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Saturday afternoon's contest with Brandeis would have reassured even the most insecure squad, as the Crimson annihilated its opposition, 34-6. The nine, which beat the Judges by only one-run margins the last two times the teams faced one another, collected 25 hits during the afternoon, but stranded only two baserunners...
...past George Brett, his Royals counterpart. Brett dove for the ball, but it glanced off his glove and the comeback had begun. With the help of Pinch-Hitter Del Unser, who slammed a double beyond the flailing reach of Royals' First Baseman Willie Aikens, the Phillies turned a one-run deficit into a one-run lead. McGraw came on to shut the door on the Royals, striking out Rightfielder Jose Cardenal, again with the bases loaded...
...Third Baseman George Brett (.390 for the season), who had undergone minor surgery for hemorrhoids on the off-day between games, started the homecoming with a towering first-inning home run. But the Phillies tied the game their next turn at bat. Twice again the Royals scratched out a one-run lead; twice again Philadelphia responded in kind. For only the 40th time in 453 World Series games, play went into extra innings. With a full house of noisy fans on their feet for the duration of the tenth inning, the Royals pushed across the winning run at last. With...
After dropping three straight one-run affairs to the Los Angeles Dodgers and doubling business in their own city's cardiac units, the Houston Astros finally clinched the National League West crown, downing the Dodgers 7-1 in a one-game playoff yesterday in Los Angeles...
...second game--the one they really wanted, the one they really needed, got away. With two outs in the fourth and the Bruins ahead, 1-0, Kelley laced a single to left, scoring Santos-Buch and Rick Pearce to give the Crimson a one-run lead...