Word: witte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Candelaria, who will be 33 years old next month, teamed with Mike Witt, Kirk McCaskill and Don Sutton to give California a solid rotation on a team that finished second in the league in pitching...
...Witt, meanwhile, flirted with the first no-hitter in playoff history, holding the Red Sox hitless for 5-2/3 innings before Wade Boggs beat out an infield chopper to third for a single. The hit broke a string of 16 straight batters retired by Witt after walkingBoggs, the major league batting champion, leadingoff the first...
...Witt, given a big cushion, breezed through theBoston batting order...
...Witt walked Owen with two outs in the sixth,snapping his string of 16 consecutive battersretired. Boggs followed with his high chopper toDeCinces, who fielded it while charging from thirdbut had no play...
Marty Barrett then lined a single to right,driving home Owen with what turned out to beBoston's only run. Witt ended the inning bygetting Bill Buckner on a fly ball, and went on torecord a complete game. He finished with two walksand three strikeouts on the night