Word: incaviglia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Texas (75-87, AL West, tied for sixth): Bobby Valentine has the young talent. Now he just has to corral it. Youngsters Jose Guzman (14-14) and Ed Correa (3-5) have the arms. Pete Incaviglia (27 HR, 80 RBI) has the power. Vets Larry Parrish (32 HR, 100 RBI) and Charlie Hough (18-13) still have some magic left in them. Best player: Ruben Sierra...
Gardner, obtained in the 1985 trade that sent Bob Ojeda to the New York Mets, relieved winner Bruce Hurst (2-0) with men on second and third and none out in the seventh. He struck out Pete Incaviglia, Larry Parrish and Don Slaught on 14 pitches to end the threat and allowed just one hit while striking out seven in three innings...
Evan's hit came after the Rangers had taken a 4-1 lead with four runs in the fifth off Hurst, ending the lefthander's 1987 scoreless streak at 13 innings. Scott Fletcher and Incaviglia each had two-run singles in that rally...
Nipper retired Pete O'Brien to start the Texas eighth. Then Pete Incaviglia broke up the shutout bid, hitting a 3-2 pitch off the backwall at the flagpole in center for his third homer...
...this way, he is a subtler find than fellow Phenoms Jose Canseco of Oakland and Pete Incaviglia of Texas, whose muscles show. "I didn't expect to hit 15 the whole year," Joyner admits. "I never think about hitting a home run. Sometimes I sit down, and it doesn't feel like I've ever hit one. I'm in dreamland. Because I've been playing baseball for a year straight now, I'm hard-pressed to think where everything started and stopped. But I've kept a fairly even keel, I hope, thanks to my family...