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...seventh inning, starters Tiant and Jim Palmer went to the showers and in the bleachers grown men began to take off their clothes. The streakers galvanized the bleachers by running from top to bottom. But in the left field stands a fat man with his shirt off drunkenly played the exhibitionist, puckishly pulling down his pants at various inspired moments. The fans booed when equally fat policemen swaggered over to curtail the brouhaha...
Bando opened the game up in the first inning, homering off Luis Tiant, who had to retire after aggravating a groin injury in the third. Blue lasted eight innings before Orlando Pina replaced him and picked up an easy save in the ninth...
...trailed 5-2 going into the seventh, but Carl Yastrzemski capped a three run rally with a double to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Yaz also had a homer in the fourth and was thrown out of the game. Luis Tiant took the loss, pitching all ten innings...
...Luis Tiant went the distance for a third time allowing seven hits...
...game lead, has made a mockery of the National League pennant race. Other hurlers around the majors have won more games, of course: Detroit's Denny McLain already has 19 victories to his credit, San Francisco's Juan Marichal 18, and Cleveland's Luis Tiant 16. Gibson's record is 14-5, but the last time he lost was May 28. Since June 2, when he beat the New York Mets 6-3, he has pitched 90 innings and allowed just two runs-one of which scored on a wild pitch, the other on a base...