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Marty Barrett then lined a single to right,driving home Owen with what turned out to beBoston's only run. Witt ended the inning bygetting Bill Buckner on a fly ball, and went on torecord a complete game. He finished with two walksand three strikeouts on the night
Completion of a pop-up cycle that had to end just this way. With Buckner positioned, inevitably, at the precise spot where the ball fell to earth...
...screaming fans looked on, Boston starter and winner Dennis Boyd got Blue Jay Kelly Gruber to pop out to first base to end the game. Boyd lept into catcher Rich Gedman's arms in celebration as Bill Buckner put away the final...
Spike Owen reached on a fielder's choice andBoggs walked to load the bases and chase Ward.Reliever Joe Johnson walked Barrett to force inBoston's second run, and Buckner reached on anerror to bring home another...
...record becomes all the more impressive when one realizes that the eight regulars have been having fairly average years. Since when does Jim Rice have fewer than a dozen homers a month after the All-Star break? Since when does Bill Buckner struggle to reach the .250 plateau? Since when does any team win with shortstops named Rey Quinones and Ed Romero...