Word: ninth
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Throughout most of the contest, it looked as if Harvard would not be able to buy a goal, and would have to leave the field with its ninth straight loss and a 2-11 record...
After trouncing the Big Red, Columbia's powder keg offense seems ready to erupt after remaining quiescent throughout midseason. Folowing the first three games of the season against Harvard, Lafayette and Penn, the backfield had churned for 667 yards, and Columbia was running ninth in the voting for the Lambert Trophy...
...just couldn't remember facing Johnny that night. I remember missing low on a 3-2 count to Dick Allen to spoil the perfect game, and I remember getting Tony Taylor (on a strike-out) and Ruben Amaro (on a pop -up) for those first two outs in the ninth. So I took a look at the books, and sure enough, Klippy wasn't in the order that night...
...second game, the Reds' relentless ability to pressure mistakes told the tale. In the bottom of the ninth, the game was tied 3-3 when Griffey streaked toward first on a slow grounder. The hurried Yankee shortstop threw wide and Griffey cruised into second. From there he scored on Tony Perez's single. Perez has driven in at least 90 runs in each of the past ten seasons, yet he is the perennial subject of trade talk. This year Dan Driessen, 25, who was the Reds' designated hitter in the Series, is believed ready to replace...
...scoring position regularly for the first time. But the Reds' defense choked off Yankee opportunities when it mattered, and the Series' Most Valuable Player, Johnny Bench, homered twice, first to give the Reds the lead, then, with two men on, to put the game away in the ninth inning. The Cincinnati Reds were champions again, 7-2, four games to none...