Word: torrez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gambled all my life and have been in a lot of photo finishes, but this is the biggest I've ever lost," Boston manager Don Zimmer--who pulled Torrez two batters two late, reliever Bob Stanley one batter too late (after Jackson's HR), and mysteriously pinch hit Bob Bailey for Jack Brohamer in the seventh inning--said afterward...
While the left-handed Guidry settled down after that point, Torrez tossed a wicked slider and mixed his pitches well, matching his ex-teammate goose-egg-for-goose-egg on the scoreboard. It looked as if Yaz's shot might stand...
...Torrez struck out Tnurman Munson, the toughest clutch hitter in the game, three times in the first six frames, twice with Mickey Rivers in scoring position...
Boston's second tally turned out to be no insurance run, however. In the top of the seventh, Torrez lost his stuff visibly as Chris Chambliss and Roy White ripped singles off him, setting the stage for Dent's two-out heroics...
After injuring his ankle on a one-and-one-foul tip, Dent paced around for about a minute and accepted a new bat from Mickey Rivers (he had the wrong one) before stepping back in the batter's box. Torrez hung a watermelon-sized curveball over the plate on the next pitch, and Dent pop-gunned it into the screen, just over the Green Monster...