Word: inning
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Boston's victory yesterday--whichmathematically eliminated the second-place anddefending division champion Blue Jays fromcompetition--was spear-headed by Marty Barrett(three-for-four, two walks, four RBI) and WadeBoggs (three RBI). Both players scored runs in theRed Sox' decisive five-run second inning...
Tony Armas opened Boston's second-inning rallywith a single to centerfield. Armas moved tosecond on a wild pitch by Blue Jay starter andloser Duane Ward, and scored on a double toright-center by Rich Gedman...
...became a dentist. Clemens almost went the way of Lonborg: he missed much of last year with arm and shoulder injuries and after surgery began spring training throwing like an old man. By April 29, however, he threw hard enough to strike out 20 Seattle Mariners in a nine-inning game, breaking by one K a major-league record held by Seaver, among others. When Cooperstown asked for his glove, cap, uniform and spikes, Clemens phoned his family and said, "I'm in the Hall of Fame!" and promised an early visit to the baseball museum to observe his former...
...rate mind wasting itself on baseball. Is baseball 75% pitching? No, it isn't, and James will show in a page or so that the proposition makes no more sense than saying "Philosophy is 75% God." Are the good teams the ones that bear down in the crucial final innings? No. The Cardinals and Blue Jays would still have won their divisions last year if all games had ended after the fourth inning. Does AstroTurf shorten the careers of ballplayers? No. Pain and grumpiness are the usual by-products of attempting to simulate baseball on a surface of green concrete...
...YORK -- Curt Young beat Ron Guidry in a duel of left-handers, as Oakland scored the winning run in the ninth inning on an error by New York center fielder Rickey Henderson to defeat the Yankees, 2-1, Tuesday night...