this year is get on base...
...bases loaded in the top of the seventh, third baseman Mike Drummey stopped a hard ground ball to his left, tagged the runner from second and threw to Marc Holden completing the double play. Twice Yarbro pitched himself out of similar situations by striking out the last batter in the inning...
...hard to blame a pitcher, however, for being slightly off his form in his first varsity start before a hostile crowd, and Cook demonstrated his capabilities dramatically last Saturday against North-eastern when he came in from the bullpen with the bases loaded and struck out the batter on three pitches. By all odds, Cook should be in top shape today...