Word: ninth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...until the top of the ninth at Boston's Fenway Park last week that fellow Red Sox Pitcher Al Nipper asked Roger Clemens if he knew he needed only two more strikeouts to set an all-time record. Clemens didn't know, but the news was inspiring. "That entire inning was all adrenaline," recalls the Ohio-born right-hander, who rared back and got the two more Ks, to beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 and, more important, to become the first player to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Clemens, who eight months ago had arthroscopic shoulder...
...match at Harvard.After five years with the Crimson, Glenn isleaving for the ranks of the business world. Inthe latest coaches' poll, Harvard is ranked 20thin the nation. In the collegiate singles ranks,Stanley is currently ranked 49th, Scott is 53rd,and Peter Palandjian is 77th. Scott and Engle arethe ninth-ranked doubles team in the nation
...ninth, a throw from the third baseman Rooney glanced off Bob Kay's glove in an attempted force play at second base, allowing Joe Catone to score the winning run. Smith scored the final run on a passed ball...
...NOTEBOOK: Rich DeSa, Cornell's starter in the nightcap, walked five Crimson batters in the first inning...In the eighth inning of the second game, McAndrews and DePalo pulled a double steal with two outs...Harvard's error in the ninth inning of the nightcap was its first of the day...Harvard collected 12 hits in the Princeton nightcap...Presz's record at Harvard is 12-0...Renninger, entering the weekend with a .235 batting average and no RBI, contributed three hits and two ribbies...Marchok's ERA drops to 1.60 and Chenevey's ERA drops...
...real story was Clemens' record-setting mound performance. His punch-out of Phil Bradley in the ninth inning gave him 20 for the game, eclipsing by one the former nine-inning record held by a number of pitchers...