Word: homeruns
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Oakland's Gene Tenace, the surprise of the Series, boomed his fourth homerun of the five games in the second inning, to put the Athletics ahead 3-1. Tenace's four-bagger tied a record for most homeruns in a World Series, shared by Duke Snider, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Hank Bauer...
...Pirates' Dave Cash scored in the first and Jose Pagan drove in a run in the sixth to account for the other two Pittsburgh tallies. Frank Robinson's eighth World Series homerun in the seventh was the Orioles' only advance past first base...
Crimson catcher Pete Varney broke the Harvard career homerun record Tuesday with his two-run clout against Springfield. Varney, who set a season homerun record last year with ten HR's, has 14 career clouts...
Rico Petrocelli hit his first homerun of the spring season, and Tony Conigliaro began his comeback with a single and a double in three trips...
Catcher Dick Diehl had an equally admirable afternoon, delighting reunioners with three hits that drove in four runs. One of Diehl's feats, a prodigious drive beyond the grasp of the respectfully distant outfielders, would surely have been a homerun in any field with a fence. At Splinter Stadium, though, with its uncontained outfield pasture, the outfielders had time to rescue the ball before the massive catcher could make the turn at third, thus holding him to a triple...