Word: grounder
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Rich Gedman drove in three runs with a homer and a grounder, Dave Stapleton lined two bases-empty homers, and Mike Torrez and Mark Clear combined on a five-hitter, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 7-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last night. The Sox are now in third place, a game behind the first-place Tigers, in the make-believe pennant race...
...Crimson tied it up yet again in the top of the seventh, scoring its eight run on a walk, a single, and a judgement from a benevolent umpire. Allard walked with one away, advancing to second on Chuck Marshall's grounder to third. Vinnie Martelli singled sharply to right, but Allard, trying to score on the hit, was apparently cut down by a strong throw in the plate...
...when the Judges knocked Curtin out of the box in the fourth with a pair of walks, and reached Smerczynski for a walk, single and two botched pickoff plays to tie the score and load the bases. Bauer converted a Brian Isaac grounder into two big outs, with the help of a nifty stretch by Marshall at the receiving...
Bauer knocked in the first Harvard run just three batters into the game--ripping a double that scored Bruce Walker from first--and scored the second run on a Vinnie Martelli grounder moments later...
Like all no-hitters, this one was helped by extraordinary fielding. Donnie Allard ranged deep into the right center field gap to corral a Joel Mock smash in the fourth, and third baseman Danny Skaff made a nifts play on a sharp grounder to nail Pete Shutte an inning later. And Brown's play that ended the game ("I grabbed it off my chest") could have easily bounced through...