Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Detroit starter Kip Young also threw a tough game--a three-hitter, in fact--but there was one difference, and that was Jim Rice...
Leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, Rice slammed a Young pitch over 400 feet away into the quaalude-infested Fenway bleachers, warming hopes and faith for a brief moment in the evening...
...down on their own act. Fred Lynn rifled a flat throw to home plate, giving catcher Carlton Fisk a full three seconds to wait for Jason Thompson's slide. Thompson's challenge was the Tigers' only bona fide scoring bid, and Lynn's throw kept the scoreboard clear for Rice's winning homer in the next half of the inning...
Dennis Eckersley scattered seven hits for his 19th win and Jim Rice slugged his 44th homer last night as the Red Sox kept pace with pennant fever, beating the Detroit Tigers by a score...
...Zimmer made some controversial changes in the lineup, benching all-star right fielder Dwight Evans for Jim Rice and playing utility infielder Jack Brohamer for a hurting Butch Hobson...