Word: gullett
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Cincinnati's Don Gullett pitched a brilliant game and Tony Perez slugged two home runs to power the Reds to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox last night. The victory gives Cincinnati a 3-2 lead in the Series, which moves back to Fenway Park for the final two games...
Boston scored first, getting to Gullett in the first inning. Denny Doyle tripled down the right field line with one out, and Carl Yastrzemski got him home with a long flyball...
...Well, Joe," the man behind us growled, "you're pure nuts." The fellow behind us was right, because last Saturday afternoon did belong to a pitcher--but not Gullett. It was Luis (Looee) Tiant...
Fenway Park was already full half an hour before game time last Saturday. Someone behind where Ron and I were sitting had a transistor radio on with Joe Garagiola babbling about the Reds' starting pitcher, Don Gullett. "I think you'd have to call Gullett a pure pitcher," Garagiola said. "And with his ability to bat, you'd have to call him a pure hitter, too. For that matter, Gullett's just a pure athlete...
...Gullett was the star of game four, but in the crucial fifth contest, Denny "whatever-became-of-Doug-Griffin" Doyle. Doyle doubled with the bases full of good guys in the ninth to produce a 7-5 Sox victory. Rogelio Moret struck out the side in the bottom of the inning to preserve the triumph...