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...Through Sunday he was hitting .329 with five homers. . . . One of the best free-agent signings of the off-season was White Sox DH Julio Franco, who has been hitting cleanup. He had 24 RBIs through Sunday and had made it tough for pitchers to work around No. 3 hitter Frank Thomas. . . . Sadly but mercifully, it appears that the career of pitcher Dave Righetti, 35, is over. He was released by the A's on April 27 after amassing a 16.71 ERA in seven appearances. He had a terrific career, saving 252 games (most ever by a lefthander), winning...
...focus of Monday's games was not hitting, but fine pitching performances from Dartmouth's two best starters, Steve Murphy and Rick Macdonald. Murphy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before senior Bill Madden bounced an infield single to the hole at shortstop. Murphy, who owns the third lowest ERA in the Ivies at 2.71, finished with a one-hit shutout, striking out two and walking...
Giardi was the top hitter of all Ivy League players, batting at a .435 clip...
Extra painful is that Brissette is Harvard's second-leading hitter...
Other than the Atlanta Braves, whose fifth starter, Kent Mercker, threw a no-hitter in the first week of the season, no team seems to have credible fourth and fifth starters...