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...dozen in the league: Leftfielder Carl Yastrzemski was batting .327 with 25 homers and 72 RBIs; Rightfielder Tony Conigliaro had 19 homers and a .305 average; First Baseman George Scott was hitting .290 and Shortstop Rico Petrocelli was at .280. On the mound, the Sox had Righthander Jim Lonborg, whose 14-4 record makes him the winningest pitcher in all of baseball. Last week, with 14 victories in 17 games, Boston was in second place, only a game behind the Chicago White...
Then you look at Boston's pitching, and you wonder how the team has gone so far with so little. Jim Lonborg, it is true, has been phenomenal, and is the winningest pitcher in the majors. Gary Bell, who was acquired from Cleveland in a trade, has won six games for the Sox, but it is highly doubtful that he will keep it up. The other starters--Lee Stange, Gary Waslewski, and Darrell Brandon--run the gamut from mediocre to awful...
...staff boasts a combined earned-run average of 2.57, and White Sox base runners have already stolen 57 bases this year. Balti more has Frank Robinson, who ranks second in hitting (at .337), first in home runs (16) and first in RBIs (47). The Red Sox have Righthander Jim Lonborg, whose record so far is seven victories and only one loss...
Pitchers Stu Miller and Jim Lonborg blanked each other's teams for the 10th, 11th and 12th. Boston's Lonborg, however, met trouble in the 13th. After a single by Bob Johnson, Lonborg intentionally walked two Orioles. Then he balked while pitching to Luis Aparicio, and sent Johnson in to score...
Miller got the win for Baltimore, giving up a single and a walk in his three innings. Lonborg was the losing pitcher...