Word: pinched
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Welch, the classy flame-thrower who almost single-handedly put Los Angeles back in the pennant race in the heat of the summer, chucked his aspiring balls for 3 2/3 innings of no-hit ball until pinch-hitter Jerry Martin touched him for the Phils' only four-bagger in the last half of the ninth...
Hrabosky fired one fastball past the swinging Jackson before the roof caved in. Last year's World Series hero delivered Hrabosky's second offering to the promised land just in front of the multicolored waterfalls in right-center field, scoring pinch runner Paul Blair and ex-Royal Piniella as well as himself...
...gambled all my life and have been in a lot of photo finishes, but this is the biggest I've ever lost," Boston manager Don Zimmer--who pulled Torrez two batters two late, reliever Bob Stanley one batter too late (after Jackson's HR), and mysteriously pinch hit Bob Bailey for Jack Brohamer in the seventh inning--said afterward...
Boston did nothing in the bottom of the seventh (righty Bob Bailey, inexplicably pinch-hitting for lefty Jack Brohamer, struck out looking against Gossage), setting the stage for the eventual game-winning...
...Wright, former Sox starter, smiled, "Maybe we should call Bernie down in Cleveland and promise him a full playoff salary if he can pinch hit a home run against New York...