Word: inning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beattie, whose mound appearance in the opener had been a major source of concern for the Yanks before the game, retired the next three batters in order before George Brett led off the next inning with a bouncer up the middle that he stretched into a double when Mickey Rivers nonchalantly fielded the ball...
...Yankees, meanwhile, were busy belting baseballs to every part of plush Royals Stadium. After surviving first inning singles by Thurman Munson and Jackson when Graig Nettles' 400-foot drive to deep center was caught, Leonard promptly got himself in trouble in the second by serving up a curveball that the black bat of Roy White ripped down the right field line for a double. Monday's hero, Bucky Dent, then singled White home and the Yanks were on their...
...photo finishes, but this is the biggest I've ever lost," Boston manager Don Zimmer--who pulled Torrez two batters two late, reliever Bob Stanley one batter too late (after Jackson's HR), and mysteriously pinch hit Bob Bailey for Jack Brohamer in the seventh inning--said afterward...
Yastrzemski, the aging warrior who perhaps wanted a World Series ring more than any player in the game, cracked a Guidry fastball 20 rows deep in the rightfield grandstand, leading off the second inning; and the home squad had a one-zip lead...
Munson, given a third chance to knock Rivers in from second (Mickey had stolen easily), ripped a double into left-center on the second pitch offered by Stanley. Lou Pinella lined out to end the inning, but the damage had been done. New York led by two, with two-and-a-half innings...