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Jeff Grate, replacing graduated Tom Bilodeau at shortstop, hit a phenomenal 542 with 13 hits in the first seven games. Bob Welz, who is freeing last year's first baseman Joe O'Donnell for the catching duties, is batting an even .400, with a homer and triple...
...lucky seven-run outburst with a single, then rode home on sophomore Bob Welz's home run. Al Liebgott, catching the second game in place of Joe O'Donnell, walked. Then followed a parade of singles by second baseman Neil Houston, pinch-hitter O'Donnell, captain John Dockery. shortstop Jeff Grate, and right fielder Dan Hootstein...
...most obvious indication that the team has improved is that Shepard will have his two top pitchers and five of his eight starters back from last year. Gone are shortstop Tom Bilodeau, second baseman Skip Falcone, and catcher Gary Miller, all good defensive players but only fair hitters...
...SHORTSTOP: Sophomore Jeff Grate will probably start. Grate is a fine defensive ballplayer with a strong arm, and he hit .320 for the freshman last season. His chief lack may be simple experience...
Maury & Mudcat. There were no instant heroes. The Series belonged to the pros, the ballplayers who put their teams there in the first place-and they professed elaborate calm. "I just had an average day," shrugged Dodger Shortstop Maury Wills after the fifth game, in which he stole a base, scored two runs, and rapped out four hits to tie a Series record. "I'm still no Maury Wills " insisted Centerfielder Willie Davis, who stole three bases in one game. "I had a hell of a good time," said Rightfielder Ron Fairly, only...