Word: cepeda
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...Cards, it was sweet revenge against the youngster who had handled them like Little Leaguers in his two previous starts. Every Redbird but Orlando Cepeda got on base. There was Shortstop Dal Maxvill, only .227 for the season, booming out a tremendous triple to start everything off in the third inning. And Castoff Yankee Roger Maris, driving in still another run, his seventh of the Series, to prove that he's the money player everybody said he wasn't. And Second Baseman Julian Javier, batting cleanup by default during Cepeda's slump and pounding out a three...
...third of Boston's five pitchers--right-hander Jerry Stephenson--yielded St. Louis' last two runs in the third. Orlando Cepeda and the hard-hitting Javier slugged doubles to pace the rally...
...these dreams were quickly shattered when fussy Curt Flood watched a 3-2 pitch miss by inches. Lonborg still had a no-hitter, though, and he retired Maris and Cepeda to end the inning...
...LOUISBOSTON Brock lf Adair 2b Flood cf Jones 3b Maris rf Yastrzemski lf Cepeda 1b Harrelson rf McCarver c Scott 1b Shannon 3b Petrocelli ss Javier 2b Smith cf Maxvill ss Gibson c Gibson p Santiago...
...Schoendienst, 44, longtime star second baseman and Stan Musial's roommate for 13 years while both were playing for the Cardinals. But then, Schoendienst never does make a fuss. And his permissive approach to managing is the perfect prescription for the Cards-especially for such key men as Cepeda and Maris, both of whom came to the team tagged as sulkers and malingerers. No longer. Explains Maris: "I like it here. The pressure's off. In New York you got it if you didn't hit; and even if you did hit, it was always the wrong...