Word: mccarver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Louis Cardinals will win the National League pennant again this year for several reasons: Bob Gibson, Orlando Cepeda, Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Roger Maris and Julian Javier...
Maris cracked a double, driving in Brock and Flood, moved to third on a long fly and scored himself on Tim McCarver's single. The Sox were already dead, but Julian Javier and Dal Maxvill chipped in singles to rescue McCarver, running the count...
Thanks to Yastrzemski's three-run homer, Lonborg took a comfortable 5-0 lead to the mound in the eighth. The buzzing in Fenway rose to cheering when Tim McCarver hit an easy dribbler to Adair at second. After shortstop Rico Petrocelli swept up Mike Shannon's grounder, the cheer mounted to a high- pitch scream. Lonborg sthood just four outs away from pitching the second World Series no-hitter in baseball history...
After Willis replaced Hughes, Petrocelli sent Flood deep to center for his sacrifice fly to score Scott and moved Smith to third. Petrocelli took second on a delayed double steal as Shannon made a diving stop of catcher McCarver's throw to save a run. Elston Howard was then intentionally walked to load the bases, and Lonborg--after hitting a line foul off Jose Tartabull in the on-deck circle--struck out on three pitches...
...LOUISBOSTON Brock lf Adair 2b Flood cf Jones 3b Maris rf Yastrzemski lf Cepeda 1b Harrelson rf McCarver c Scott 1b Shannon 3b Petrocelli ss Javier 2b Smith cf Maxvill ss Gibson c Gibson p Santiago...