Word: innings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like ending a three-act play after one act. Like only reading the first 100 pages of a 300-page mystery novel. Stopping the baseball season on May 22 is like... leaving a baseball game in the third inning...
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Last year, Earl Weaver got great pitching and a barrel full of ninth-inning three-run homers. The pitching, led by Cy Young winner Mike Flanagan and Jim Palmer, should be there as always, but don't look for as many game-saving performances off the bench from John Lowenstein and Pat Kelly...
...squad of minor leaguers dealt the Crimson 7-5 and 9-8 defeats in seven-inning contests. In the first, the Sox showcased top pitching prospect Steve Schneck, who performed impressively. Former big-timer Jim Wright, a victim of shoulder trouble, went in the second, and seemed far from recovered from his ills...
Doyle needed just three minutes to dispose of Columbia in the seventh and complete his shutout, slipping third strikes past Ray Stukes and Blattman and forcing Mark Hanewich to one-hop to Kelley at second in an inning representative of the entire afternoon...
...opener, the Crimson turned six fifth-inning walks into seven runs to lead Carson over the Lions. Behind 3-0 after four innings, Columbia twirler Mike Allen dealt three passes to Bingham and Farrell to open the fifth, and departed in favor of freshman Robert Flock. The reliever faced six batters, walking four, hitting one and allowing Joe Wark to loft a sacrifice fly to drive in another run, before taking leave down...