Word: marises
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The view was from the tube yesterday, but the picture was agonizingly similar to the on-the-scene experience in Fenway Park last Wednesday. There was massive Bob Gibson mowing down the hapless Red Sox as Lou Brock ran wild on the bases and Roger Maris came through in the...
But these dreams were quickly shattered when fussy Curt Flood watched a 3-2 pitch miss by inches. Lonborg still had a no-hitter, though, and he retired Maris and Cepeda to end the inning.
Despite his miseries at the plate. Yaz played superhuman ball in the outfield, robbing the hard-hitting Cardinals of at least two more runs. After Brock, Curt Flood and Roger Maris had parlayed a single, a double and an infield out into a 1-0 advantage in the third, Yazthrzemski...
Unfortunately, this was the last hometown cheer. Gibson cruised along serenely, yielding only a double to George Scott and three scattered singles after Santiago's homer. In the ninth, with two gone--including the King on a fly to deep left--Scott drew Gibson's only base on balls. But...
Maris drove in both St. Louis runs. He rescued Brock in the third on an infield roller. And in the seventh, after the fleet Brock had gotten his fourth straight hit, stolen his second base (when Russ Gibson's throw was slightly high) and gone to third on a grounder...