Word: mounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Huskies weren't through, though. Ed Brady walked, and then Jerry Varnum hit a towering foul ball almost directly above the plate. Yarbro came off the mound and looked at it. Phil Bernstein started in from first and decided against it, as he had to hold the runner. Mike Drummey at third made the same decision. Catcher Dick Dehl circled under the ball determinedly. The ball, however, dropped foul in front of him, dribbled fair, and then rolled foul, where Diehl pounced...
Then in the seventh Bobby St. George doubled and Fred Karp singled him home. Drummey attempted a squeeze bunt but got to first when Varnum died around with his bunt down the third base line. Bartoiet singled to score Karp, and Huskle coach Tinker Connelly released Mullin from further mound duties...
After the first three hitters in the third inning also singled off Yarbro's tempting offerings, Coach Norm Shepard made the long walk to the mound and emotioned for Dick Garibaldi to take over on the hill. It was a very smart move, since Garibaldi, a right handed fireball pitcher who usually needs warm weather to work effectively, went through the next 6 1/3 innings allowing only one safe hit. He ended the game nicely, retiring 13 consecutive batsmen...
Paul Del Rossi (5-0) will probably be on the mound for the Crimson, pitching with only three days rest. Coach Norm Shepard feels that "we should beat them," but doesn't want to take any chances. Tech has caused the Crimson considerable trouble in the past, and if they can get some pitching today the game could be close...
...Yarbro (2-0) will be on the mound for the Crimson. In his last outing he effectively throttled normally potent Springfield, 12-3. Yarbro throws an interesting collection of breaking stuff and change-ups, and has the speed to put one past a batter when necessary...