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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...