Word: lonborg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Throwing only a hundred pitches in the nine innings. Lonborg showed brilliant control, keeping the ball low and getting most batters to hit grass hoppers to the infielders...
...people in Tommy's were quietly afraid and didn't look up when they asked the score; and fifty-four thousand ugly, hungry fans chortled in their Budweiser when their team took the field. But Boston's Other Hero. Jim Lonborg, fired a three hit almost-shutout past St. Louis to bring the Series back home to Boston...
...World Series that has seen the big stars come through to make the difference finally found a little hero. Bad Boy Ken Harrelson, who's been making enemies in Boston for over a month with his aimless glove and fruitless bat, saved Lonborg with a brilliant catch of Lou Brock's drive in the first and gave him what was his only run for most of the ball game...
Ahead 3-0 in the ninth. Lonborg put down two in a row and then gave up a long fly down the right field line to Maris the ball dropped over the bull pen wall by a couple of feet and 17 2 3 innings of scoreless pitching was ended...
Gary Waslewski, who threw three straight perfect innings on Saturday, will start for the Sox Wednesday. Dick Hughes will pitch at Fenway for the Cards. If it goes seven. Lonborg and Gibson will have a fantastic showdown on Thursday...