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Eric Davis and Dave Parker rocked Steve Carlton with home runs yesterday to catapult the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League's traditional season opener...
...Carlton, a 41-year-old lefthander with 314 career wins, tied Tom Seaver's N.L. record with his 14th opening-day assignment. But he was coming off a 1-8 season last year and started this one no better, allowing nine hits and all seven Reds runs in four-plus innings. The loss dropped Carlton's opening-day record...
Mysteriously, and maybe a little more irregularly than by the decade, pitchers do seem to travel in clusters. Hubbell materialized in the swift company of Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez. Seaver enjoyed the prolonged fellowship of Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer and Nolan Ryan. Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry formed their club. Even Walter Johnson had Rube Marquard. "There's some safety in numbers," Tom Browning agrees. "Last year, when Pete (Rose) was drawing the crowds, I was left alone to get a nice quiet...
...Steve Carlton...
...Steve Carlton...