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Peters, an efficient hurler on three days' rest, throws a wicked fastball, curve, slider, and change-up. During his senior year, he walked only four batters in 54 innings. He also played football and basketball in high school, but at Harvard the only sport he is thinking about right now is freshman baseball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Moundsman Snubs $75,000 Bonus For Freshman Status at Harvard | 11/17/1965 | See Source »

...score stood two apiece for eight innings, but CRIMSON batsmen in the top of the ninth yesterday, bombed WMEX hurler Larry Justice the tune of 21 runs. Until that ninth it looked like a gruelling duel that would go right down to the proverbial wire...

Author: By Bob J. K. mccarran, | Title: Rocking Teen Fans See CRIMSON Batter WMEX | 6/2/1965 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Gibson was mowing down the Yankees with regularity; he yielded only six hits in the game and struck out 13. In the second inning he had loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman, but extricated himself by whiffing Clete Boyer and Yankee hurler Mel Stottlemyer...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Cards Beat Yanks, 5-2, On 10th Inning Homer | 10/13/1964 | See Source »

...revolution, he has not lost a game. But now it appears that Fidel's new soothing syrup is for domestic consumption as well as export. Radio Havana breathlessly reported that a recent beisbol game ended 3-0 after five innings with el máxima lider the losing hurler, though naturally he was "in magnificent form." Why five innings? Well, when Castro walks off the field, it seems that everybody else quits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 24, 1964 | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

...lone run in the fourth inning on two walks and a solid two-base blast by shortstop Tom Bilodeau. But Joyce bore down and snuffed out the Crimson rally without any further scoring. The Crimson did, however, obtain nine hits and seven walks from the highly-regarded Holy Cross hurler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crusaders Down Nine On 7-Run Third Inning | 5/6/1964 | See Source »

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