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Brown, which had managed only three hits in the first five innings, put the tying run on in the sixth by virtue of a walk to Dean Hoag. Kelly, obviously trying to nurse the lead, delivered a belt-high, hanging changeup to outfielder Wayne Matthews, Matthews responded by sending the errant pitch into the Logan airport landing pattern and giving the Bruins their short-lived lead...
Although his arsenal includes a slider, a medium-speed curve and a jug-handle changeup as well as a fastball?all of which he can deliver either overhand, three-quarter-arm or sidearm?McLain's main assets are speed and control. Cuteness and cunning are foreign to him: he rarely wastes a pitch, and he does not try to sucker batters into swinging at bad balls. "Control is God-given," Denny claims. "Like a good arm. You don't develop it, and I thank God He gave me both." Last month, in a typical McLain display of power and accuracy...
PITCHING: McCandlish is the number one starter. His chief assets are shrewdness and good control. Scott, a former basketball player with a looping changeup, was the top pitcher at the start of last season before McCandlish began to develop. McCandlish finished the year with a 5-2 record; Scott was 6-5. Also around are juniors Paul Thornton and Larry Melfa, who saw spot action last year, and sophomores Bob Lincoln, Tom Munzel, and Jim Sersich...
Scott, who struck out six Cornell batters with his looping changeup, was bailed out of trouble in each of the last two innings by his sharp-fielding teammates, who backed him up with a pair of double plays...
...bangs his right elbow against his left knee when he follows through after a pitch. Unnecessary bases on balls and a chronic soreness in the elbow of his salary arm have disappeared almost overnight. "All I throw," says Turley, "is a fast ball, a curve, a slider and a changeup." The record proves the repertory to be more than rich enough...