Word: ninth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Devils had whipped Clemson, the ACC Champions and the only other team repeating a 1976 trip to Omaha, 10-7, largely on the efforts of freshman third baseman Jamie Allen. Allen smashed a homer and two singles and then pitched the Sun Devils out of a ninth-inning jam, earning a save to boot...
Even in losing, the Devils made noise. Trailing Southern Illinois 3-2 in the botton of the ninth with two out and nobody on, Allen tapped to the pitcher to end the game, except that the first baseman forgot to catch the ball, bringing the winning run to the plate in Horner, who had already belted one out of spacious Rosenblatt Stadium. Horner slammed the first pitch some 350 feet, only to have it caught at the wall. College baseball at its finest...
Green had to nurse his stroke lead through the harrowing four concluding holes after learning of the possible assassination attempt. After a relatively nondescript front nine in which he birdied the third and fourth holes but bogeyed the ninth with a wayward chip, he buckled down to withstand the onslaughts on par by Graham and third-place finisher Tom Weiskopf...
...yesterday a Paul Blair single in the bottom of the ninth pushed across the decisive run to give the Yankees a 5-4 win, a sweep of the three-game series with Boston, and a warning that Thurman Munson and Co. have it in them to shut off the Back Bay Power Plant when the situation calls...
...Bill Campbell came on for Bob Stanley in the bottom of the ninth and after a few near-miss pitches and an intentional walk to Chambliss, had loaded the bases for Paul Blair to play hero. Blair singled over a drawn-in Butch Hobson and Yanks had reciprocated the Sox three-game sweep of a week ago. Let the dogfight resume, nobody is going to win the 'East easy...