Word: innings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demonstrated that the last time they faced the Cubs, when they won four of six crucial games. In the opener of a three-game set at Shea Stadium, their home ballpark?the first crucial series ever to involve the Mets?Chicago's crack righthander, Ferguson Jenkins, entered the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead. Minutes later he stalked off the field in disgust, a 4-3 loser. The following night Tom Seaver, 24, the husky, hard-throwing ace of the Met pitching staff, put on the most dazzling one-man show in Met history. He faced just 28 batters...
...Mets played down to their past reputation. In one horrendous doubleheader in Houston, the Astros pasted Met pitchers for a total of 27 runs. The Mets lost 3-2 to the last-place Expos when Rookie Gary Gentry yielded an embarrassing total of three home runs in one inning. As summer waned, the New Yorkers found themselves in third place, 9½ games off the pace...
...they say, there are some things that are inevitable -like death, taxes and retirement from professional sports. The elasticity is gone from my arm, and I haven't been able to throw a good fast ball all year. I couldn't stand to be a four-inning pitcher, and that's just about all I'm good for now." Appearing with Drysdale, Manager Walt Alston wept unashamedly. "I'm sure I owe as much to Drysdale," he said, "as I owe any individual on the Dodgers over the years...
...lost the opener, 5-2. In the process, he gave up his first home run of the year, a line shot by Minnesota Second Baseman Rod Carew. In the second game, the Twins chased the Tigers' other star, Denny McLain (15-5), off the mound in the fifth inning; two home runs, including Third Baseman Harmon Killebrew's 30th of the season, blasted the way to an 11-5 victory. Last week Pinchhitter Rich Reese cracked a grand-slam homer to lead the Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, runaway leaders of the Eastern...
American League Manager Mayo Smith of Detroit then rushed in the ace of his own mound staff, Denny McLain. The Tiger righthander had flown home in his personal Lear jet to have his deteriorating teeth examined, returned just in time to dress and warm up for the fourth inning. McCovey greeted McLain by rapping his third pitch over the rightfield fence for the fifth home run of the game...