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...didn't throw the curve today," Brown said afterwards. He mixed an over-powering fastball with a slider, a pitch he hasn't used much in the past. A straight change-up also helped keep the Jumbos off balance and brought him some early outs...
Also topping the good news list was the three-inning relief stint turned in by junior Rob Alewissos. Alewisos gave up B.C.'s final run in the seventh, but then teamed fastball with slider to retire the last seven men he faced...
...This is the first day since we've been up North that my slider has felt good. The cold weather gives it no break. But today I was relaxed. I wasn't rushing my motion, and it was working for me," said Alewisos, who hurled back-to-back shutouts in Florida last month...
Probably the biggest surprise this afternoon is that Rob Alevizos will be taking the mound for the Crimson in this tilt. The junior goes into this season with only four innings of varsity experience, but appears to have mastered the slider and the result was a dazzling Florida trip that included two shutouts...
...Rice, who stroked a Rick Wise slider into the screen for three third-inning runs, Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn provided Boston's wallop, and Dennis Eckersley kept the Tribe subdued with seven innings of two-hit pitching...