Word: garners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite Weaver's record-setting four pitching changes in the top of the ninth, the Pirates still added two insurance runs. Phil Garner sent Tim Stoddard's first pitch into left for a double off the wall. One out later Garner scored when Omar Moreno pushed a single up the middle off Stoddard's replacement, Mike Flanagan...
...Pirates added two runs in the 8th as the Orioles defense broke down again. After catcher Ed Ott singled with one out, Phil Garner stroked a line drive to left which outfielder Benny Ayala charged in an attempt to snare the ball. The ball, however, sailed over his head, leaving Pirate runners...
Moreno then singled in Garner for the fourth and final...
Pirate 2nd baseman Phil Garner set a new Series record by taking part in his ninth double play and also led his team on offense by contributing a single and double. He is batting over.500 for the Series...
Heroics and histrionics marked Pittsburgh's year. Theirs was a disco-inferno season, a full-tilt boogie race for the pennant punctuated by the psyching-up war whoops of All-Star Rightfielder Dave Parker, the ego-deflating insults of Garner and the popping of corks by Team Captain Stargell, the oenophile first baseman. Typical play: a Pirate crashes a three-run home run to win an eleven-inning game. Typical congratulatory byplay: "Way to go, [bleep]!" "Thank you, [bleep]!" Other teams may deem it necessary to fine players to ensure promptness at the ballpark; the Pittsburgh locker room throbs...