Word: bullpens
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Several early bullpen collapses exacerbated the lack of hits at key points. Still, pitching carried the Crimson to a one-game lead over Brown headed into a critical four-game set with the Bears late in the season...
Hordon threw in the bullpen with assistant coach Gary Donovan during the top of the second, and whatever they worked on seemed to settle Hordon down. The righty retired eight of the next eleven batters to keep the Crimson in the game until the fifth, complementing his fastball and slider with an unorthodox slow curveball that kept the normally-explosive Rice batters guessing...
Hordon threw in the bullpen with assistant coach Gary Donovan during the top of the second, and whatever they worked on seemed to settle Hordon down. The righty retired eight of the next eleven batters to keep the Crimson in the game until the fifth...
...righthander Wahlberg provided superb relief coming out of the bullpen for the Crimson, blanking 25 batters in as many innings and earning five saves in 14 plate appearances...
...Brown to pull off an eight-run comeback that breathed life into their season. San Salvador. Carter, who had been struggling but kept swinging when the lead seemed insurmountable. Lopez, who hit the first home run of his career. And all the while, Mike Dryden quietly helped solidify a bullpen that became lethally efficient down the stretch...