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...Tigers first run came off of the bat of Galicinao, who is the team's best hitter as well as its best pitcher. With the game tied, 1-1, Princeton scored a run in their half of the seventh to take the game. Senior catcher Devon Keefe singled in the game winner for Princeton...
...Willie Stargell was a spectacular hitter, racking up 475 homers over his career. He was a leader in the dugout and in the locker room, and the city loved him for it. But perhaps even more than it loved Stargell's prowess on the field, Pittsburgh loved his easy manner, his civic boosterism, his infectious dedication to the game. In Pittsburgh, which is often characterized as the ultimate football town, true dedication to baseball is a triumph in and of itself...
That was all temporarily forgotten Wednesday night after Hideo Nomo, who pitched poorly in spring training, became the first Red Sox pitcher in 35 years to pitch a no-hitter. No-hitters are notoriously unpredictable and erratic, but this one was particularly surprising—if any Sox pitcher was going to pitch a no-hitter this season, it was going to be Martinez. Or so we all thought...
...Nomo was the one who stepped up and pitched the second no-hitter of his career. He looked like the Hideo Nomo of five years ago, firing a powerful fastball and a devastating split-fingered pitch that fooled the hapless Baltimore batters all night long...
...think I'm just a homerun hitter," Koppel said. "I'd like to think I'm a contact hitter...