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...Cardinals, fresh from a record eighth seventh-game victory in ten lifetime opportunities, have now run or limped their way to three World Series in six seasons. "It seems when they get things going," sighed the San Francisco pitcher Mike Krukow, "they're a carousel. They just keep chiming in runs." But knowing they took the season and the playoffs largely with pitching at the end, Cardinals Base Stealer Vince Coleman cautions, "You have to establish a hitting game before you can establish a running game...
...August, after four straight games lost in the opponent's last at-bat, the Giants were five behind Cincinnati and facing a four-game Reds series and maybe the end. But Pitcher Mike LaCoss, a Reds reject, shut Cincinnati down in the first game, and Atlee Hammaker, Mike Krukow and Kelly Downs followed suit. Adding the old sinker baller Rick Reuschel for seasoning, the Giants pulled away...
...quality of starting pitching has also been surprising. Pitchers such as Houston's Mike Scott and San Francisco's Mike Krukow, who were once mediocre, are now among the best in the majors. Scott came out of nowhere to win the Cy Young...
...finished the season with a 18-10 record, 308 strikeouts and a 2.22 ERA. Krukow won 20 games and lost only nine for the third-place Giants...
...Krukow (3-5) allowed only two hits after the third inning, striking out nine and walking...