Word: torrez
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...manager with the faintest idea of how to hadle his pitching staff. Every year since Babe Ruth left, the knock against the Sox has been their pitching, but it's not that their staff hasn't had good potential, Rick Wise, Juan Marichal, Mike Torrez, Dennis Eckersly Bill Campbell--almost none of them lived up to their expectations, and in almost every case Lee attributes their decline to the manager's handling. And for most his argument seems right on the mark Campbell was the finest relief pitcher in baseball when he came to Boston in 1977 but manager...
Chicago took the lead in the sixth inning, when it finally got to Mike Torrez, who had shut them out for the first five innings. Left fielder Steve Kemp looped a double off the scoreboard to start the inning. He took third on a Greg Luzinski fly ball to center and came home when first baseman Tom Paciorek singled up the middle...
That was it for Torrez who had pitched 61/3 innings gave up eight hits, walking three and striking out four Reliever Mark Clear came in to retire the rest of the side...
Rich Gedman drove in three runs with a homer and a grounder, Dave Stapleton lined two bases-empty homers, and Mike Torrez and Mark Clear combined on a five-hitter, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 7-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last night. The Sox are now in third place, a game behind the first-place Tigers, in the make-believe pennant race...
...week remaining before major league rosters must be trimmed to 25 men. Red Sox manager Ralph Houk still has 15 pitchers fighting for nine or ten spots. Houk has virtually guaranteed spots to starters Dennis Eckersley, Frank Tanana, Steve Crawford, Chuck Rainey, John Tudor, and the apparently untradable Mike Torrez (only Pittsburgh has expressed real interest) will probably be included as well...