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...Rossi walked only four himself, but three of those walks were turned into runs by the Lions' hitters. In the third inning Gene Chwerchak walked and John Cole singled him to third. Charley Butts laid down a perfect bunt single to score Chwerchak and give the Lions a 1-0 lead...
...fifth inning Raffo joined previous pitchers in the locker room. Before leaving, though, he managed to walk St. George, bobble a bunt by Del Rossi, watch Combs bunt the runners into scoring position, and permit Bilodeau to single both men home...
...decisive Harvard half of the eighth commenced with one of Nogelo's seven walks. Then Dick Diehl valiantly attempted to move Lee Sargent, the walker, to second with a sacrifice bunt, but it would have taken a Maury Wills on first to have convinced Tufts the play had to go to first...
While Bobby St. George singled Diehl on to second, a poorly placed Del Rossi bunt erased the speedy catcher at third, leaving men on first and second...
Hardly an inning went by without infielders caroming off outfielders, pitchers falling on their faces chasing bunts, or wild throws zinging off in all directions. In the last game, the butterfingered Bums booted three in one inning: Pitcher Johnny Podres grabbed a bunt and heaved the ball into centerfield, Catcher Johnny Roseboro fired a pickoff throw into the tall grass, and Second Baseman Jim Gilliam uncorked a relay to first base that hit Giant Harvey Kuenn on the back of the noggin. The three-game tally by a genially myopic official scorer: seven errors for the Dodgers, four...