Word: grounders
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...Boulris went on to line a scoring single to left. Right fielder Mo Balboni followed suit with a shot to center, sending home the fourth run of the inning. The earlier tallies came on a single by captain John Davis and a throwing error on Charlie Ravenel's grounder, after Mouse Kasarjian had walked and George Harrington had popped a bunt single over the charging second baseman's head...
...Schoendienst set up the Braves' first score in the sixth with a booming triple to center and scored when Johnny Logan's grounder went through Tony Kubek's legs for an error...
...walk and a hit batsman put runners on first and second with nobody out, and when Tom Bergantino could not handle Fred Beckett's grounder to third, the bases were loaded. John Quinlan and Mike Dvorchak slapped out a pair of singles scoring three runs and sending Emmet to the showers with the score 5 to 4 and the tying and tie-breaking runs on base...
Then followed the most bizarre play of the game. Pinch-hitter Dave Borken-hagen tapped a grounder to short. The shortstop threw high to second, missing the force play; the second baseman over-threw first trying to make the out there; and finally the pitcher, who retrieved the ball, threw wide to the plate trying to catch Hathaway, and even Borken-hagen scored on this final error...
Johnson started the first game, but lost a heartbreaker. He started the fourth, and lost that one, too. Called in as a relief pitcher in the final game, Johnson went into the late innings with the score tied and two out. A Senator hit a grounder to Lindstrom, the Giant third baseman. Just as he was about to grab it, however, it hit a pebble and bounced over his head, while the winning runs scored...