Word: torrez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Everything was the way it should have been as the battle dressed up for the national audience. Ron Guidry vs. Mike Torrez on the mound. Guidry, the cagey Cajun who had kept the Yankees in the race all year with his fastball and slider, was called upon again by the New Yorkers, this time on only three days' rest. With a record of 24-3 before the contest, his regular season job was strangely not yet over...
...Torrez, the game fell rather heavily in his lap. The former Yankee, while making millions and winning but 16 in his first season with Boston, was out there attempting to justify his place in the free agent system, attempting to justify his ability to pitch well in the clutch, attempting to beat the best pitcher in baseball. Somehow, all that pressure seemed right...
Neither Guidry nor Torrez went the route, and why should they? Why should one player dominate in a game where domination is the prize? This was a chance to see the teams; the stars, the bullpens, the stiffs, and this was a chance for the spotlight to find many in its path...
After looking like Little Leaguers against sharp ex-Yankee righthander Mike Torrez for the first six innings, the Bronx Bombers stunned the partisan crowd by surging into a 5-2 lead in the seventh and eighth innings on home run blasts by Bucky Dent and Reggie Jackson, sandwiched around Thurman Munson's RBI double...
Despite allowing seven walks, Torrez threw only 126 pitches for his three-hit victory. It was his 16th win against 12 losses, and the 15th time Torrez pitched a full nine-inning game. This was his best game in recent memory, an intense performance of the last kind...