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...Sullivan, pinch-running for Paul Vallone, advanced to second on Frank Caprio's sacrifice--Harvard's fourth of the day--and scored on Kay's single to left field...
...Huskies made the most of their reprieve with a two-out rally in the top of the tenth. Crimson reliever Jim Chenevey walked d.h. Tony Carter, who promptly stole second. Juan Craft took Carter's place at second as a pinch runner. Catcher Ed Field singled, with Carter holding up at third, but the dam finally broke when shortstop Mulry lined an RBI single to right for a 3-2 lead...
DETROIT--Dave Bergman's pinch-hit single with bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in the winning run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox yesterday...
Boston had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th. With two outs, Detroit reliever Willie Hernandez (now 1-0) walked Glenn Hoffman. Pinch runner Ed Romero went to second on a single by Dwight Evans and scored on a single by Wade Boggs to snap...
...nuances of character in its rush to spray-paint a teeming social fresco. Hanif Kureishi, 29, the film's author, says he originally planned a three- or four- hour work with a Godfather sprawl, but settled for 93 minutes and (pounds) 600,000 from Britain's Channel 4. The pinch shows, and so does the pluck. Kureishi's story shifts moods, and Omar changes motivations (Candide to Sammy Glick), in an eyewink. Stephen Frears' direction can be lyrical and clumsy by turns; it can soar or trip over its headlong ambitiousness. The splendid cast is urged toward caricature, then plays...